19-09-24, 08:48 AM
(18-09-24, 05:39 PM)dolau Wrote:(13-09-24, 05:20 PM)robbo Wrote: You need to make sure it is the same type plastic as there are several types. My fairing is ABS(lettering moulded into the inside) You can buy plastic welding rods for the different types of plastic. It's quite a minefield when you start digging.
? my kit came with rods
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When i got my plastic welding kit it came with all different colours of rods which at first i thought was literally a colour thing but on further investigation learned that plastic isn't just plastic. And not only are there different types but they even named them too. For example a lot of videos out there show cables ties being used to melt for welding/fixing things together, but then you'll realise a few videos down the line that cable tie plastic doesn't play nicely with other plastics hence the reason you get a supply of different type rods for each purpose. And plastic moulds, like a fairing, should have the name of the plastic used written in the mould to make things a tad easier but it's really not that easy at all. I'm more of a "melt it and see" person.
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