HOW TO FIX broken plastic ULTIMATE Welding Forming Repair techniques
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- HOW TO FIX broken plastic parts.
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Using a small bag of sand under the part makes working on the odd shapes much easier.
Very true.
Good tip!
Genius!
@@sixtyfiveford *_ At **02:48** he says "Going DEEP into MY Crack" .... Ha Ha _*
Great advice(!), thank you. :-)
Wow. The stuff YT was actually designed for. Well done. Subbed.
Hey Thanks.
Very interesting and informative video. When you cut your screening for reinforcement do it on the diagonal. That way when you put it across your seam you'll have twice the number of wires strands crossing the repair.
I learned from a video about fabrics and sewing that cuts diagonal to the weave of the material is called cutting 'on the bias'. But with fabrics, the purpose is to provide increased flexibility, as most fabric only stretches in one direction. It's strange how different industries like to make up their own confusing terms for similar things.
You can put you HDPE in a toaster oven on 275 for about 10 min and make your own contours. Softens it up with out being too hot to handle.
Good information. For cracks I stopped plastic welding & started using epoxy with sheetrock fiberglass drywall tape. This combination bonds the pieces & makes for a very strong repair. Your technique for making missing pieces is great. I'm sure I will use it one day.
Thanks man.
I dropped a chunk of metal on my DeWalt reciprocating saw and busted both halves of the clamshell handle. The replacement parts were obsolete and I figured the saw was a gonner. Then I found this video. I got an outstanding repair using this technique including screen reinforcement and scraps from an old bucket to form some missing shards that I had lost. Having never welded plastic before I found this to be a very satisfying experience.
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Outstanding video! I have a bunch of projects that need fixing now. Much appreciated!
Great tutorial on plastic welding. This can be a real handy thing to know… thanks for the post, awesome content as always.
Thanks Man.
That’s a great idea with the metal screen. I will have to remember that. I have special tips with flat sides to use on the soldering gun for plastic.
This guy is like the MacGyver of repairs!
This video was quite informative and useful for those of us who like to repair rather than buy new. Thank you. I learned some new techniques.
Thanks Man. I'm glad you liked it.
Pretty good video. Lots of good tip
I have used the screen also, it works good. I used to use a rig like yours & sometimes still do, but mostly now use a pencil style iron with a screw in tip. I have several tips that I made just for plastic welding of brass & stainless. I shaped one triangular shaped so that I can easily melt into the crack, and then turn it sideways to mix& smooth the plastic. I have another one of stainless that was a wide flat piece with a threaded portion that screws right into my iron. I shaped it spoon like on one side down to a thin edge. That one I turn sideways to melt in the crack and then use the flat spoon side to mix the plastic and smooth at the same time. This one works great to push screen into the plastic very quickly. They make the work go very quickly and I get a lot of plastic mixing and I am able to smooth out the plastic so it looks really smooth.
And I thought you was going to say crazy glue and baking soda...lol (which does work too BTW) but this is an awesome idea. I remember as a kid trying to fix any broken plastic toys with a hot as hell nail straight out of the stove top or a butter knife.... never worked as good as this. The temperature regulation was the missing piece of the puzzle. Great video, thanks.
This is amazing knowledge to have....
Ok I just subscribed, this is my kind of channel.
Awesome plastic repair tips. I'll need to try this out. Thanks!
I remember doing this many years ago for a buddy's son who had crashed the family 3-wheeler ( I told you this was years ago!) absolutely trashing the plastic fenders! He needed to buy some time while the new fenders were ordered and shipped. We pieced the broken pieces together, welded using 'rod' cut from junk fenders, and he went "mudding" covering the machine with dirt! Two weeks later, we replaced the muddy fenders with new ones! He went mudding again, but that time when he got home, he washed it so Dad could take it for a ride.It was years before his Dad discovered the 'stitched' fenders and the story. LOL
What a great job at explaining how plastic works, then showing us the technics you discovered save me a lot of re-inventing. Thank you and I'm subscribing too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Neat! I have a broken plastic dust pan that I refuse to toss into the landfill. Now, I can fix it!! Thanks!
Wow man thanks brother your soo helpful. I’ve got a GI Joe Tank my step daughter stepped. Broke the rear Abrams Tank personnel hatch…now I’ve got a game plan
You gotta be the most popular guy on your street. I'm sure it's both a blessing and a curse being that handy. Great stuff
Oh my God that mesh makes so much sense..... I was fixing broken tabs off a bumper once and wished I would have known this, I just melted it, and drilled holes and zip ties it. This is so ligit!!
