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Genius Way to Fix Broken Plastic Parts! How to Solder a Bumper Yourself
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- Genius Way to Fix Broken Plastic Parts! How to Solder a Bumper Yourself
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I thought this was just gonna be one of those "life hacks" but this actually looks pretty solid
I repaired a 4 wheeler with one of these. Never know it’s been wrecked.
Well, there's a reason they sell these as proper tools.
@@DejectedCat so do a lot of people that make the videos I complained about.
I kept waiting for a reason to shit on it until it looped and I was like "wait, that wasn't bad at all"
heh solid
My son had a car accident and they wanted over $2k to replace his plastic front bumper on his Cadillac. I bought one of these plastic welders off Amazon for approx $25-$30 and some color matching paint from an auto store. Fixed it just like in this video and you can’t even tell it was ever cracked now. Highly recommend
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What does he drive a Lamborghini that cost $800 more than a full transmission rebuild for my 90 Chevy
2k?? Bro they were trying to fuck you over. Good outcome for you, but next time get some quotes from different places.
ese som da um toquinho pro rip rop kkk
Well if its only optical sure it might be okay like that. But the replacement is so expensive because of the safety thing in the bumper
My brother did this with a soldering iron and staples to fix a drawer in out freezer. It works great.
That little twist is the magic....
What’s the point of the twisting? What’s it do?
The little twist in at the end locks the metal clip in. Just pushing straight down leaves a window for it to come back. The little twist pushes it under the top layer of plastic @@tannicapple
@@DoubleXL-nk3ub ah that makes sense. Thanks!
@@tannicappledude… really?
Never seen plastic break like that
The sanding device sounds like SpongeBob's laugh.
I’ve sat here for five minutes trying to figure out how to reference that episode where spingle has the abrasive green side, but I’m coming up with nothing. So that’s the joke. You can fill in the blanks, right?
i was just about to say that
@@hi_its_jerrydon’t worry,it’s been said numerous times before 🙄
Lol
YTard comment
As someone with an associates degree in auto body repair as well as 5 years of experience working in the field, the hot staples work great but it you want the repair to have strength its best to follow it up with bumper repair adhesive to the front and back of the repair. Also hot staples should be applied to the inside of the bumper not the outside. You could also alternatively use a plastic welder to follow up after using the hot staples.
Finally someone who does it properly
Nah there's literally glue designed to weld 2 plastic pieces together, this Is just a 5 min craft idea in practice
Wtf...this is "not" properly!
Looks like dog shit but sure lol. You’re supposed to put the chisel tip on afterwards and drag the plastic over the clip to blend it in. Not use a clip to make a half assed attempt at blending.
There’s still a lot of air space between the two plastic parts. It’s only a partial seal/weld. In the event that there needs to be body filler and paint, the repair will begin to show after about a year or sooner if the repair experiences too much temperature fluctuation or vibration from stress. Depending on the purpose or function of the plastic part repaired, sometimes one would also need to do the welding from the back as well and followed with an epoxy bonding agent over top as a skin coat. This will minimize the movement explained earlier and the body filler that goes over top of the epoxy will not crack, as body filler is only for cosmetic and has no structural properties.
Except for the part where it's supposed to be done from the inside
Sound is really satisfying
At the end there was the sound of an angry bumblebee.
smells even better
This isn't even real sound
Just like being at the dentist
@@Poyrik are u real?
Wow I'm surprised that was a perfect cut with a taper to keep it from falling amazing work
used a similar technique to fix a hole in a kayak, worked great. didn't use the implantale metal just layed plastic over wire mesh and melted it in and sanded
Whoa--you were able to do this before you sank??
@sethcauthorne9258 no lol, had to empty the kayak about every 20 minutes the rest of the trip and fixed it when I got home
@@Nathan-J-42 that's your definition of "worked great" pfttt
Oh, wire mesh sounds fantastic. Just like how you make carnival props with paper mashie. Didn't think about using the same idea for polymer repairs
@@Nathan-J-42 that doesn't sound like it worked out great.
