My son's old Asus laptop's plastic case is pretty much falling apart. Two of the corners are held together with tape. That actually works pretty well but the tape eventually lets go. So far I have tried Scotch tape (transparent plastic), masking tape (paper), and some metallic tape that was laying around in the garage (no markings on the roll, no recollection what I bought it for). Of the three, the Scotch tape actually held up the best. The masking tape only held up for a couple of weeks, and the metallic tape does a very poor job, apparently because the adhesive lets go. I had hoped that the metallic would work better because I didn't expect it to stretch like the plastic and paper tapes did.
I'm thinking of trying strapping tape next.
Any other suggestions?
Electrical tape, at least the kind I have, will not work - the adhesive is too gummy and weak. The repair is just to run a bit of tape, about an inch long, from the top of the case, around the side, to the bottom. That holds the two halves together, instead of the screws which are supposed to do the job, but which don't because most of the little plastic pillars and nuts tenuously stuffed into the plastic have long since broken off.
I'm thinking of trying strapping tape next.
Any other suggestions?
Electrical tape, at least the kind I have, will not work - the adhesive is too gummy and weak. The repair is just to run a bit of tape, about an inch long, from the top of the case, around the side, to the bottom. That holds the two halves together, instead of the screws which are supposed to do the job, but which don't because most of the little plastic pillars and nuts tenuously stuffed into the plastic have long since broken off.
beware its 2 min for apply then becomes solid, to accelerate the process can be heated (softly like 100º), very handy when we need to position only small parts
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