Final Casting Plastic to Repair a Craftsman Lawnmower Hood

I cast plastic melted from coat hangers to fill an irregular gap in my Craftsman lawnmower's hood.

[@independentthinker8930]

I've taken thin walled pvc, get it pretty warm and you can lay it down on object to be repaired and mold it into shape. Then scribe area you need, cut it out then glass it in from rear, fill in the seen side with epoxy, sand, paint and go

[@HoveySmith]

Plastic derived from these coat hangers had a lower melting point, lower flash point, and was much more brittle that the plastic derived from the lawnmower operating nobs. This would be best used for repairs on static, non-stressed objects. Under vibrational stress it may crack when I operate the lawnmower and fall out. Time will tell.