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 - consider ski repair sticks as hot glue \\
+- you can even burn thermoplastics with a lighter (e.g. zip ties) and let use the melted plastic: be aware that it gets brittle \\
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    * Think outside the box: Ski repair sticks are good for filling cracks/holes of plastics too. Just make sure you tape non-melting and non-flammable material on the other side, so the plastics will not deform! \\
+      * flaming thermoplastics (e.g. zip ties) with a lighter for plastics repair (it gets brittle though) \\
    * There is glue for nearly every material with different compositions:
+      * Vulcanizing glue for rubber: Commonly used on bicycle tires. Roughen the surface with sandpaper first
       * ceramics, aka elephant glue
       * wood glue (PVA / aliphatic resin) – hard, rigid joint