Plastic welding

[PranK]

 

Just stumbled across this on YouTube.

 

Looks both cool but also a little over the top.

 

 

 

[The Bogan]

I did alot of plastic welding in my youth building plastic  ducting for fume cupboards.

It's perfect for bumpers.

As long as you prep the material and have typical material for the filler rod it is easy as. 

[PranK]

6 hours ago, mlr said:

I did alot of plastic welding in my youth building plastic  ducting for fume cupboards.

It's perfect for bumpers.

As long as you prep the material and have typical material for the filler rod it is easy as. 

What about getting the plastic type correctly matched to a rod? What if you can't find the plastic type stamp?

[The Bogan]

3 hours ago, PranK said:

What about getting the plastic type correctly matched to a rod? What if you can't find the plastic type stamp?

You may be able to use some of the original bumper material.

I'm sure you find the material used in the bumper with some looking around on the Interwebs, I would hazard to guess it's a pretty commonly used plastic.

[PranK]

Yeah. I dont actually need to weld anything, I am just really interested in it as it seems to be a really decent way to DIY fixes.

I know @funkymonkey has done a bit of plastic welding. Maybe this would be of interest to him. Shan? 

[The Bogan]

Polypropylene

https://www.plasticweldingtools.com.au/how-to-weld-plastics/

How good is googles, I wish this was around when I was a kid, you can find everything if you know what your looking for.

 

[PranK]

1 minute ago, mlr said:

Polypropylene

https://www.plasticweldingtools.com.au/how-to-weld-plastics/

How good is googles, I wish this was around when I was a kid, you can find everything if you know what your looking for.

 

I might use it to weld my children's mouths shut. I could test the strength of it that way.