Plastic Repairs

Has anyone used this stuff?

http://www.plastexexpress.co.uk/repairs.htm

Seems a cheap fairing repair could be on the cards.

Mark

 

Yup - and so far THE ONLY material that successfully repaired a plastic part
that also required inherent strength (mirror that bolted onto a jetski -
bolt went through the base which had sheared - this successfully created new
plastic & has held since repair).

I tried vaious other epoxy / chemical metal type material - all shit
compared to this, which actually makes new plastic - not always as tidyily
as shown on the leaflet - but maybe that was just my inexperience using it!

Invaluable & well worth a tenner or so to keep for those pain in the arse
repairs.

No, I don't have any connection with the Company, just a happy user!

 

I am sure it can "weld" plastics, but the union of 2-3mm (1/10" for the
Imperialisti) can't compare to several cm2 of union with the help of extra
fiber glass. A fairing is heavily vibrating stuff, mind.

Every motorcyclist should have a cloth of fiber glass at home, and when
needed buy some epoxy (it has a caducity date) and do the fix. In a few
weeks I shoudl be fixing a fairing of mine and pieces from a couple of
friends. Material will cost 6 EUR each plus pizza and beer for the working
unit (me).

 

Naaah. Duct tape does the job just as well.

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How would you know, isn't your bike still missing in action?

 

Ive used it to cast broken lugs etc and its the dogs goolies!

 

Yebbut, the bits that had been duct-taped from earlier incidents
didn't fail.

Anyway, it's not been 'missing' per se since about November - it's
just sitting in a recovery yard in France...

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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
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[FX: Frogspeak]

Oui, mais ça c'est de la classe...

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....racking up a storage charge at 100 Euro/day...

 

*Shrug*

Still cheaper than the crash bill, amortised over the time Ace has
owned it....

 

I parsed that as broken legs.

 

A plastic spastic.

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Fairings are easier to repair than many people think. A plastic welding
torch is best, but at a pinch a soldering iron and a couple of lengths of
plastic welding rod (different types for different plastics) can be used.

Treat the broken parts as you would if they were steel but chamfer the edges
to give a "trough" for the new plastic to flow into. Sand to shape and the
repair is half reasonable, but it'll really need backing up.

That's easily done too, with a resin soaked strip of woven fibreglass cloth
or chopped strand mat, although chopped strand is too ugly if you can see
it. Rough up the inside of the fairing all around the repair, "paint" with a
single coat of resin and lay the glass on top. Use a bog spreader to squeeze
out any air bubbles and it's done.

Now all that's left to do is a normal paint repair on the "good" side.



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Google has failed me

'Bog Spreader'?



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I'm surprised Google couldn't find one, they're only cheap. A rectangle of
flexible steel or plastic roughly 6" x 4" used to apply body filler.

http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Auto-Body-Filler-Applicator-Set-4pc-Sealey-AK5224?sc=9&category=227


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