I have this tool. It works just like they show here. I love it for plastic repairs.
Whats it called?
Yeah, I also need one of these
@@valjeancurry3457 It's called a plastic welder. They will typically come with staples included.
And does it really go “Tssssss...” when you melt the plastic?
@@Ethan.Lamoureux 😅😅 I really don't recall. I'll listen for it next time. I used it to fix some broken cosmetic panels in my boat's console. And it worked perfect. On the surface the breaks are barely visible (only if I called someone's attention to it), since I stapled it on the back side.
I bought a plastic welder (more like solder) on Amazon for $30 - deluxe version. I've fixed every broken plastic thing around the house from laundry basket to the ring filter on my hair dryer for pennies. Plastic weld it, trim off the prongs, melt some plastic over the soldered area to smooth out, sand it down, spray paint, and it looks new and stronger than ever. Genius tool.
Welding is using the same material soldering is like glueing
what do you use as plastic to layer over it to weld into it? I have found different kinds of plastics to bond well to each other. And sometimes i am not clear which type of plastic i am dealing with. I have used a digital wood burner with multiple tips to use to melt the edges of the plastic and sometimes i try and find some donor plastic from the same piece to add some reinforcement to the broken bit, so that i have the same kind of plastic to blend in. but sometimes the piece i am fixing does not have any bits i can cut off to blend in.
Tssss, that's actually so satisfying sound 😂
thsts PS1 boot sound lol
now try the smell lol
Too bad it's edited lol
Wow really? It perfectly matched though @@mrflippy3578
tsss, tssss, tssss, tsss
0:30 Mosquitoes when i'm trying to sleep at 3AM
darius
You have mosquitoes in your bedroom?
@@kitty-gf2wd when it's summer and you have windows open, mosquitoes come in like it's their business (which it is) and then bite your wee wee off. They are not vampires, they don't need an invitation.
@@kitty-gf2wd no they're just that loud
You gotta do 00:39
So simple, yet effective.
As a Manufacturing and Materials Engineer, this is a really great repair!
Your fired..
You’re*
Get fired.
@@TwoStepNancyJoe mama
This is a superficial adhesion no? As long as it’s not load bearing no harm no foul, but to my knowledge he would have to heat up both surfaces evenly and then place a filler plastic in between the edges. Plastic welding can be done to make a legitimately durable surface, but not in this manner.
@@idofx8722exactly what I was thinking it’s a plastic staple gun. Works exactly how it was shown. Heats up melt the staple in. Plastic welders are way better work and how you properly fix plastic. These piece of shit plastic staple guns are garbage over time where you drove that stable on the plastic will crack and/or break or the stable itself will corrode its something that been sitting outside and the smallest bump will break it again. Your better off using JB weld than these pieces of junk
Anyone else hear SpongeBob laugh louder and louder at the end?
He has been turned into an F1 car.
Made me laugh super hard, kudos 😂
I came here to post the exact same thing.
No
@@mattpayne4087 same
I am not going to use it anywhere in my life, still it was fascinating to watch it again and again😊
not only is the sizzling sound is satisfying, the little clicks to remove the metal is also super satisfying.
I have one. I bought it on amazon for around $30 bucks and saved $1,500 on 2 headlights for a 2017 Chevy sonic. This thing is a MUST HAVE TOOL!
What is it?
Done this hundreds not if thousands of times. Very very helpful
最後ちょっと捻るのがポイントなんですね！最後まで見て良かった😊
вы очень внимательны, я рад что нажал кнопку "перевод" под вашим комментарием)))
The real trick is finding the correct plastic to replace the section. If it's common polypro or PE, that might be fine, but there are a lot of different types of plastics that can interact with different chemicals like paints and primers in different ways.
