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Post by macedew on Apr 22, 2008 20:52:30 GMT -5
I have used Gorilla glue on plastic, wood, metal... The thing about it is that it "puffs" up when it dries.
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Post by hutch on Apr 23, 2008 8:22:21 GMT -5
I use loctite epoxy, popsicle sticks with small clamps and small amounts of fiber glass sheets. I have rebuilt tons of busted plastic grills with this method.
You can take a rasp to the mended area till you get it down to the right size then sand it down with some 200 grit and then 400 and it looks like new and ready for paint.
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Post by brock on Apr 27, 2008 8:11:15 GMT -5
Sure popsickle sticks, cut up pieces of a beer can, window screen, etc are all good in various repairs. Popsickle sticks are great for repairing the little slats in the grill opening. I like aluminum sheet (beer can) in areas that need to be rigid & wire screen in larger areas that need to be flexable. I look at each repair & wonder what it needs to survive at a 100mph & take it from there
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2008 20:38:06 GMT -5
I used some weed whacker line as plastic welding rod today to repair a plastic headlight mounting tab on a later model headlight I was selling. Lit it with a lighter (it burns real slow) and let the drips fall where I needed them. It worked out very well....better than my 1st attempt with a soldering iron.
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Post by Jer on Apr 27, 2008 22:12:49 GMT -5
I used some weed whacker line as plastic welding rod today to repair a plastic headlight mounting tab on a later model headlight I was selling. Lit it with a lighter (it burns real slow) and let the drips fall where I needed them. It worked out very well....better than my 1st attempt with a soldering iron. FINALLY, some plastic repair method that actually worked!! I just went out and used some weed-whacker line and your method to repair my headset that I busted right out of the box...I had already trashed it, but dug it out of the garbage (no comments please),....only difference was I used one of those long pistol-grip candle/firelog lighter gizmos (I don't own a lighter). Worked like a charm, Tom!! First time I've ever got ANY kind of plastic repair to work...and in 53 years, I've tried them ALL...believe me!! Got the headset on right now...just took it for a test drive by calling my twin brother...who for some reason wasn't as thrilled as I am about the whole deal...go figure!! Anyway, Thanks, Sir Thomas!!....You truly ARE the Dawg!! #ImNotWorthy# #ImNotWorthy# #ImNotWorthy#
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Post by Doright on Apr 29, 2008 11:16:57 GMT -5
Like I said Plastic repaire has come along ways the last 20 years or so do your self a favor and check this web sight out. Before you melt any thing. www.urethanesupply.com/identify.php
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Post by DynoDave on Apr 29, 2008 12:31:42 GMT -5
Wow, there's a LOT of info on that page. I especially like the flow chart at the bottom of the page to help ID the material type. Thanks for sharing that.
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Post by Jer on Apr 29, 2008 13:09:23 GMT -5
....Nice website...maybe even a Helpful Link or Technical Archive...whadda ya think, Pete. DORIGHT:So what are you saying, exactly, Dennis? Are you saying I should check out that website before I melt something?
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Post by Doright on Apr 29, 2008 17:13:36 GMT -5
Well if you melt it you cant really glue it can you?
A straite up glued joint is a whole lot stronger than Trying to melt it together, let me explaine. If you heat a part up you are changing its chemical & heat caristics of the material probably into a compleetly diffrent clasification. It gets very technical but mosed materials will change.
That websight tells wich materials can be welded back together and wich ones cant. The thing is for me I dont know what type of material is from wich so I call them tell them what I am fighting with and they suggest the proper adhisive for the perfect repair, wich is about ten times stronger after cureing.
Have you ever used wood glue to fix a stick? go ahead and do it now, Now try to break the stick in the same spot! (after glueing it together and letting it cure properly) It wont Break in the glued section! It is stonger than the original wood it will break in a new spot every time!
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