Don't Use Threadlockers with Plastics
This video is all about common threadlockers and plastics interacting. This interaction can have disastrous consequences for projects and materials, and I learned about it earlier this year when I destroyed a set of LightLeaf Solar Panels by using Loctite during the install.
Not all plastics are reactive and not all threadlockers are made the same! Research and test your own materials!
I've tried to organize the info about this into 10 interesting points. The latter part of the video covers the experiments I ran in the "lab" after my solar panel failure.
Thank you to Catherine at Henkel/Loctite for answering my questions!
The Henkel Design Guide for Bonding Plastics is a fantastic resource:
https://catalogs.na.henkel-adhesives....
Original LightLeaf Install: • Installing LightLeaf Solar Panels on my Sp...
Follow Up Video: • I Destroyed My Solar Panels: Not The Light...
Find out more about LightLeaf Solar Panels here: www.lightleafsolar.com
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0:00 Intro
1:57 No. 1: How Loctite Cures
2:29 No. 2: Use the Design Guide for Plastic Bonding
2:59 No. 3: Why the Cracking Occurs
4:34 No. 4: What Chemical Causes the Cracking
5:04 No. 5: Uncured Loctite Destroys Plastic
6:57 No. 6: Cured Loctite Should be Inert
7:47 No. 7: Loctite Does Not Fume or Off-Gas
8:28 No. 8: Loctite in Excess Oxygen Environments
9:02 No. 9: Plastics and Other Common Chemicals
11:19 No. 10: Plastic Safe Options
11:54 Outro
12:39 Raw Experiment Footage