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Old November 14th, 2011 | 03:23 AM
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"Welding" damaged plastic parts

Hey guys,
Just thought I'd share this. I found this product that can be used to repair cracked plastic parts. It's called PlastiFix. Check it out on this site... there's a video showing how it's done.

http://www.urethanesupply.com/catalo...prettyPhoto/1/

Looks pretty good. Seeing as some plastic parts may be hard to come by, this could come in handy.
Old November 14th, 2011 | 03:59 AM
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Interesting.
It shows the same technique you would use with any repair on that sort of material, but this as an acrylate adhesive, instead of the usual epoxy or solvent-based bonding agents.

- Eric
Old November 14th, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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I have bought this type of product through my dentist, it's original application was for denture repair. Works great!
Old November 14th, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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I have used a similar product called Plastex. Great stuff. It has fixed dash cracks, filled small holes (that wern't supposed to be there), I have even made broken corners and missing pieces. My latest repair was a missing corner on a 70-72 console compartment insert. The only thing I have not been sucessful with is filling large areas that have a texture. There just isn't any good way to create the texture and blend it to the adjacent area.

If you do a lot of resto work, its a great item to have hanging on the wall.
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