Plastic Welding for Beginners

I implore you. I try show the the basics of plastic welding

[@wmfife1]

After all the hi-tech., hi-ticket videos on how to do plastic repairs using excessive quantities of expensive materials and exotic tools here is a true do-it-yourself home remedy to crucial needed repairs. I anticipate getting my chain saw oil reservoir re-sealed without having to take it to a shop or sending the part back to the manufacturer for an exchange. I am glad I came here.

[@julespayne7928]

...does a flame qualify as a heating device?

[@pamelaoutram6028]

I will try this technique. I have a broken Pyrex dish cover and I cannot find a replacement. Your video is the best I have seen for fixing this cover. Thanks

[@nergglf]

Best line I've heard in a long time "my balls are now sealed and protected" that's just a good life lesson if you ask me.

[@clattenstrait7174]

Mind out of the gutter please!. LOL

[@momzilla9491]

Hey! I had a bad episode when pouring Expoy on my Countertop. I guess I waited to long and the Epoxy started to cure in the bucket before pouring. Searched the internet for help, but there wasn't much...
I rented a heat gun a couple of days later, and was able to lift, then roll the whole thing off (3.5' x 6') in a couple of hours.
Heat. You have got to love it!
I'm going to try and fix my son's expensive and now cracked Headphones! Thanks for expanding my vision.

[@A10TOES]

Just use a zip lock tie for the donor plastic, a bag of small ones come in all colors.

[@disappointedguy]

I know its an old comment for any new reader, don't do this. The lid to be repaired on the video was HDPE plastic and zip ties are Nylon plastic. They will not stick together, they have different melting points so when one it is at its optimal temp to be welded, the other may be burning. Always remember that is better to have the same kind of plastic than the same color (and diferent plastic).

[@ricksecoy2143]

I appreciate the fact that this was a demonstration for the basis theory of plastic welding. However, I think I would have put a layer of clear plastic wrap on the bottom and sealed it on with a heat gun and bondic on top for support. I learned that the tip you are using seems better suited than the tip I currently have. Time to machine out a better tip. Thanks for the video.

[@breadovenbaker5381]

Thanks for posting this video. It has been helpful in fixing my Epson printer loading tray. The pin socket broke in half, and not evenly, of course. So I cut the crooked pieces to make them flat and using a soldering iron, began melting a piece of a ball point pen that I cut to fit the remaining space. This was not going well as the tiny piece of the pen would not stay in place. So I took another suggestion from a comment and using a piece of trim cord from a weed eater, I melted lots of extra plastic to the remaining piece of socket and then had more of a surface to attach the piece of the pen. After getting a fairly secure join, I applied lots more of the trim cord. After waiting for a while for the piece to set, It is now installed on the printer.
Time will tell if this is a permanent fix. Thanks again.

[@Truth4peace4freedom]

Half a million views! Amazing!

[@danr.graham9331]

Great ideas. Also, to save some time and balls, place your balls in a seal able plastic container.

[@jeremyritual5199]

Subscribed! You helped me to fix my Broken water Bottle.😄 I used a heating device with Needle point, and It worked😄🙌

[@tektongaming9773]

can we pre-heat a screwdriver? and use that as a hot tool also i dont need much donor plastic as im fixing a weak plastic part from my metal bb pistol

[@Ch1ckenp0pper]

You just emplored the shit out of me

[@skoomajunkie1387]

Thanks for helping me fix my laundry basket! 😁

[@digupstuff]

Well I wish I would have seen this video a few months ago. I used hot glue to fix my Cheese Ball lid! TFS luv! I have subbed your channel! ♥

[@johncoscia5258]

And you have done a great service to our planet sir, leave it for the butler .

[@Lion_Rey]

My quick fix tip: Duct tape lol... Good video man

[@littlegreenwon]

Awesome to hear! I just fixed a hole in my vacuum cleaner hose yesterday.

