Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations KootK on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. Mumblecrust

    Polycarbonate (PC / Lexan) chemical tolerance question

    Thank you both very much for your thoughts. My research has turned up a common whitening additive, which might well be an ingredient in both lotion and paint: Titanium dioxide. They actually add this to PC as a pigment. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.26807 I will do a...
  2. Mumblecrust

    Polycarbonate (PC / Lexan) chemical tolerance question

    Well, of course, i could use a bit of white poster paint, the stuff kids use in kindergarten/nursery school. Or cornstarch, talc, calcium carbonate or magnesium hydroxide, although these tend be alkaline, except corn starch. I know these are very mild substances, and I don't want to get silly...
  3. Mumblecrust

    Polycarbonate (PC / Lexan) chemical tolerance question

    Hi there, This is my first post here. I've just found your forum, such a great place! I'm solvent welding some PC tubes closed at one end, using methylene chloride, so they can hold water. The join won't be on show, so I will be using an appropriate silicone sealant as a nonstructural bond, to...

Part and Inventory Search