How To Fasten Acrylic Sheets To Wood

Place the plexiglass on a flat surface and draw a small dot at each corner with a black marker.

How to fasten acrylic sheets to wood.

Screw the acrylic to the wood using wood screws until the head of the screw is flush with the surface of the acrylic. If you are using countersunk head screws to install wall sheets ensure that they are as flat and tight against the wall as possible. Apply an even pressure so the plastic doesn t crack or split and allow the bit to cool between holes. How to attach plexiglass to wood.

The surface must be solid sturdy as clean as possible and free from dust moisture grease or any sort of chemicals. Sanding the plastic will make it more porous and increase its overall surface area allowing it to bond to the wood more easily. If gluing acrylic to a vertical surface apply the glue to the wood in thin beads that are 2 inches apart. While you re certainly not going to use four glues on your project understanding how each glue reacts with the two substrates will help you choose the best adhesive for your next.

Use only a few smooth delicate strokes to avoid roughing up the plastic too much. Sand the plastic surface lightly. Use blue painter s masking tape to hold it in place. Line the acrylic up with your grease pencil marks and clamp.

Take care not to over tighten the screw because the plastic will crack. Carefully place the acrylic into the frame. Pictured above are four glues which can be used to adhere acrylic to wood acrylic polymer multi surface adhesive epoxy and cyanoacrylate glue a k a. I ve tried polyurethane glue gorilla glue but it won t adhere to cast acrylic.

Cast acrylic adhesives such as weld on 3 soften or melt the acrylic and then the solvents evaporates to cure the pieces together but they won t adhere to wood.