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    Want a GREAT Tip for repairing plastic??

    Plast Aid, my friends. Plast Aid.

    What isn't made of plastic nowadays? It's EVERYWHERE... and you're bound to break it.

    I have a cubby pocket in my car and for whatever reason the genius's designed it with a hole about the size of a quarter in the bottom of it, which makes it useless to store anything but large items; small items would fall through the hole and get lost behind the dash panel. About 3 years ago I got some of this stuff and filled in the hole; after sanding and hitting it with a little paint, it looks brand new. Three years later it's still perfect.

    If you need to repair or form a rigid part, then this stuff is great. This is also great if you have a large-ish gap missing in a plastic piece; this can be formed like play-dough into whatever shape you need and it will BOND to the existing plastic and harden. Very strong and durable and can be sanded and painted. I'm working on a mod where I need to re-form a rigid plastic part and will be using this.

    I can't say I've used this stuff extensively, though. For semi-rigid or flexible repairs... I don't know how it'll do, but if the part can't be replaced, Plast Aid is cheap enough to be worth a shot. For splits or cracks in plastic, another product like Plastex might work better.


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    Haven't used that but I broke a tab on my lower cowl and used JB Weld Plastic weld and it is holding up good.
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    Pretty cool...where do you buy it ?
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    I was surprised at the end there was a website, the video looks like it's from the 60s or 70s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve 0080 View Post
    Pretty cool...where do you buy it ?
    The international neighborhood market, Amazon

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    or Ebay--where I just ordered mine I see where that is some useful stuff.
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