Plastic welding advice.

[LowlifeDubber]

Cheers lads.
The process itself was easy,very easy intact.it was just very time consuming,I wanted as little filler in there as poss so every pin prick I found I dug it out and refilled with plastic.
Maybe I'm a little anal but it took about 20 hours in total.
I'm guessing a bodyshop could do it in a quarter of the time but it was my first go and I didn't want to mess it up ha ha
I am actually wishing I did put a us tub in now but I will be reworking the front bumper to take an intercooler in a few months so may do another rear one while I'm at it.

[shepgti]

im sure you could sell that bumper youve made anyway

[LowlifeDubber]

Yeah I'd like to think I could get £40/50 for it.but I need to source a us mk4 bumper 1st.oh and then upset my sprayer with a handful of bits to paint again ha ha

[shepgti]

how much did you pay for the tool in the end as i may be modding some bumpers in the near future

[LowlifeDubber]

I actualy borrowed a mates.The 1st picture in the 1st post shows a link to a soldering iron and soldering gun set up from machinemart.Its £17.99 for the whole kit and its a bloody bargain!
I used the gun with no problems at all.
If i was doing some major filling like a mk4 golf bumper recess i would buy the proper welder,just for quickness really.Theser are about £90 on ebay.
But if your doing anything like what i have then you will get on just fine with that gun.
Just remember to clean your tip every now and again and if your doing hours at a time,swap your ends regularly as i found if they get too hot after and hour or so they are a little bit harder to use(as daft as it sounds)
But there are 2 supplied in the kit so its all good

[shepgti]

nice one, cheers