[@casketholdingsllc7888]

If cheese balls are for eating, the knife is for cutting plastic, the soldering iron is for welding plastic what's the Glock 30 for

[@onlyAscension]

hey, i tried your ramen noodles recipe, I would of commented on that video but you disabled the comments. I loved the recipe it took me a few times to get nit right but I now know how much of each ingredient I need. thanks for uploading.

[@kuchar3654]

Step one- Pick up dangerously hot soldering iron
Step two- Drop it
Step three- hope you don't catch the tip...

[@littlegreenwon]

It was a hobby box wood burning/soldering kit.

[@christurnblom4825]

cool. I hope you've learned a bit more over the last 3 years.
I've been doing this since about 2002. This is the first instructions I have looked at though. I learned quickly that you need variable temperature so you don't burn the plastic as they vary in melting point. One cheap way to do this is to go to the hardware store and get a wall socket, a wall mount dimmer switch, a double wide outlet box to hold them and a power chord. This cost me about $10-$12 and you have a dimmer switch for other things now. (fuck ya!)
Also, penetration is key.
(uhhh...huh huh huh ...I said penetration.)

[@asiandaveblue]

thankyou so much i fixed 5 x 230 Ltr water tanks using your technique

[@battleminion]

I use the same method but i add little pieces of wire bended to add strengh i push them through the plastic with the soldering iron

[@Kuro-Velfire]

Cool video mate... specially the narration

[@JennyEverywhere]

Interesting...but I recommend against getting acting and public speaking tips from William Shatner. If you have to, check out using a teleprompter app for your phone or tablet. You may think you can do it extemporaneously, but that's not easy to do without sounding like Shatner giving a Kirk speech when he's forgotten his lines.

[@TechSupport100]

For plastic welding, the best choice for most things is to use Bondic, the plastic welder that cures with UV light and doesn't require all this fuss.

[@redjack2629]

quickest, yes. Best, not even remotely. On top of that, Bondic doesn't work terribly well on oily plastics like various PVC products, and it wouldn't surprise me if it worked poorly on hydroscopics as well.

[@steveeb00]

Hey. It works! What more do you want? Thumbs up.

[@sage1387]

This seems like a whole lot of effort for some cheese balls X3c

[@leob4403]

Don't be a lazy bum

[@defiantdeity5855]

So you melt it back together in a controlled fashion?

[@stevenkukula3897]

Very informative and funny! Thank you

[@johnereda]

I enjoyed the commentary.

[@SYNiC77]

"I want to make a tutorial. I know, I'll pretend I know how to plastic weld! First I'll almost cut my fingers off, then I'll burn off my manhood, then I'll just melt some plastic and see how it goes!"
Thanks for the laugh!

[@bigrusscarrey3740]

hi sir, can you please teach me the various kinds of plastics such as polyethylene and the other kinds of plastic that I can weld. thank you for your time .

[@allenkinchen]

This is fantastic and so funny . you did a good job .. I have a Kayak that I want to install a sail but need the base boom support , or commonly called the main mast support to be strong . Have not found any glue to stay secure , even Polypropylene Glue or caulking does not work good . Even Gorilla glue is a joke . Getting glues to stick to Polyethylene is extremely difficult .. So I have several types of soldering Irons and guns and will give this a try .. I have had great success with Milk jug containers as a donor material .. I was hoping to find a perfect match for the Kayak color but this is impossible . The mast support for the sail must be strong to endure hard stresses . tiny bits of glue is not enough .. It must be physically big and very strong ..

[@angusdavies6143]

Welding coffee can lids to unsuspecting party goers is a good trick, if you can pull it off. It's like brushing alligator teeth.

[@FOSTERSFARMGARAGETV]

Fixing to try to fix my hot tub froze over winter PVC has hairline cracks , I think this may work my friend:)

[@clattenstrait7174]

After fixing the crack, you should re-enforce that section of pipe by wrapping with nylon string, and then brushing plastic cement over the string. This creates a very strong bond around the damaged area.

