Adhering Tile to Acrylic

[Glavin_ID]

I have a customer/friend who bought a piece of acrylic from me the other day for a home project. He wants to adhere onyx tile to the acrylic and edge light it. He asked me to suggest a clear adhesive he can use to glue the tile to the acrylic. I know acrylic doesn't like silicone which is what we would normally use for most other surfaces. When we don't use clear silicone, we usually use VHB. Since VHB isn't clear, I'm not sure if that will work. Anyone have suggestions on a clear adhesive that works well with acrylic?

 

[d fleming]

Banner hem tape? Contact cement? Just spitballin

 

[2B]

go get some LEXEL, carried by the box stores, and is rated to work on acrylic.
much "clearer" than silicone

 

[Moze]

I would recommend Lexel (available at Lowe's) or Dap Ultra Clear (available at Home Depot). They take a while to cure but will do the trick and dry clear.

 

[Raum Divarco]

besides different adhesive options, when we do custom projects on things like acrylic we either skim the intended mounting points with the cnc router first to skuff up the surface a bit or we use printing promoter to prep and soften the surface on the intended adhering points for something extra to bite to.