cheap plastic welder is it just a soldering rod?

[vw-8v]

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

[g40jon]

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.

[Len]

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?

[boneybradley]

davids isopon do plastic bumper filler 

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

[g40jon]

^^ 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.