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- Motorcycle side fairings are very expensive; when they crack, you can often save hundreds of dollars by repairing them with products from Polyvance.
The fairings on this Kawasaki Concours are made of ABS plastic, the most common type of plastic on motorcycle fairings. ABS can be repaired by welding, but our Plastifix rigid plastic repair kit works really well on it. PlastiFix is a methacrylate two-part repair system which uses a liquid acrylic monomer combined with a powder catalyst that melts into ABS plastic to form a repair that is often stronger than an actual fusion weld. PlastiFix is great for do-it-yourselfers since you don’t have to buy the plastic welding equipment.
Prepping the PlastiFix: 1:34
Applying the PlastiFix to the back (dropper method): 1:49
Applying the PlastiFix to the back (sprinkle method): 2:38
Applying the PlastiFix to the front (dropper method): 4:16
Final look: 4:42
Refinishing steps: 4:50
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Here are some answers to common questions about the video:
Where can I get PlastiFix?
We cannot ship PlastiFix overseas due to hazmat restrictions. If you are in the United States, you can buy it from us. If you are in the UK, WOW! (www.wowauto.eu/) may still have some available.
Is PlastiFix just super glue (CA glue) and baking soda?
No! PlastiFix is a special type methylmethacryalte designed for ABS, PC, Acrylics and other hard plastics. Super glue only bonds to the surface of the plastic. It is also very brittle and only has about 30% the strength of a PlastiFix repair on hard plastics.
PlastiFix chemically etches itself into the plastic and should not fail.
Plastifix uses a liquid monomer to polymerize the powder to form MMA plastic in an exothermic chemical reaction. The most common forms of MMA include acrylic and lucite. The individual components have no adhesive properties without the chemical reaction of the two ingredients, unlike super glue. Because the components can be reacted directly on the surface to be bonded, the added benefit is that the reaction incorporates the surface molecules of the base plastic, creating a chemical as well as physical bond on some materials. The chemical AND physical bond make this type of repair extremely durable and impact resistant, plus it is sandable and easily painted, unlike super glue type repairs.
Can I use PlastiFix on all plastics?
No. PlastiFix only works on ABS, PC and other hard plastics. It will not work on nylon very well, and not at all on PP or PE plastics. You should use a plastic welder on those types of plastics.
what is the preferred thickness of fiber glass cloth to repair this ABS fairings ?. can we use aluminum mesh or fiber glass cloth if we opted to use ABS welding rod with welder. if yes which one is preferred to use an aluminum mesh or fiber glass cloth with ABS welding.
Hi Guys
Couple of things i was sure you had a video up for welding up a hole in plastics, by that i mean a decent size hole around 15mm, i have a repair to do on two honda motor bike fairings
there has been holes drilled for accessories, the owner wants to return the fairings to factory spec.
I imagine the panels will be ABS and i would rather weld the holes up, and dont really want to use an adhesive, as i am in the UK i dont have access to plastifix anyway.
Is there a video for welding up of holes
Thanks Nick
Nick, Simply bevel the edges of the hole about 45 deg and place a piece of foil tape on the backside of the hole. Using your welder, weld a bead of ABS around the outside of the hole, working your way inwards towards the center. If things start to get too soft, let the area cool and continue filling the hole. Once the hole is gone and completely cool, peel the tape off and sand the inside of the new plastic to remove any tape residue and to clean the surrounding plastic, then simply add filler rod over the backside until you dovetail the new material in place. Sand the front to the contour you want, add some filler and primer and you're ready for paint. The 5700HT 230V welder would be the ideal tool for this job.
@@scottb7600 Thanks Scott will give it a go
It takes to long to spread all Plastifix inside the crack. You can do this with standard welding method in 5 times shorter time. How expensive is this powder proportional to cost of ABS welding rods?
Sure, the ABS welding rods are great if you already have the welder. We wanted to show a method of fixing a fairing for those people who do not have a welder.
Its true it is slower than welding and welding is an excellent choice for this type of repair. However, the advantages of PlastiFix are that it doesn't induce heat related stress into the part, you can fabricate missing areas and parts easily with PlastiFix, and if you don't have a welder, your total investment in this awesome adhesive is under forty bucks.
If you protect the other surfaces of the welded element by aluminium tape, the high temperature will have no impact on other areas of part. Of course, Plastifix is cheaper than whole set of welder and welding rods. But if you are making a bigger portion of repairments, welding a variety of plastics like PP, PC, PA, PBT, PPA or PUR, the better invest will be to buy a standard hot air machine and rods ;)
You are correct about the purchase of a welder. ITs a great investment.
When you weld anything, metal or plastic, you have a heat affected zone around the weld...even after it cools, there are new stresses trapped in the part. Most of the time it is inconsequential, but on old brittle plastic, this can be an issue. For example, John Deere lawn tractor hoods are made of an unforgiving PC blend and if you weld them, they almost always crack about one inch away from the weld. They do this very easily. On something like that, PlastiFix would be a better choice. We at polyvance, make welders and Plastifix, and Plastifix is my go-to on ABS, PC, and acrylic parts.
Of course, hot air is creating a inside stress in materials but only in those which are not correctly protected form the influence of temperature. If you put on surface a few layers of aluminium tape, or better Capton tape, you will protect those areas from high temperature.
Sometimes the hot air is creating a new stress in material, but in most of parts, hot air uncover a stress which is already in material after the injection molding process of the part, connected with the fast process of colling the detail in mold.
But like I say, you can evade this process by protecting the surfaces. I have been welded some days ago a laptop frame, something like this parts-store.pl/pol_pl_Ramka-matrycy-do-laptopa-LENOVO-P580-290_1.jpg. This part was maded from the blend of PC+ABS, which have a tendency to deformation when we heat it. But after protecting it by aluminium tape, plastic of the tickness 1 mm have not deformated and welded :) So this is possible to do :)
But of all, your videos are great and I already learned a lot of technique on them like welding a PUR material :)
Thanks a lot!
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I stopped the video after 1:50 seconds. I'm a pipe welder, so I got metal tape here, I own a few tubes of Krazy glue and I have a box of baking soda in the fridge ... I just saved myself $52.00 Canadian, plus tax. Walk into a body shop or a boat shop and ask for a piece of scrap fiberglass cloth off of the floor....nuff said.
Want to get fancy? ... pick up a second hand dremel tool from a flea market for 10 bucks, use that to V out the inner side of whatever you are glueing together. It's the same as pipe welding, you want to V the plastic out so you get a " FULL PENETRATION" of glue/baking soda to both sides of the broken plastic. Want to get really crazy, add powdered food coloring to the baking soda. Buy a few different shades of the color you want and just experiment until you get a color that suits you .... experiment alot, all you are wasting is .25 cents of baking powder, 1 dollar of Krazy glue and 50 cents of color dye.