[@tarstarkusz]

Just be careful with melted plastic, it will stick to you and cause burns. Also, there many kinds of plastics and this technique will not work with many if not most of them. This lid has basically no structural use and so it's just a matter of sealing it, but if it was any kind of structure, it wouldn't hold.

[@TechSupport100]

Not true, actually. Watch the video by sixtyfiveford who uses exactly the same technique to fix the cover of a chain saw. Watch ALL THE WAY TO THE END, where he flexes the piece after he's fixed it.

This technique actually works great on polyethylene plastic, that is HDPE, MDPE and LDPE (the latter used in this demonstration). And being able to weld this group of plastics is most important, because most glues won't stick to polyethylene.
With other types of plastics I have had very mixed results. PET, PP and PVC are particularly terrible, they just burn and release noxious fumes.

[@hadiahmadpor474]

thank you for video

[@iamyourfuture808]

pmsl when he drops the 'hot device'

[@wymanlovestkd]

Can u do this on a dirt bike fender

[@LydKidarsaUs]

Good video! Thanks. Where did you get the solder with that blade tip? My soldering iron is rounded?

[@jodyann77]

Said at the beginning of the video he bought it at Harbor Frieght.

[@danhughesartist]

Thank you for this!

[@danielprunster1078]

will this also work with a plastic bottle

[@jodyann77]

Yes it will!

[@samuelhoad175]

I had a crack in my drift trike wheel and used this technique to fix it

[@apoorvagala]

Hi ! Donor plastic idea is good.

[@titusjonasneffe]

Indeed, you are a beginner!

[@kingkazuma2568]

or you could just use the pen thing that welds plastic that hardens when shined with uv light it works way better and vary usefull

[@JennyEverywhere]

+nikolas wright Bondic is indeed great stuff. I use it to reinforce where the wire on earbuds goes into the body of the earbud, because you know that's where the danged wire is going to break.

[@metalfox1911a1]

you mean 5 second fix. this is a skill for plastic repair and building,not the next crazy glue that is moron proof/ resistant.

[@kingkazuma2568]

honestly its more work then its worth shit if ur going to go that far just fucking use ductape or put some seran wrap on the thing and then stick the lid back on it fuck

[@metalfox1911a1]

+nikolas wright ok so build a mold melt down then recast the lid in its stock size that should be "easier" the putting packing tape on the lid .

[@metalfox1911a1]

+nikolas wright this was to show entry level plastic repair not as an efficient repair for a cheeze ball lid. for me i want to know how to do plastic repair for my kayak witch is more professional then using glue, and can be used to build upon the kayak.

[@ronfreeman2012]

Pretty sure you took from the side seal for top seal

[@LydKidarsaUs]

Ok! thanks for info.

[@Mentorcase]

So that's how a beginner tries to weld plastic?

[@terryadamo-bassist7213]

How bad were your burns (1:45)?

[@Community-Action]

If anyone can solder a plastic lid that thin then you can do most stuff

[@1s7b1]

...if being high as hell thinking you have a phd in plastic fabrications making bongs got you here.

[@247VideosNL]

now start the "how to eat those cheese balls as a beginner because i suck at plastic welding" video

[@gamesrusvideogames1688]

hot glue gun works well for those lids

[@richbooth8948]

In the time it took you to fix the cracked lid, you could have finished the cheese curls. Plastic repair is tough.

[@metalfox1911a1]

or taped it, but this is a simple demo.

[@randomkitty2555]

for a situation like that, I would simply wouldn't bother and slap some clear tape in that lid.

[@CRodenbarger]

Oh hi, didn't see ya there.

[@fragleshnagle4256]

a gun on the table????

[@nickjackson2910]

fragle shnagle who fuckin cares wth

[@williamhughes9559]

Cant stand people that think their being funny when in actuality they are only being annoying. Thankfully he got busy and shut his mouth

[@mdh2os7]

I could only make it to :53 before turing it off. Next video.

