All materials
Material
Plastic
PVC, ABS, acrylic, polypropylene
Identify
How to tell it’s plastic
Lightweight and slightly warm to the touch, usually with a recycling code molded in. The code matters: PP (#5) and PE (#2, #4) resist almost every glue.
Character
What it’s like to glue
Two very different families hide under one word. Rigid PVC, ABS, and acrylic bond well; waxy PP and PE shrug off ordinary adhesives.
Alternatives
Other glues that work on plastic
AvoidSuper glue on flexible plastics — it cures brittle and cracks loose at the first bend.
Specific materials
