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Whittie
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13th Aug 07 at 08:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know somebody does it somewhere in manchester, but is there anybody else that does it?

What do they actually do? What tools are needed?

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Hamish
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Hamish
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any top-line body shop will use a plastic welder. they work in the same way as a normal welder, but there is an iron that heats the plastic up, then feeds hot plastic onto,into what-ever your welding.

the kit (welder) is used to fix cracks in bumpers mostly, to save replacing the whole bumper, it can be repared.

or they can be used to modify bumpers both of my x bumpers were welded, inc the recess. that had a large piece of a rover 220 welded in
Chris Bingham
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I've done plastic welding on a Mk3 Golf dash conversion with a kit from Demon Tweeks. Basically a hot air gun with plastic rods and a feeder type thing. Not that good to be honest, rods were poor quality and brittle when dried.
Whittie
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M2RTY
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i use a soldering iron when i do it and old corsa door cards lol

I just chop it up into small strips
taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
i use a soldering iron when i do it and old corsa door cards lol

I just chop it up into small strips


yes spot on its basically a glorified soldering iron, weld it so it lookes like stches whittie its easy
Whittie
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Wont it just melt with the soldering iron though mate?

I thought thats how you did it, but didn't see the logic behind it
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
Wont it just melt with the soldering iron though mate?

I thought thats how you did it, but didn't see the logic behind it


yeh tahts the point

do it on the back off whatever it is your welding and stitch it together in essence
Whittie
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Then fibreglass / filler on the front? Wont it still crack?
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nope if you are unsure super glue a brace to the back after wards

its really easy mate
Dean_W
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Old soldering iron and a scrap of plastic.....

 
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