Sharktooth grille repair
Please DO post pics and any tips re: plastic welding. Also, can you recommend a specific product for ABS repairs?
On Moparts board there has been some recent discussion about ABS repair methods:
Member by name ScottSmith_Harms (his work comes highly recommended) -thanks for sharing Scott had following post to question posted:
I need to repair a few broken off molding tabs on a 70 cuda grille. These are cleanly broken off, they are too small or delicate to plastic weld back on.
I remember that someone posted here, that there is a solvent for ABS that can be used to join pieces that fit toghether well. It basically patially dissolved the plastic and fused it toghether.
Anyone remembers what its called and where to buy it?
Scott's Answer -It's called MEK (Acetone works to). Mix up some in a glass jar with some shavings of ABS (old grille pieces work well) and let it sit overnight (it will melt into goo) you want to end up with a mix that's something roughly the consistancy of wet peanut butter. Prep the edges of both pieces of the part by sanding them to a beveled edge, point the edges together aligning them and use clear packing tape to secure them and keep them aligned from the underside. Smear a nice pile of the goo into the new joint on the top side until it's piled high like a weld in metal. Let it dry a couple days, sand smooth. For thicker parts do the same process on both sides repeating the process the same way.
There is some additinal info in thread that look really helpful - might want to check it out