[@NoiseBox1980]

always take good care of your balls

[@tristampratorius4709]

is there a gun on your table it looks like it.

[@A10TOES]

+HOBO RAIDERS haha very observant, yep looks like a gun.

[@PhilipGragg]

+A10TOES Probably his plastic bb gun

[@GetUpFalcon]

As I’ll show you I’m going to fix this lid by ruining it.

[@ryarod]

You know you've made it when the trolls come about.

[@zoidsfan77]

I employ you.

[@EvaBongoria]

Textbook plastic welding

[@ecollins92]

man, you must really like your cheesy puffs

[@danvize4284]

to bad tape hasn't been invented yet

[@FishSnackems]

YOU HAZ CHEEZBALLS IN A BUCKET TOO?

[@musclecat545]

RIP littlegreenwon

[@dapperdan3204]

I big ziplock bag would be much easier. LOL

[@isaaclaurenson3860]

I did it before watching this on my boat I have a better way

[@dayriderschat]

Get another lid from the charity shop for 5cents

[@tingfact]

You lost me at hello.

[@yeahwerepthesamesmartech7113]

1) grab a ziploc and put your left over cheese balls in it thats gotta be annoying to have to reach in that big container.. you wouldnt catch no canadians going thru all this for no fucking shitty cheese balls... only in america are cheeseballs the majority of fat peoples favorite snacks

[@randyschommer1844]

9

[@goesintite]

Sometimes I take my scrodum and heat them up to about 105d and just start shootin' off loads jizzmum all over everything whether it needs it or not. If that doesn't work, I'll treat my dog's food with a little Siracha and standby with my plastic welding projects. That stuff that blasts out of there at "above room temperature" (approximately) can either make mess or, make a mend. Keep welding plastic shit out there, kids. I'm proud of each and every one of you. Good bye for today.

[@justinbalacuit6507]

hows your balls?

[@darkvisionary3430]

+Miguel Grande your an idiot

[@2NAHFISH]

Miguel Grande You need to find something to do with your time.

[@AbhishekSharma-pw3ep]

the guy looks stoned!

[@dirtridermag44]

Don't be so damn cheap!! Go out and buy a new tub of cheese balls and then you'll have a new lid plus some more of your favorite snacks. It's a win win....

[@wmfife1]

dirtridermag44 See my post above. It might surprise you how many critical mechanical parts are made of LDPE plastic. Poulan electric chain saws are but one example. This was the work-around I was looking for. Repairing polyethylene isn't as easy as it looks.

[@djSpinege]

...or duct tape.

[@1BigDaDo]

omg I made it in 1 min had to turn off lol

[@mrstanskaggs1]

That is the end of your soldering iron.. It will never be of use for solder ever again... so sad. Wasted a $60.00 soldering iron to repair a $0.02 lid.. good work.

[@jj8482]

Nope it can be cleaned ...or even replace (just the tip not to whole thing)

[@LTT.Official]

Obviously he did it as a demo you idiot and also tips can be replaced or cleaned, think before you post.

[@mitchelcambell8461]

And also that tip wasn't only for soldering, maybe he doesn't even solder, I don't and for some reason I have many of em.

[@whatever2431]

Stan Skaggs it seems you don't know much about soldering irons. The tips are replaceable and you could use this tip over and over for the same repairs. As well, once you re-burnish the tip it will work like new.

[@Bulyk36]

You don't use a wood burning knife tip to solder anyways.

[@johnpatriot7946]

Lol stale balls

[@esparza412367]

He fucked up the lid by cutting it

[@zoltancsiki7604]

Hat ez nem profasional ragsztas...

[@HISL67]

Wtf was that I watched

[@Humpsterlicious]

What a fucking joke. If you're going to source the supplies to fix it from the lid and make it even worse you may as well just fucking tape it and be done with it.

[@slamdiesel4576]

Creepiest DIY video I've ever seen

[@ericshpunt7958]

wow not helpful at all, ill wing it and take a video of my own attempt