Plastic Bath tub Repair - Plastic Welding

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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2024

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  • @ChaosWitch72826
    @ChaosWitch72826 19 днів тому +1

    I love this. I wanna see more of this type of repair videos online. This is my jam. Ha!

  • @B-Adams
    @B-Adams Рік тому +3

    I will say, this does work and works very well! I use to plastic weld, plastic bumpers on automobiles, when the customers didn’t want to buy new plastic bumper covers, after a wreck at the body shop. We would just plastic weld the front of crack, mesh the back side and cover with 2 part glue on back side . The front would be smoothed out and filled with a glaze filler, then primed , and painted/clear.

    • @thefrugalhomestead7873
      @thefrugalhomestead7873  Рік тому

      Yep I'm sure you guys fixed some of the screw mounts on the back of headlight housings to the same way. It's a lot of ways you can repair stuff that you would normally have to throw away

  • @functionalvanconversion4284
    @functionalvanconversion4284 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the demo, would be nice to see if direct pressure would keep the plastic together. I find that plastic sometimes comes apart after welding.

    • @thefrugalhomestead7873
      @thefrugalhomestead7873  Рік тому +1

      Well we don't put downward pressure on the top of this tub because that's how it cracked in the first place these are not made to be stood on but our granddaughter tried to stand on it and then our 80 lb basset hound jumped on top of it and that's how it cracked. Since then there has been some abuse but it's holding up.

    • @functionalvanconversion4284
      @functionalvanconversion4284 Рік тому +1

      @@thefrugalhomestead7873 thanks for letting me know. Going to try this tomorrow, and as a back up flex duct, flex spray, foam underneath as a temporary fix.

  • @erniray1
    @erniray1 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video, just what I was needing! Thank you! (Maybe metal screen and drilling a hole at both ends of the crack)?

  • @2dazetake
    @2dazetake Рік тому +1

    Really appreciate your back breaking video here brother, gives me a idea of what I'm up against repairing my own bath,thanks again.

  • @bobbyanderson8230
    @bobbyanderson8230 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video. Question: (I'm the opposite of a handyman unfortunately) how exactly would I know what material my tub is. I live in a manufacturered home from the 70's. However the tub/shower combo is not original. I cant tell if its abs or acrylic or what. Definitely not metal.

    • @thefrugalhomestead7873
      @thefrugalhomestead7873  11 місяців тому +1

      Most are abs or PVC not many true acrylic ones around. But if yours is already cracked it can't hurt to try this.

    • @bobbyanderson8230
      @bobbyanderson8230 11 місяців тому

      @thefrugalhomestead7873 thank you for your time in responding. After closer inspection, it seems to have fiberglass under the top glossy coat. Looks like strings in a mold of some sorts.

  • @krislarsen6546
    @krislarsen6546 7 місяців тому +1

    I have a crack in my bathtub can I just use super glue. Because that's exactly what I've been using. Now it isn't a wide crack like that one it's pretty thin.

  • @argonaut405
    @argonaut405 Рік тому +1

    Is this an acrylic tub or some other material? I was under the impression that you could not melt acrylic with heat.

    • @thefrugalhomestead7873
      @thefrugalhomestead7873  Рік тому +1

      This is a standard plastic tub. That said I worked on acrylics in tanning beds for years and yes you can weld them. As well as glue them

  • @RedStorm.
    @RedStorm. Рік тому +3

    Thanks, now I’ll try my hand with the deep sink crack I was wondering what to do about!

  • @richardjohnson430
    @richardjohnson430 10 місяців тому

    Can I use a fiberglass patch on a plastic tub? I have one that is cracked in the bottom close to the drain. It is in good shape other than that!

    • @thefrugalhomestead7873
      @thefrugalhomestead7873  10 місяців тому +1

      Everything I've ever tried has failed other than welding. That said being by the drain is dangerous even for plastic welding. Now depending on how it is you might be able to take a hole saw run it in reverse drill a new hole bigger and put a bigger drain in I've seen some professionals fix it that way

    • @richardjohnson430
      @richardjohnson430 10 місяців тому +1

      @@thefrugalhomestead7873
      Thank you for the reply. I was just trying to save my landlord some money. I was going to pull the tub and patch it from the back and have one of my friends do a resurface after I put it back in place.

    • @sharpeipups
      @sharpeipups 9 місяців тому

      @@richardjohnson430 you better buy some epoxy + hardener set and a silicon flexible spatula ( one you use in the kitchen)

  • @RedStorm.
    @RedStorm. Рік тому +1

    Good to know. Thx😊

  • @LOdom-ws8xv
    @LOdom-ws8xv Рік тому +1

    Thanks

  • @JeffersonCorbett
    @JeffersonCorbett 5 місяців тому +1

    Like it. Thanks.

  • @FrankChesser
    @FrankChesser Рік тому +1

    good video , good job , i probably woulda just smeared some jb weld on it.