Jeryd

I Want To Buy A Plastic Welder But Know Absolutely Nothing About Them. I See The Ones On Ebay Are Air Fed? BuT They HAVE TO Heat The Plastic Right>? Anyway Please Tell Me A Good One To Buy And Basically How They Work. Do You Weld Beads Just Like Steel? Any Way Any Help Is Appreciated Thanks Guys!

Sillyneck

I have one and it sux. it was $200 wasted. Just go and get the twin tube plastic epoxy at OSH. that stuff is sick! Makes it stonger than it was at the break if you clean and prep the surface well.

lsr740seditz

old plastics cut into strips and a sodering gun v the inside of the cracked plastic and then melt the strips in like welding steel just make sure its filling it all in and not try to lay beads i fixed lots of plastic that way and they all hold up really well

GIXX-TRIXX

back patch with fiberglass and fill much easier.

f4istunna

I've used this method a few times it works real good. The epoxy works good too. just depends what type of damage your trying to fix

but paying all that $$ for a plastic welder isnt worth it in my eyes overpriced soldering iron

JMZ

Holds up better too

stuntnda929

jb weld and zips

rydn600f4

a plastic welder def seems like a waste....my friend bought a 97 gixxer that was stunted and the tail was destroyed...he took it to our friend with a body shop and he used that patch with something like fiberglass but made for plastics and it is strong as hell and you cant even tell its there from the outside

JMZ

Its called Fusor, the last body shop I worked in we used that alot on bike parts, good stuff, a lil more expensive then fiberglass resin

hondahellraiser

+1 on the soldering gun 30 $ and ive used it on my quads for years

FlawlesS kolors

plastic welders are a waste bro. buy some 3M TPO plastic repair. you will thank me.

929_uR

**** that. plastic "welders" work good. you just have to do it right.

you have to prep the section...scrape the paint off and light sand. use plastic feeds into it and it works like tig welding. do that to fill the cracks up. BOTH SIDES. then just work the area around it to make everything smooth and nice. my plastics are coming out sick. just takes a lil time and effort.

jwr689s

Do you know what name brand it was or how much it cost?

FlawlesS kolors

adhesives are twice as fast and twice as strong :YEAH

Jeryd

3M TPO plastic repair
what is that and where do you get it? cost?

crzy954rr

Im pretty sure if you have an ACE hardware they carry it.

GundamnitPete

+

nsaneobsession

sodering iron backed with plastic epoxy i do it EVERyDAY

929_uR

i'll have to ask my mechanic to find out, he isnt working today, but I'll try and remember. PM me and I def. will because I have to go there this week. :YEAH

threekidss

again, depending on what you are looking for as the end result......i agree with the fiberglass type repair....... the soldering iron thing works but is a bit ghetto..( kinda like using your butter containers for tupperware )
but for certain cracks ect.. a plastic welder works best.... just go to harbor freight and get the 30.00 one...... the hard part is finding the air pressure..... around 6 psi works for me...... the best filler is another piece of fairing, i cut strips and use them...... it is just like tig welding, if you don't like the result, just do it again.... reweld over it with no filler...... sand and paint
good luck