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Anybody try to plastic weld interior parts? 850

posted by  bjinSeattle on  Mon Feb 9 08:04 CST 2004
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Anyone know what kind of plastic the console is made of? I’m trying to repair a broken console. Fatigue cracking liberated a chunk of the rear housing just above the rear ashtray, where the arm rest flips back. My friendly dealer wants $280 for a new one and I don’t trust that a recycled item won’t have the same problem just under the surface. Eastwood makes a number of kits for interior repair, from solvent applications to plastic welding. I was going to try the plastic weld kit. Anyone try this?
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    Anybody try to plastic weld interior parts? 850

    posted by  kshaw on  Wed Feb 11 15:27 CST 2004
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    I have had some success with using fiberglass resin and a few sheets of fiberglass as a stiffner. I did this for for an airplane wheel fairing and it held up for a while. Would probably work better in a low stress environment like you are talking about. Make sure that you clean the plastic well so the resin will stick to the plastic.








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      Anybody try to plastic weld interior parts? 850

      posted by  bjinSeattle on  Fri Feb 13 12:31 CST 2004
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      Fiberglass could do the trick, I guess I'm hoping somehow has had experience with the kind of interior plastics volvo uses. This is nice thick stuff, it just got abused a bit. I also need to be able to fill in a largeish chunk that flaked away when it broke. Ideally a color matched and then textured approach would be my first choice.
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    Anybody try to plastic weld interior parts? 850

    posted by  someone claiming to be an idiot on  Tue Feb 10 11:41 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    Not tried it but a hot glue gun comes to mind.







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