doesnt anyone fiberglass anymore

 

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I use a soldering gun. They are cheap to buy. Mine is a gun style with a trigger and two heat settings.
I use broken parts off of other plastics from the same bike to melt down and fill in the cracks. Using the same plastic is best for the strongest weld. Make sure to sand the paint off the areas you'll work on first, and off the piece you'll use to melt down. Make a nice thick weld, sand it down, good as new.

 

Yep thats how I do it for stunters.

 

thats the same as plastic welding.^

 

Yeah but but cheaper than buying the kit

all you need is some plastic to use to do the bond and a 20 dollar gun and your set

 

lets see a picture. i bet mine comes out stronger and better, in less time.

 

Ill see if I took any pics of cracks that I fixed..but I garuntee that when Im done its as strong as factory.

 

hmmm If you want speed stick to zip ties

 

does that soldering gun method even work...seems like it would be really weak...all i did when i tried it was took a scrap piece of fairing and melted it over the crack....how do you guys do it that use this method...prob just stick to old faithful zip- ties

 

Try 3M duramix/automix

 

if your gonna melt something into the crack, you need to heat up both sides of the crack first to work all of the plastic together.

 

i work at a body shop been fixing bumpers for years. the way i always do it with most plastic is with heat gun and screwdriver . heat it till it starts to melt then melt it together. works good most of the time. or i use fuser epoxy.

 

3M TPO plastic repair and some mesh tape on the back side. drys in like 2 min. best way to repair plastic period! thats what we use at the shop to fix cracked bumpers ****

 

i just bought some ABS plastic rods and a heat gun, and first glued one side with some epoxy glue, and then heated the other side and welded the rod in. ur gonna have to becareful, and bondo is a must, fiberglass bondo. it seems simple, but it takes some practice...its cheaper than getting a plastic welding kit. plus, im ghetto, i learn to use whats around me. Zip Ties wouldnt have worked, but trust me, i would have used them if i could.

 

screw welding... use a very high quality plastic epoxy. Thats what we use where I work to put plastics together and nothing works better

 

You can really epoxy **** together and it holds well. I hot a chevy Avalanche and sone *** hit my rear bumper and cracked it. What should i do to the back side of it to hold it together because when it's pushed together you can't see the crack at all

 

well i'd say get a plastic welder and fix it, because thats what they were originally created for, but everyone on here will say differnt.

so just go buy a new one cheapskate!

 

That's what I was thinking.

 

dont fiberglass cuz fiberglass sucks. its always moving. if u leave a fiberglass piece out in the sun for a day, its gonna be off. plus, abs is a lil more durable, and softer than fiberglass. i still think plastic welding is better. epoxy does hold together well, but, u can always break it off again. welding bonds the pieces together.