Thanks guys
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Originally Posted by e3photo
Looks great. Any more details on your plastic welding technique?
Cheers,
Emerald
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Sure - plastic welding is pretty easy.
1. cut out the shape of plastic you want with an air saw or cutting shears so that the peice fits perfectly with hardly any gaps
2. grind away all paint in the area you are plastic welding
3. put on your respirator with vapor cartridges. if you don't have a respirator, i suggest doing the work outside with a fan blowing so that you don't inhale the plastic smoke.
4. with the tip of a soldering iron, cut in a "stitch pattern" along the seams.. in other words, stack an X, one on top of the other, all along the seam
5. go back and melt away the stitches with the flat part of the soldering iron, this will smooth out the seam and flatten it all out.
6. repeat steps 2-4 on the back side of the plastic.
7. once it's cooled down, take a grinder to the seams to make sure there are no high spots.
8. fill all the seams with a good plastic repair filler. In my case, I used awlgrip awlfair filler. You can then sand the filler and prime.
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Originally Posted by onboost
Thatcher..
Nice project man.. isn't that plastic welding fun?!
I may need to get with you on some wheel halves.. I'm looking to bump-out the outers on my SuperCups.
Thx,
Paul
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Hey thanks Paul - yes, plastic welding is kinda fun
Happy to help with your Supercups, I should have whatever width outers you need readily available.
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Originally Posted by 78SCRSMAN
Thatcher,
Good to hear Ralph Meaney is still around. He worked on my first Porsche, a 914, some 20 years ago. He must be fart'n dust by now.  Nice project too... Sub'd |
Haha, yup ralph is still around. He has some great stories.. he's a good dude.
Cory M - yup, i've gone through every page of that thread a few times. definitely some cool stuff in there!