You are absolutely right about using the same type of plastic. I always try to use a piece from the same part, like edge flashing from the molding process.
@wolfman231 really?
@@parnamsaini4751Yeah, it has to do with some molecular chains not meshing well to others. Even welding the "same" named plastic, like polyethylene, you might encounter problems between high and low density formulas.
If it's been made in the last couple decades there should be a mark indicating the type of plastic (Triangle with a number inside). If you can find that you can lookup up the type of plastic on the internet.
@@mockier That is the number that tells you how recyclable the plastic is. Not quite sure what that has to do with replacing pieces...lol
You're a master craftsman, Sir!
Now post the bit on how you managed to cut that piece out so nicely
Cm uma serra tic tic
That was the access plug to his front towing eye😂😂😂
@@oojimmyflip Maybe could be, but im not seeing any clips, or anything to hold it in place though :)
To me it looks like it was done with a really sharp, thin blade, perhaps a razor. Cut at an angle on all four sides so it pops back in place and sits like that. Pumpkin stem cut lol.
piece of paper and a trace
If only plastic can break this perfectly i would be so happy
Well they dont but you can make a shape bigger than that hole then patch it that way. If you were being sarcastic then my bad 😂
@@tkegger21and cut at an angle so it sits in place.
bro can’t follow a series of cracked lines 😂 nor cutout and patch plastic
I just thought the same.
It’s okay it’s still the same process
Tried this once with paperclips and an iron. Totally works and is strong!!
I was doing that back in 87... nothing new... but great video to show this gen. something new... great work
i was thinking the same. this is how iv seen repairs being done all my life
old information repackaged for the next generation. we had wandering story tellers, now we got internet shuffling story tellers. lol. what's next? AI making stories...drat. already doing that. lol...
These tools are a total game changer. I’ve been repairing bumper covers for years. I always imbedded stainless screen for reinforcement. These are so much faster. 👍
What's the name of the tool?
I have one of these and works great.
I've watched this 5 times already and still want to keep on
The Airport's metal detector ain't gonna be too happy about this lmao
Aaaah well done champ!💪🏻
These are the videos where they put below some boring videos to draw our attention🌵
In the 80s in the USSR, in such cases, we did this: we took a stainless paper clip and heated its electric soldering irons for soldering wires
Я так скрепляла торпеду в своём Ниссане! Только с обратной стороны.
I am danish. I will do your trick tomorrow to repair my motorcycle. Thanx!
И сейчас так делаю. Отремонтировал наушники и детский грузовик
Kniga i Beseda: *Uoll Strit i Bolshevistskaya Revolyutsiya*
Как только в совке не извращались, за неимением нормального инструмента
That sound is very satisfying
Started using my plastic welder just the other day on my bumper & that thing is magic, always do the little twist at the end for security.
This isn't plastic welding.. This is plastic clipping with a special waste of money. You would be better off if you just 'plastic welded' it. Aka heating up the same type of plastic and 'welding' it back together. Since these chinesium products have hit huge on tiktok now you actually have to look up 'plastic welding rods' to even find the real thing.
The little twist, is for actually pulling it out the gun while its still in wet plastic genius
he is really lucky, he found a pacth with scratches that matche the scratch of the bumper. You can't find that in every Autozone.
Yaaa colour code match be a biach in them iles 😂❤
automester*
almost like this no-life cut out the square so this stupid video can show up on my algorithm
Just like new
Not only that, but is was exactly the right size too.
Smart technique. Thanks!
You're welcome 🤗 Glad you liked it 👍❤️
I use these all the time, and I learned a lot from this short clip. Preheat before touching plastic so time until melt through is consistent, and use a staple to smooth AFTER. I always rushed to push a hard object against the repair before it could cool.
Also twist slightly after initial insertion. I find it helps create a stronger hold.
What is the device called?
@@CategoricalImperative Plastic welder
@@Vagabond_Etranger thanks. i had no idea that was a thing. 👍
@@MrMikecoats22 the demonstration did show the slight twist! nice!
