Fibreglass alternative

[Misc]

Evening,

On my rear fairing, a plastic bit has snapped off & it was used to connect the fairing to the bike. I've got 2 types of super glue but pretty sure it won't cope with the amount of vibrations & bumps of riding.

Any other household products i can use to secure it? I've got a heat gun & various crap lying about. So couldn't i melt the connector on somehow?

[SlimRick]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&tbo=p&tbs=vid:1&q=plastic+welding&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Soldering iron and a couple of bits of scrap plastic, job's a goodun.

[Misc]

I actually have one too. Will give this a go.

[prawny1]

Nice hot soldering iron to melt the parts back together and some plastic to use as filler material (thin slithers from discrete places work),

Then if you want to you can reenforce with epoxy resin, fibre glass etc,

Then if you want use sealing adhesive like siklaflex, tigerseal etc, rush/spread it on nice and thick on weak edges to help strengthen but keep flexability, using a heavy duty sealer over the repair helps to keep the bits in one piece if ever you drop the bike again too.
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[Walloper]

Ther eis stuff secific to repairing ABS (What all good bikes are made of) 'Plastex'. It's a white powder (Like Talc) and a clear liquid.
You wet the part you want to fix with the liquid then skoosh the white powder into it. It makes ABS I think and is as strong as the parent material.

It comes with a bit of plastic to use as a mould to replicate parts too.

about £30.

https://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=617418

Even better

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plastic-Repair-Plastex-Standard-Kit/dp/B0013K4V10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1273599710&sr=8-1

SORTED!

Halfrauds are selling a similar stuff too but not sure £££???.

The trouble with the solder iron approach is that you can easily overheat the material and it then becomes brittle.
Temperature control is a bit critical.

Glue won't make a molecular bond and it is only it's adhesive property that does all the work.

If it is a load bearing area then best use proper repair stuff.
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[Misc]

Cheers guys. Really wanted to try & use stuff around the house rather then buying anything as it's only one connector. I'll give this soldering a go first.

[virus]

get a jam jar, put a teaspoon or 2 of acetone (nail varnish remover) in it, then drop a lego block (see colour coded this shit is) into the acetone.


when the lego block is melted, use the goop to make your repair and leave it to dry overnight in a warm place.


Job done.


Cheers
John
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[stirlinggaz]

hi,
last time i bought plastech it was only a tenner!
& it lasts for ages, just like Q-bond (another great product) but is specifically for fairings.
had some really good results with it too.
cheers,
GAZ

[Vincent]

I've never done it myself but before the stuff you should be using was available, I'd seen repairs using hot wire and/or staples. Mind you, I've also seen thousands of repairs and bodges that hadn't worked and fallen apart after a few miles. Its not cheap but Plastex or Plastifix is the stuff you need.

[Mr White]

[Vincent]

I've got a couple of panels to fix myself where the mounting lugs have snapped. If I get round to it, I'll post a thread. If I can do it, anyone can. Most of the people I know that use it, it's not because the panels are expensive, but because you just can get them anymore. Before plastex it was bloody hard, wish I had shares in them.

[Vincent]

Ah, forgot about PLASTECH, check this link out:-

https://www.urethanesupply.com/street.php

[tutton]

I use a product called rapid rubber,
shit hot if you can get the fairing off the bike to do the work!
tried using that plastech on a nose fairing top edge and even tho it was layered right up real thick snapped within a week of normal riding
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Epoxy resin?
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[tutton]

Rapid rubber is a kind of epoxy glue yeah, but alot more flexible really, now i come to think of it i hate working with it as it takes days and days to get off hands!
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