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Yes, now it looks like frankenshelf. Adds character. What do you think?
What glue did you use?
I made a similar repair but with a smaller break using superglue (cyanoacrylate), held perfectly. However, I reinforced the broken part with a piece of a plastic card glued to the side. Consider doing that if this doesn't hold.
I'd be concerned that the rough surface you seem to have now will be hard to clean and may get very nasty. Other than that, if it works it works.
You know where the 'cyano' in cyanoacrylate comes from, right? Maybe don't use it for stuff that touches food/drink... 😳
I'm not worried about fully cured CA glue on a non-contact surface of a shelf that holds bottles/milk packs etc., or honestly even fruit whose peel you don't eat.
Given that CA-based glues are used for wound closure and apparently even as dental adhesives, I'll trust https://www.ontariopoisoncentre.ca/household-hazards-items/super-glue/ over the many sites that look like ChatGPT wrote them (mostly trying to sell some food safe alternative). It's not food safe, so I wouldn't glue e.g. a soup bowl with it, but eating an orange that sat on a cured seam in a fridge isn't going to poison you.
That sounds reasonable enough 😊👍
Keep in mind that not all CA glues are intended for wound closure, that's mainly Dermabond/2-octyl cyanoacrylate, which is only "less toxic", and not for all wound types. Thought it was worth pointing out of others see this 😷👌
This might be a non-food-bearing shelf, like from one of those rolling plastic drawer sets? I think? It's hard to tell, admittedly.
I think it’s fine. It’s only a shelf (inside a fridge?) What kind of glue did you use?
I used a soldering iron to "weld" it.
Considering it’s polystyrene, I pity your lungs haha
I used an exhaust, don't worry. I may be dumb, but I'm not that dumb.
I breath a sigh of relief for your lungs.
😂 amazing idea
I dropped and cracked my filtered water pitcher a few months ago. Fixed it with good ol' duct tape.
thats an item im less likely to do something like that with. Nothing that touches unpackaged food/drink
I hadn't considered that. Good call. I should replace it.
Duct tape, they should call it problem solving tape.
You can also use epoxy