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PVC can be glued well with solvent cement wherein it melts somewhat and then sticks together really well as if it was welded, which is really convenient. But I can't find anything similar online for PET. Some sources say there just isn't.

Is there really no room temperature solvent for PET?

The only thing in my experience that holds PET together is this glue which still does it quite poorly and doesn't seem to melt it, only adheres to it somewhat.

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    $\begingroup$ PET isn't polyethylene. It is polyethylene terephthalate, a completely different class of polymer. And one with very different "stickiness". Which one was the question about: polyethylene or PET? $\endgroup$
    – matt_black
    Commented Oct 18, 2022 at 12:54
  • $\begingroup$ my best choice for that could be a polychloroprene-based glue, a SMP Polymer glue or polyacrylate mix glue. $\endgroup$
    – Giuseppe Mangano
    Commented Oct 18, 2022 at 16:20
  • $\begingroup$ A polychloroprene-based glue showed no resistance whatsoever when I disconnected the PET pieces. Can you suggest a specific brand that worked for you perhaps? $\endgroup$
    – wusspuss
    Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 8:02

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