Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mark;

This sounded like an idea worth trying, so today when I ran across 
some epoxy formulated for plastics (a new one on me!) I bought it 
and just finished testing it. I glued the front end of a syringe to 
the outside of the cap, so if it doesnt hold well I will know rather 
quickly. However, the glue joint gives no sign of weakness. I used a 
short blunt needle, and refilled a couple carts by rinsing and 
trabsferring the needle cap. I suppose long-term it might be better 
to do a needle cap for each bottle/color, but I probably won't 
bother, I have too many of them between 3 printers.

At any rate, kudos for coming up with a good one, this works quite 
nicely.

The glue I used is Permatex 'PermaPoxy 5min. Plastic Weld' part 
no.84115. I found it in an Advance Auto Parts store, where (or if)
our overseas friends might find it or something similar, I don't 
know.

Regards,

Steve Karafyllakis

http://www.stevekphoto.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mark_roth_505" 
<mark@m...> wrote:
>
> I would like to drill a hole in the top of the 4oz. plastic MIS 
ink 
> bottles, and glue/epoxy the tip of a refill syringe from the 
inside, 
> to make refilling carts as easy as possible...simply invert the 
> bottle, insert the tip of the syringe into the ez-fill cart, and 
be 
> done. However, I have no experience with plastics, and if anyone 
can 
> suggest an epoxy that would likely accomplish a leak-proof seal, 
it 
> would save me a ton of time/money/materials. I'll then go ahead 
with 
> the experiment and post the results if successful. (Or maybe 
somone 
> has already done this?) Thanks, Mark
>