Nice repair and good video, but its a lot more tedious, expensive, and time consuming than just plastic welding. With a plastic weld there is no masking, adhesion promoter, $$$ adhesive, mixing tips, sanding, masking, or waiting for anything to cure. A set of 6146 Bumper Pliers, the Pin Die, and a plast welder, the whole repair (start to finish) would be about 5 minutes and cost about 50 cents. Most of that time would be prep, which is similar. Another bonus of welding is that you can do a one sided repair. Look how many time he flipped that piece of bumper over, to prep and finish the backside. When working on a whole bumper, you'd be working at weird angles or would have to flip it over several times. Adhesives are not the optimal repair for this damage.
Agree, I guess they are just trying to show examples, but they should have mentioned that there are alternatives like plastic welding that might be more cost and time effective. That being said, can you plastic weld TEO/TPO/Olefin plastics? I am assuming that's probably what he has in the video and the areas where it sanded into the plastic look a lot of TEO/TPO. I think most body shops just automatically throw away anything TEO/TPO and just replace with new since it requires adhesion promoters and is difficult to work with.
I have tabs that are about .010 to .020 thick and are about 3/4” wide by 2” long at the most that are missing. Where would I get the plastic to weld them to the bumper cover?
Great video thank you. I have tabs from a 01 Mustang front bumper cover that are very thin. Like .010. Their about the length of have your thumb. Would this product work and be durable for this?
You're welcome! Yes, the 3M™ Super-Fast Repair Adhesive, 04248 would be a great adhesive for that application. It is a recommended adhesive for that kind of repair.
Nice repair and good video, but its a lot more tedious, expensive, and time consuming than just plastic welding. With a plastic weld there is no masking, adhesion promoter, $$$ adhesive, mixing tips, sanding, masking, or waiting for anything to cure. A set of 6146 Bumper Pliers, the Pin Die, and a plast welder, the whole repair (start to finish) would be about 5 minutes and cost about 50 cents. Most of that time would be prep, which is similar. Another bonus of welding is that you can do a one sided repair. Look how many time he flipped that piece of bumper over, to prep and finish the backside. When working on a whole bumper, you'd be working at weird angles or would have to flip it over several times. Adhesives are not the optimal repair for this damage.
Agree, I guess they are just trying to show examples, but they should have mentioned that there are alternatives like plastic welding that might be more cost and time effective. That being said, can you plastic weld TEO/TPO/Olefin plastics? I am assuming that's probably what he has in the video and the areas where it sanded into the plastic look a lot of TEO/TPO. I think most body shops just automatically throw away anything TEO/TPO and just replace with new since it requires adhesion promoters and is difficult to work with.
I appreciate you mentioning the plastic weld. Is it gonna be as solid ?
It’s good to have options
I have tabs that are about .010 to .020 thick and are about 3/4” wide by 2” long at the most that are missing. Where would I get the plastic to weld them to the bumper cover?
Heads up guys, all you need is the one product - plastic repair and some plastic (used butter tub or something)
the drilled holes is a good idea.
Really nice tutorial!
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Great music track. Do you know where it came from for License? thanks
Great video thank you. I have tabs from a 01 Mustang front bumper cover that are very thin. Like .010. Their about the length of have your thumb. Would this product work and be durable for this?
You're welcome! Yes, the 3M™ Super-Fast Repair Adhesive, 04248 would be a great adhesive for that application. It is a recommended adhesive for that kind of repair.
Good video but the background music is very distracting.
Hi there! Thanks for the feedback, we'll keep it in mind for future videos.
Good video but no need for background music
Seems like a video to fix parts in a lab. All these unnecessary steps to use products. got bored moved on.