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Title: cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?
Post by: vw-8v on 31 August 2009, 21:29
not been on for a while ha ha ha hence so many q's.

looking to fix a vr6 splitter i got free but not gonna shell out 100 quid for plastic welder but thinking of doing some bumer mods aswell ???

so is the non air welders just small soldering rods?

cheers
Title: Re: cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?
Post by: g40jon on 01 September 2009, 11:06
to be honest i would just use a soldering iron.  i'm currently repairing some motorbike fairings for a mate of mine who dropped his bike. ive just used a gas powered iron with a plastic melting bit fitted, to stitch the cracked bits of fairing back together.  once ive done i will skim the area with plastic bumper filler (works better than car body filler as its flexible) then its just a case of primering and painting the panels back to their original colour.
Title: Re: cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?
Post by: Len on 01 September 2009, 12:22
Quote from: g40jon on 01 September 2009, 11:06
to be honest i would just use a soldering iron.  i'm currently repairing some motorbike fairings for a mate of mine who dropped his bike. ive just used a gas powered iron with a plastic melting bit fitted, to stitch the cracked bits of fairing back together.  once ive done i will skim the area with plastic bumper filler (works better than car body filler as its flexible) then its just a case of primering and painting the panels back to their original colour.


Plastic bumper filler? Where from?
Title: Re: cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?
Post by: boneybradley on 01 September 2009, 22:49
davids isopon do plastic bumper filler  :wink:

oh I hate to do this but http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_171468_langId_-1_categoryId_165625 (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_171468_langId_-1_categoryId_165625)
Title: Re: cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?
Post by: g40jon on 02 September 2009, 09:31
^^ yeah thats the stuff, its expensive for the amount you get, but it works out cheaper than having to redo something due to the filler cracking and falling out.