Plastic panel repairs

[MoFunthanmost]

Well I am indebted to you as well, after successfully welding 4 rather large nasty cracks using the techniques here, (and 3 lego technic rods). am stoked with the outcome, and now just need to go through the pains of repainting.

[geoffm]

Hi all, I'm the friend of Blackbird's in the UK who started all this, thanks to him 'pinching' my article But then, what're friends for

I don't pretend to know a great deal about plastics, and was only presenting the results of applying advice I was given. So, to add a little bit of clarification, the coathangers I used were the brittle ones, which I believe (but don't quote me) are some form of ABS - as are most fairings. They certainly worked fine for me on this one application.

Coathangers are made from polystyrene. Cheaper than ABS, and easier to mould as it doesn't need drying.
My first job involved making coathangers (amongst other things).
Try burning a sample - both PS and ABS have a very distinctive smell.
Geoff

[degrom]

Well I am indebted to you as well, after successfully welding 4 rather large nasty cracks using the techniques here, (and 3 lego technic rods). am stoked with the outcome, and now just need to go through the pains of repainting.

Hey,thanks for encouraging me to try the plastic welding!!!

I tried it and it's unbelievably easy. Results guaranteed. I am sure I saved over $100 in repair cost by doing it my self.(I even filled broken off peaces of plastic with new plastic!!!)

I am thinking of starting a thread to show how easy it actually is!!!