That heating element sounded like my Ps one starting 😭😭
"Play-sta-tion"
It even looks like the logo a little bit
or my Blaster Gun powering up! asmr...
Very good. Thank you my teacher.
My great grandfather worked on the Titanic as a mechanic and always said that he made tons of repairs with the smallest, simplest instruments. What a legend.
How did that pan out ?
@ Thankfully he lived a long life and wasn’t onboard the Titanic on the day it sank.
@@relationshipcoachbenhe was lucky he hadnt got on the board
@@relationshipcoachbenMy great grandmother was on my boat! Our blood feud will go on for centuries
Co-worker : Don't you need to use a furnace to get those rivets red-hot?
Gramps : Nah, I'll just hammer them back in. It'll work just fine, if we don't hit anything.
EVERYTHING should be made that easily fixable.
Sound of melting plastic is so peaceful 😊
I tried this, inhaled a little bit of that plastic smoke, and now my ears won't stop ringing
Wait till an eye opens in your forehead and you suddenly start speaking French.
Great job 👌👍
I have this one for my bikes and is the better tool that I had ever for plastics.
I fixed a bike faring with one of these, excellent tool.👌
Please tell me the name of the tool
You wouldn't have to do all of that if you didn't cut a big square hole in the first place.
😁 But this tool is really genius for repairing e.g. bumpers or motorcycle fairings.
My God, YOU'RE A GENIUS! Head of the class, there Dave!
why first place? u mean back place
Ur gonna be real sorry when u don’t have one of these and cut a big square hole.
believe they were demonstrating the DIY plastic welting process there David dada
why is the strangley satisfying
Thanks
Cómo se llama esa herramienta para soldar 😅
@eliuguerrerosandoval8813
Sorry , I don't understand your language!
Can you please write in English!?
Thanks beforehand!
You're welcome
Now pay my internet bill
As a Material Scientist, let me say that approximately half of
ALL known plastics are thermosett type, meaning they CANNOT be reheated. Otherwise a clever repair.
Yeah, some plastics contract and bunch up with heat, causing even bigger holes
Wrong! Most plastics on autos are thermoplastic and can be heated and formed.
These little plastic welding kits are quite handy. I use mine at least weekly.
Matching the surface texture is somewhat difficult but can be done.
I have tried using a soldering iron with little to no success.
@@donaldlesicka8115My comment was about ALL plastics.
Look up thermosoftening and thermosetting plastics on Wikipedia
@@donaldlesicka8115 I mean, they're not wrong, you are, they said "All known plastics", that automotive plastic is generally remeltable does not change the statistic
Next time, try thinking about what you're correcting before assuming you are correcting
as a collision repair bodyshop I can bouche for your comment, most plastic bumper covers shrink or get weaker afer heating not mentioning most bumper covers nowdays are as flexible as noodles and will crack after using body filler, I do have made some crazy and some questionable repairs .. with no warranty offered.. (if it works good for you! if it breaks in a year. great! it lasted if it breaks in a wek.. well.. I told you you needed a new cover!)
Amazing so satisfying ❤
If you do that from the other side. The looking will be much better in the end
The lines would show.
@noweare1 lines need to be filled by cyanoacrilate and charcoal powder
@@noweare1 No.. the lines are going to show now on the other side because they welded, sanded and blended from this side.
@@dogusgc this man plastics!
@@noweare1 OH NO!? lines vs a patch of melted plastic 4 times as large as the original hole....
Yeah but whats the trick to getting the clean break on the wire elements.... if you precut them then the element will just heat up at the notches.
you could just use a pair of cutting pliers to cut them flush
they have a breaking point pre-made
I've seen enough of these products so called plastic "welding" , they all mad sketchy and all I can say just take some bond or epoxy!
But this, take the cake!
