Earth-shattering craft dilemma. Physics and Master Carpenters, please pitch in.

[Baitball Blogger]

How do you glue velcro dots to plastic card sleeves? I have tried Welder glue and e6000 but the glue doesn't stick. The adhesive on the velcro dots is not enough either. From what I have read, people have suggested rubber cement glue but no one came back to say if it worked, or not.

[lamsmy]

1. Try an intermediate layer

Velcro - craft paper - plastic card

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Damn. I'm humbled.

Thank you!

[Phoenix61]

3. JB Weld for plastic. nt

[samnsara]

4. if e6000 doesnt work then im out of suggestions too

...I use e6000 to glue stones to a felt like backing for crafts and they stick….like glue!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. This will greatly depend on the type...

of plastic sleeves. This may not work on thin plastic. Problem is you need to have a surface with some purchase so the glue has something to stick to. Rough up the plastic with a very fine grit sandpaper or maybe a nail file (those kinda like cardboard ones that my wife uses all the time) that will create ridges that the glue can enter and adhere itself to then put on a very thin layer of glue, let it dry completely, then glue what you have to the plastic.
The 2 layers of glue will stick to each other.

[Runningdawg]

6. A website that tells you exactly what adhesives to use on different surfaces

http://thistothat.com

[Fla Dem]

7. Lot of good suggestions and advice. Let us know what worked for you. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I think I'm going to bite the bullet.

I was hoping to be able to reuse the plastic sleeves with the velcro snaps, but, seriously, the easiest thing to do seems to be punching a hole in the plastic and allowing the velcro snap to come through where it will marriage to the snap that is affixed to the index card.

See, I wanted to reuse the plastic sleeves if I dumped the index card, but I don't see how to have my cake and eat it too.