Excellent! The bezel for the shifter boot of my ancient car is broken and the boot floats around loose. I have doubts about finding a replacement but this will work great! It’s not in a visible place but I’ll just have to be careful that it fits back in and “locks” in place. All work on one side.
Good tips Moe. I wasn't aware of the bucket plastic. I have always used the zip ties. Thanks
The HDPE plastics of the bucket seams to give a better repair than the Nylon from zip ties.
Gotta give it to you, man. This is probably THE video instruction im gonna use and recommend to the others if i had to choose one. Excellent job! Very well explained, too.
excellent video very informative, thank you from England 🏴
You are amazing - a practical sculptor actually - such useful ideas and demonstrations. 🍂🍃🌈
Great tutorial. Thank you. I searched the web right after failing to repair a with superglue... Following your video I used my pencil welder successfully without a filler or mesh.
As the back side had no discoloration following the welding, I was tempted to weld the 'cosmetic' side too, but as it was uv deteriorated, I made an ugly mix of the degraded layer and the original deeper layer, and left an eternal memoir for my inexperience.
Thank you for this info. This is a very easy way to make a repair. John from Cape Cod
Wonderful! Dad always fixed everything like that, and i use same methods. Keep materials on hand and sometime you need them. It is fun to do with own hands.
Lots of infos that I will try ( HDPE plastic), this is great, thank you a lot!
Excellent video. Thanks.
For some reason, it brought to mind when I was a kid cutting the arms and heads off of my army men and melting them back on in weird places.
Slicker than owl she it for sure. After watching this, I fixed my truck windshield washer fluid tank. I wasn't fixing to pay $60 for a new one.
The wire mesh reminds me of tying rebar for concrete
Great video. Thanks. Love your enthusiastic puppy.
well presented. thank you
Nice work with the use of mesh
Great video thanks, this is just what I need for some pieces I have that are really expensive to replace, so now I'll just fix it
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks
I also use a small pointed dulling knife, and just blow torch it to be a soldering iron. I like heating up my knife, because it seems to be more precise.
You must have made some fantastic model cars in your day!
Really cool, thanks for sharing.
You don't want to use PVC as a welding rod !!!! When you heat PVC up it releases vinyl chloride gas which is toxic ! That's what that funny smell is!!!
Bro.... I know... I just got done commenting, even HDPE plastic (when pigmented) can contain extremely volitile gasses that are not only carcinogenic but can contain other nasty bi-products that you'd only know about by looking at the MSDS sheet... And that's if it's even available.
I can't imagine the amount of people that have done this to sewer piping doing some stupid project; it's not an immediate effect but it's a long term destruction and he's purposely being ignorant to warning people.
Dude you’re a genius
Great tutorial.
I pretend to TIG weld with zip ties. Makes me feel like I have talent.
Very helpful thanks for the lesson
Thank you 67 pontiac GTO. Awsome appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Mega Ditos.
You bet
I've used weed eater string for filler/repairs.. seems to work really well..
Awesome.
It works. I used a soldering iron and strips of a milk jug to weld repair a cracked gas tank of a Briggs quantum engine.
Awesome.
Very interesting, thanks for the tips 👍
Weedeater string is awesome for a six year olds toys that break! As a plastic weld stick.
Adding heated strips of desoldering braid into the crack works great!
That stuff is on par with the cost of gold. I think I'll use something cheaper, myself.
@@ProleDaddy that's true, but I use it changing electronic components and keep the left over pieces of it and it works better with the solder in it.
Very true. Solder chucks actually works well to bond plastic I find they intermingle with the plastic pretty good and create a rigid bond. I found this out by accident having solder left on my gun tip.
Ah yes, VW plastic, very brittle. I remember everything plastic breaking on my daughter’s Jetta back in the day. Excellent repair tips! Thank you!
It has the be the thinnest cheapest plastic I've ever dealt with.
OH one last tip on how I get away from over heating with a cheap soldering iron when I am not wanting to use the electronic work grade hot air and temp controllable unit I have is to throw a box with a plug for a computer power cord, that then leads to a combination of a dimmer switch and electrical outlet so what ever is plugged into the outlet I can control the power going to it using the dimmer (continuous rotary so it takes fine tuning and maybe even marking off areas so you know about where to turn it for various jobs to get the heat right, like you can literally tune it to melt wax till it forms a liquid bead on your soldering tip then touch that to a wax item and pull back leaving a thin fiber of wax for the prongs on a ring, that would be used to hold a stone in place. much easier than trying to carve it all out, lol and same can be done with plastic too, to do a lot of very complex work all by hand so the quality is all down to your eye hand co-ordination, no complicated computer tech or machinery to do a job. :)
Very true. I have a light dinner electrical box just for that purpose.
