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<blockquote data-quote="AApple" data-source="post: 590" data-attributes="member: 56"><p>I have the Plastic Welding kit from Urethane Supply. I bought it earlier this year, mainly to do some minor repairs on some cracks in the fairing on my 'Wing. The cracks are on the flat areas from the fake tank to the edge of the fairing.</p><p>I have used the welder to repair a plastic radiator tank on a car...works pretty dang well, too!</p><p>The instructions for the welder include how to determine what type of plastic you have, and the proper "welding rod"/heat/procedure to do the job. The kit comes with all sorts of different plastic rods, and a DVD.</p><p>I haven't actually used it to do the repairs on the fairing yet, but I plan on doing it this winter. The "trick" on ABS is to melt the surface and the welding rod together, much like normal arc/mig welding. How well it stands up to the repair may well depend on how much flexing/stress is on the part where it is welded.</p><p>Since the ABS stuff is sorta flexible, and most fiberglass resins are NOT, I doubt normal fiberglassing would hold up, but....there are other resins for fiberglass that ARE somewhat flexible. They use this stuff on fiberglass bumper covers for Corvettes, since not many suppliers are doing the covers in urethane, as original. The flexible covers are way more flexible than normal 'glass, but not as much as the urethane. It's a decent trade-off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AApple, post: 590, member: 56"] I have the Plastic Welding kit from Urethane Supply. I bought it earlier this year, mainly to do some minor repairs on some cracks in the fairing on my 'Wing. The cracks are on the flat areas from the fake tank to the edge of the fairing. I have used the welder to repair a plastic radiator tank on a car...works pretty dang well, too! The instructions for the welder include how to determine what type of plastic you have, and the proper "welding rod"/heat/procedure to do the job. The kit comes with all sorts of different plastic rods, and a DVD. I haven't actually used it to do the repairs on the fairing yet, but I plan on doing it this winter. The "trick" on ABS is to melt the surface and the welding rod together, much like normal arc/mig welding. How well it stands up to the repair may well depend on how much flexing/stress is on the part where it is welded. Since the ABS stuff is sorta flexible, and most fiberglass resins are NOT, I doubt normal fiberglassing would hold up, but....there are other resins for fiberglass that ARE somewhat flexible. They use this stuff on fiberglass bumper covers for Corvettes, since not many suppliers are doing the covers in urethane, as original. The flexible covers are way more flexible than normal 'glass, but not as much as the urethane. It's a decent trade-off. [/QUOTE]
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