Plastic repairs

[crashmasterd]

Has anyone had any experience with one of the Plastex plastic repair products for fixing bodywork and such? I need to make some small repairs to my rear bodywork before painting and would like some advice, if you would.

I suppose I could just use epoxy, but I'm not so sure about it's compatibility with this type of plastic. Is it ABS? The bottom of my tank actually says "Ascerbis"!

I've also found links to something called Three Bond Plastic Repair Kit. Is this better, worse, or exactly the same thing? Is there something better than either?

Due to my situation I see no reason to spring for an expensive replacement piece of bodywork, and the repair wouldn't be very big. It's all getting painted anyway.

Any advice is appreciated.

~Crash

[Devious2XS]

I am not familiar with the products you mentioned.

You might try going to a local RC (remote control) hobbie shop and picking up a bottle of CA (cyanide acrylic) cement. It is a great glue for plastics.

If you add baking soda to CA, it acts like a filler - for small holes and to fill areas where parts need fitting. It gets HARD and is nearly machineable when cured.

I hope this helps.

[ This message was edited by: Devious2XS on 2007-02-07 14:27 ]

[RedNeck-Rat]

Crash,

You might also want to look into purchasing a plastic welding kit from Harbor Freight Tools. It is not too expensive and is something you can use over and over. MCN did a nice write up about it a few months back and it got good reviews for an inexpensive set up. I don't even need one but I've been meaning to get one. Its that tool thing Devi talks about, can never have enough........... :-D

[Devious2XS]

RedNeck - I got one. Works pretty good too.
I still use a lot of CA - ever seen a PVC, slide throttle, individual runner, intake manifold? :wink:

[ This message was edited by: Devious2XS on 2007-02-07 14:45 ]

[speedcubed]

Crash,
Try these guys http://www.urethanesupply.com/ i bought a repair kit for the faring on my daytona great people to work with.

[rs_tt]

I`ve had success with the pastex,easy to use and dries in twenty minutes,I used it to recreate 2 broken tabs ,I have`nt tried painting tho, i think its sandable too.A friend swears by the white abs plumbing cement.
I`d use the plastex again becase you can make those small missing bits
My 2.2cents

[ This message was edited by: rs_tt on 2007-02-07 15:03 ]

[crashmasterd]

Thanks for that link, Speedcubed. That answered all my questions. They have a form of Plastex (called Plastifix) that they recommend, as well as plastic welding and Epoxy. Apparently what I have is ABS, and all of these methods will fix it.

I may stick with Epoxy, because I'm familiar with it's use and have quite a bit of experience with it.

Devi, I think the Plastex stuff is exactly what you are talking about: a Cyanoacrylic with a powdered plastic filler. I just can't find any actual information about it's formulation.

On the other hand, I may try the Plastex method just to learn something new.

I'll keep you all updated.

[RedNeck-Rat]

Devi,

Thats pretty funny stuff. So that plastic welder from Harbor Freight works pretty good huh. I guess I'll be heading down there this weekend. Just need to figure out what to tell the wife. I'm going to the grocery store honey should work......

:-D

[Drunktank]

When I hit a tree with my jeep.... I put a bunch of duct tape over the damaged plastic and wrote 'BAD TREE!' on it with a marker

Maybe speedy would look sexy with something like that.....

[Legman]

On 2007-02-07 17:23, Drunktank wrote:
When I hit a tree with my jeep.... I put a bunch of duct tape over the damaged plastic and wrote 'BAD TREE!' on it with a marker

Maybe speedy would look sexy with something like that.....

In place of Bad Tree, Crash could put..."Dumbass rider''....
ha ha ha........sorry Crash....couldn't help it :razz: