March 11, 201412 yr What's a good expoxy for the interior plastic trim, panels and such? I tried JB Weld and it just flakes off. It had no holding power to the plastic. It's not rigid ABS plastic but some other kinda plastic with some flexibility. what type of plastic is used?
March 13, 201412 yr I bought some plastic "welding rod" from Harbor Freight. It contains rod for three different types of plastic. If I recall correctly, ABS, PP and one other. I used it to repair one of the lower door pockets on my '89 DL wagon. I saw a large "PP" molded into the panel, so I assumed that's what it was. Seemed to bond well. I just melted it in there with a pen style soldering iron. Bit of a learning curve, but doable. Will have to be smoothed and painted for best appearance. John
March 13, 201412 yr Author polyproplene(PP) based material was my guess...strong but flexible...resistant to solvents, paints, etc...difficult to glue...most epoxies state "not recommended for polypropylene" I'll check out the HF thing...
March 15, 201412 yr I bought some plastic "welding rod" from Harbor Freight. It contains rod for three different types of plastic. If I recall correctly, ABS, PP and one other. I used it to repair one of the lower door pockets on my '89 DL wagon. I saw a large "PP" molded into the panel, so I assumed that's what it was. Seemed to bond well. I just melted it in there with a pen style soldering iron. Bit of a learning curve, but doable. Will have to be smoothed and painted for best appearance. John Interesting. I am mounting an A pillar gauge pod and wasn't too thrilled with the open edge at the top. I thought about using fiberglass to smooth it all out and make it look right, but this may be a better/ easier option. Thanks, Dan
March 15, 201412 yr check this stuff out. http://www.semproducts.com/dual-mix-problem-plastic-repair-material/ look through their webpage. I don't have any personal experience with this product, but their plastic paints are supposed to be the shiz, they have different paint bonding agents for poly prop vs abs, so the stuff seems to be for real
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