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Title: Plastic welding/welders
Post by: Dave_IOW on 14 October 2011, 21:24

Anyone used this cheapy?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plastic-welding-kit-plastic-repair-kit-plastic-glue-/250908185048?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a6b4b11d8

Any tips?

Going to be welding bumpstrips flat into a mk4 bumper, and welding a Votex valance on the bottom so its all nice and smooth (hopefully  :grin:)

Title: Re: Plastic welding/welders
Post by: daz veedub on 14 October 2011, 21:35

was looking at this yestaday so ill await feedback 2  :grin:

Title: Re: Plastic welding/welders
Post by: thatwillis on 14 October 2011, 22:41

The plastic welder looks just like a soldering iron.. Its the rods are just strips of the same plastic..

Something i found out the hard way is that my anni valance isn't plastic weldable. As its made using a 2 part chemical. You have to use special rods to effectively Braise not included.. Welding 2 different plastics is hard to do.

I tried plastic welding my bump strip 4 times. first 3 times it cracked!  :angry: But stick with it! You will get there in the end  :smiley:

Title: Re: Plastic welding/welders
Post by: Dave_IOW on 14 October 2011, 22:57

Sounds fun, believe the Votex one is also the same material as you encountered..

Did you manage it in the end?

Title: Re: Plastic welding/welders
Post by: thatwillis on 14 October 2011, 23:38

Quote from: Dave_IOW on 14 October 2011, 22:57

Sounds fun, believe the Votex one is also the same material as you encountered..

Did you manage it in the end?

Yeah i managed the Rubstrip  :smiley: \/ \/ \/

I mended the valance by using hot gun to hold the inside together and flexible bumper filler on the outside. Did a good job and its taken a few knocks  :smiley: