Subject: Re: Door panel repair advice? by BillH on 2012/8/1 23:14:30
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LD85 wrote: I used Professional Sno Wite Body Filler Repair kit, I still have the can,, with mat and hardener, its been on since 1997, never had an issue with it not sticking or coming loose, a bondo kit is cheap too.
I sell plastic bonding equipment, i.e. Ultrasonic welders in 20, 30, 40, kHz ( www.dukane.com ) and they sort of weld, really they melt material together, so I guess you could weld a strip over the top, but you would need a tip that has a protrusion on the end of the horn that would penetrate through both materials.
I've seen ultrasonic, we had them in various research labs. (AMP Inc. - electric/electronic connectors). It's certainly the best way to fuse plastic together.
The home welders are just a soldering iron with a flat tip. In fact some of the Wen kits come with a tip like that. I've never tried it bacause I didn't have the filler sticks.
I do do my own ski repair with P-Tex sticks that you melt into the gouges in the ski bottoms. I should tru some of that on ABS just for the hell of it.
