Brand new Rack from monster-cages.com

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Okay... that photo looks weird. It appears they super glued the pieces together? Maybe it's just the photo, but it certainly doesn't look like it was flashed, and if that's the case, you're not going to have a very good day if the surface temps get too high.

Coroplast is REALLY tricky to bond properly, and "gluing two pieces together" is NOT the proper method. I'm a little curious as to whether it was flashed, and if super glue or flashing cement was used as the adhesive.

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I'm not sure what you mean by 'flashed' what does that refer too and what kind of problems do you think I'm going to run into?

What's coroplast? Is that a name brand for corrugated polypropaline plastic? I'm not sure what kind of cement he's used to bond the sheets together, I wrote him an E-mail asking what he uses and I'll report back what I find.

Mark

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I'm not sure what you mean by 'flashed' what does that refer too and what kind of problems do you think I'm going to run into?

What's coroplast? Is that a name brand for corrugated polypropaline plastic? I'm not sure what kind of cement he's used to bond the sheets together, I wrote him an E-mail asking what he uses and I'll report back what I find.

Mark

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Flashed

Means Glued together, With the proper cement.. No one can tell from pics though..

The racks are put together using the Urethene based adhesive that the manufacturer calls for. The adhesive is used in the construction industry also and drys rock hard. The plastic will hold up for a long time, you can check with Mark Caplan, Garrick DeMeyer (www.crestedgecko.com), Bruce Dellis at Twin City reptiles, some of the guys that have some of them for awhile now. The racks are lightweight and durable, the plastic won't come apart like some of the other materials that are used.

Any other questions on these racks and when you need or want a closed rack these are cheaper than some of the steel racks also.

Thanks
Matthew Martin
www.monster-cages.com

that's cool... i like how your flexwatt is in between the layers... great idea! thanks for the link and the post Matthew.

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Originally Posted by JASBALLS

Means Glued together, With the proper cement.. No one can tell from pics though..

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Actually, that's half of it. Flashing requires heat treating the surface prior to bonding. In essence, this creates a higher surface energy which makes bonding easier.

Coroplast (and probably the other brands as well) usually use a Corona treatment on the surface. Unfortunately, in my experience, the Corona tends to wear down over time reducing the surface energy. When this happens in combination with higher pressure or high heat it can soften the bonding cement, which will cause separation.

Regardless, Mathew pretty much summed it up. Since urethane adhesive was used I sincerely doubt it's going to separate. Unfortunately, we didn't have the option of using urethane with the project I used Coroplast for, which is why flashing was necessary. I must be brain dead because it didn't occur to me that in this instance it would work fine :D.