Best plastic Glue for Beats Headphones

[Kayos]

I have a pair of Shure 1540s, they’re truly superb!

My day to day listening is with some Mk1 Senheiser HD25's and a Cyrus Soundkey DAC, I break out the HD 650's on special occasions

 

[angellonewolf]

i dout a bit of any type of glue will work as there is no surface area there for strenth and as you have to pull the head band apart to put over yourt head

id have a go with gorrlia glue to hold it still melt some staples in to the plastic and bend it around after that if still seams weak as another person said put a plate over the break and attach bolt rivet etc

 

[mr haynes]

Sprung steel or old hacksaw blade, i know the forum likes these

 

[anjum]

My approach when dealing with small plastic bits is to melt the plastic with soldiering iron, careful not breathe in the fumes, reinforcing it with a few staples, bits of bent wire or self tapper threads as applicable and melding it all together!
Not pretty but it tends to work!
You can always put a bit of pretty ribbon/ cloth over the repair.

There are some black plastic welding strips available which you melt wit ha soldering iron, I've got some but had the time to try them out yet.
e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48pcs-Se...270553?hash=item5da772b319:g:WNYAAOSwLB5enuwN

 

[8ob]

Apparently the Bondic kit comes with it's own UV small light source, then extra tubes of the adhesive are available when needed,

Sounds interesting Gordon, nice to be kept up to date on the glue front. For the sake of £3 a kit I thought I would try it, will let you know how it goes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Quick-5-...g-Compound-Glue-Repair-Pen-Tool-/122894706808

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

My day to day listening is with some Mk1 Senheiser HD25's and a Cyrus Soundkey DAC, I break out the HD 650's on special occasions

I'd get a pair but there open backed and I use em in the small hours loud

Look at the state of that. Hd on top beats below

 

[Screwdriver]

Don't think you'll find an adhesive to fix that so it will be a relatively ugly repair. I would use hot staples (which I use for broken ABS bike fairings).

I think it's too small to make a good repair with hot air welding, depends if it can come apart for fixing and then be reintroduced to the mating part. Very fiddly job either way.

Hot staple it then glue a sticker over the top to hide it....

 

[gordon stephenson]

Hello 8ob, I saw that ebay kit, but was sceptical as to if it would be as good as the brand name Bondic, Looking forward to hearing about your experience when it arrives, If it is as good as the demo's it will be great.

 

[Wany]

I tried fixing my oldest boy's ones. The plastic is awful and no glue on earth (IMHO) will stick to it. They were really expensive and when I had them apart (to fix the ear piece fabric splitting) they have two big lumps of metal in to make them feel weighty/quality.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

I tried fixing my oldest boy's ones. The plastic is awful and no glue on earth (IMHO) will stick to it. They were really expensive and when I had them apart (to fix the ear piece fabric splitting) they have two big lumps of metal in to make them feel weighty/quality.

The irony is I want a decent set of cans to be lightweight as I can be wearing them for hours

 

[Screwdriver]

..of course another option might be to contact the manufacturer/supplier/distributor, tell them how much your child loves these headphones (in particular) and see if they can help with a spare part.

They love a good sob story. If you've got one.

 

[Divingdad]

Jack Duckworth on Corrie was a superb technician when it came to repairing headgear, especially specs. Think is was called Elastoplast