Bottom dash repair question
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Bottom dash repair question
The bottom dash is cracked where the AC controls, cup holder, and radio are. It's not completely broke out, yet. I was thinking about using fiberglass to reinforce/rebuild this section. I've never done anything like this before so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Believe it or not, there is such a thing as a plastic welder. You can get them from Harbor Freight for under a $100.00. There's 2 kinds. The one you want doesn't require air. With a minor amount of practice,there isn't much that can't be repaired and as just as strong. If appearance is important,a bit of bodyfiller,light sanding and paint does the trick. I bought mine 20 yrs ago,best tool investment I've made.
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Thanks man I'll look in to that. I just hope there is enough there to weld together LOL. Btw, I like your sig
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Well after inspecting the plastic better it seems to be pretty weak and somewhat brittle around the cracks. Guess I'm going to HAVE to reinforce it with glass.
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Well after inspecting the plastic better it seems to be pretty weak and somewhat brittle around the cracks. Guess I'm going to HAVE to reinforce it with glass.
Last edited by South Tx Coal Roller; 07-12-2011 at 08:16 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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If you'll take strips of thin sheet metal and heat them with a propane hand torch,just to the point that they melt the plastic and imbed them across the breaks,before laying the fiberglass,it provides slot of strength. Use the fiberglass mat,but skip the resin and use the fiberglass gel. Looks alot like body filler,and mixes the same. Won't run like the resin,so no mess. Available at Oreilly's,maybe Autozone. It's the stuff that has glass in it. Super strong repairs on plastic.
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