Hopefully this helps repair the inside trim on my 76 Elko :D might save me a few bucks xD
I wonder if the super glue and baking soda trick would be a bit easier. Apparently makes the super glue much stronger and also the baking soda can act as a filler for buildup as well. Check it out.
yeah great repairs i was worried other parts were gonna snap when you were flexing it, that stuff gets brittle in our sun lol
I don't think I've ever seen as thin as plastic as in this VW.
Yer video is awesome. But that FORD tee shirt. Was hard to look at. Lol good job
Fantastic explanation! Love your work!
Glad you liked it!
Nice! I need to practice this as well as a few other things for repairs like that.
Super great tutorial! You got a new subscriber!
I've seen people putting a strip of ahesive metal foil tape to the "good" side, to help you getting your weld deeper. The idea is that, even if you melt the whole depth, the metal backing will get the molten plastic in the original position and texture.
This is unbeleivable! Thank you!
Hey Thanks.
Greetings to you Sir.
It is excellent.
Thank you.
Liked and Subscribed.
Many thanks!
Baking Soda & Super Glue ... Makes a Bond better than new
Cool beans bud. Weed whip line is a good strong filler sometimes.
I've always thought of trying this but never looked it up. So what about incorporating a dedicated soldering work station for your welding system, and using the heat gun to warm up your filler plastic? Gonna try it, but I got to go break something first.
Spot on!
Excellent video, only problem is the smell of plastic. Need that n95 mask.
I use a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol to cool parts down rapidly, I also use it when soldering to control the spread of heat
If you don't mind how it looks, super glue with baking soda is like magic. I have done major plastic repair using that method.
Very true.
Great video man!
thanks, well done
works also great with glutine (superglue + baking soda)
Dude, this is awesome!
Hey, thanks!
Brilliant!
THANKS !
Awesome video. Thank you
Thanks Man.
Great topic, he should do a video specifically on the coolant reservoirs for cars, the most overpriced piece of plastic in a car. Seems to be a money-making scam for mechanics.
Great!!! Thanks
Thanks!
Genius!
You Could Hold It Together & Use A Heatgun
Interesting. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Nice job god bless
Love your videos, keep them coming
one thing to worry about is polyethylene isnt compatible with all plastics, if its actin like weldin aluminum with steel wire, then try a different plastic
I just came from another video that used superglue and baking soda to actually glue parts back together, and more importantly REBUILD broken pieces
This method is useful for smaller or delicate parts that welding would destroy
Just search a video for it because I wouldn’t give an explanation enough justice
Hmm, strange crack in the steering column ¡ Reminds me a Craigslist ad I read in: "Just found the title, so I'm able to sell my car now" 😒
hey! cool video! can you test our super cool LED headlight in your video?
How do I make 2 liter soda bottles into... say 4 foot by 8 foot sheets?
That would be helpful.
Basically they will be uses for roofing on sheds.
Step 1: Check if the plastic is UV resistant - otherwise it will soon disintegrate.
You can also glue it, plastic glue gun, crazy glue gel-apply crazy glue gel and sprinkle baking soda on top and that will turn into ROCK. File or grind off if you wish
Amazing !!
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And on the flip side: "Just Stick it There" @1:16
Any solution how to make original texture?
I do believe that's a MK1 Steering Column Clamshell Peanut Butter from a VW Volkswagen Rabbit GTI 1975 to 1983
part number: 171953516A XBY made from ABS plastic. Don't OD on the Hydrogen Cyanide fumes.
Every time he said crack, I laughed. Don't judge me
How can I fix a broken cast iron piece which holds a generator bolt?
If you use a heat gun instead of the soldering iron, your plastic will "wet" in order to stick together like taffy in consistincy. Using the soldering iron will cause the plastic to carbonize and burn to make it "crispy". A heat gun, by "wetting" the plastic pieces allows them to chemically bond together. This is another situation using the heat gun in that if the plastic has lost its surface consistancy, wetting it can cause it to bring the petroleum distilates to the surface and restore its appearance as looking new again..
What do you think?>
The problem with the heat gun is not being able to pinpoint the heat and you'll turn a much larger area into a molten puddle.
When possible use the same type of plastic repair material as the damaged part. Not all plastics will adhere well when they are not the same type.
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