Yeah I just slather on some JB Weld and it holds up fine, stuffs rock solid after it cures.
It definitely has its place, I've used it on plenty of interior vinyl pieces, especially when Peterbilt or CAT or volvo or whomever want a few thousand for entire assemblies, likewise for housings that are intended to not be rebuilt but can for fairly cheap. As long as you don't buy cheap staples they do hold up about as well as the original product.
What's the name of the heating tool?
Lötkolben 🤷
Simple. Plastic welder gun.
выбиватель долгов из 90х
😂😂😂@@Real32Records
Паяльник для бампера авто.
You just made me look at my Soldering Iron in a way I have never thought of until your demonstration!
No. Do not use your soldering iron and get plastic on the tip. Buy the plastic soldering iron - much easier.
тем временем учитель который запретил использовать замазку:🗿
What is that tool called ?
Plastic welder
The cancer-death-o-matic😀
Why am I watching this and enjoying it so much
ich hab mir das ding gleich geholt und ausprobiert. ist super!
nur zu empfehlen!
wie heißt das Gerät?
А я пружинки маленькие спиральные паяльником с оловом впаивал! И сейчас наружные зеркала на Рено Логан после поломки паяны пружинками!
Not a bad idea.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you liked it 👍❤️
Пипец, как гениально! В автомастерских таким способом чинят бамперы и прочий пластик уж не один десяток лет.
Thanks china 👍👏👍
Always welcome🤝❤️
Why does it sound so good
I have one for my atv plastics . Works great and holds up to trail riding
*patta - superb- thanks*
*Bravo*
👌👍✅
I got one and love it
got a good quality one of these. It is an amazing tool
So satisfying😮
Glad you think so! 😉
Great u just applied the same method in repairing tires for ages on plastic .
gEnIuS !!!
VERY IMPRESSIVE
heres a tip for anyone looking to get one of these tools; dont let the staple get red hot, especially without already pressing it into the plastic, if the plastic is thin you’ll just burn right through, getting a hot staple and molten plastic on your hand holding the piece in place from the other side. fun stuff
Seems to Work nice for perfectly square holes
That sizzle noise. Loves it.
Other than the fact, the piece of plastic was cut straight from that and then just put back on. This is a fine demonstration of the tool or how it's done.
I broke a tab off my engine air filter housing part. I had a genius idea similar to this but without these tools. I seen a hack online where you get a mini torch and a zip tie. Melt the zip tie to the broken area and it will bond the melted plastic similar to the video and make it harder than what it was before
What an actual helpful tip I'll save & probably never use.
so satisfying.
love the twist! keep twisting, old bean!
Oh the little twist! Smart!
I have used it and it works
Outstanding!!
i dont know, i dont care, but i do like the tssss sound.
👍😉🤝
I repaired a set of ABS hard side-cases for my old Honda ST1100 motorcycle with some cracks and deep scratches. I used a high temp. heat gun and cut some ABS pipe fittings into strips and basically welded it into the case. After sanding and a spray with bedliner, they looked great and no leaks in heavy rain riding conditions.
I have and love this tool
👍🤝❤️
Leuk stukje gereedschap om kunststof te lassen 😮
My advise, don't preheat this stiches if You work with thin material. It's easier if You press it cold, and let growth of temperature slowly melt plastic. It make easier to control depth of stich insertion
If you want it even stonger you can put tie wire that fits in the melted notches then melt the top plastic over it acting like (rebar) for concrete. If you dont have these tools you can just heat up a butter knife and do this too. It will take longer but still work
I’ve done this ! Works very well. What is that rotary attachment plz
You can use a torch as well
Daaaamn, that slight turn sealed the deal.....
That was cool as hell
Life's so much easier when you have the right tool's
I looooove microplastics
That’s good, I also love using a 3D pen for a similar reason, it doesn’t work on all plastics and it’s not super precise but it can be really helpful building up missing plastic
…stronger than before!