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Plastic repair

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Has anyone had any expierence in repairing plastic bodyparts. I just bought an OEM 1150ES fairing to replace the Pichler I lost in an accident in 2009. Overall the new fairing is in pretty good shape but there are some scratches, scrapes and two or three fairly small pieces broken off around the edges. I know, or I think I know that scrapes and scratches can be fixed and even broken off pieces can be replaced but I have no idea of how it's done or who does it. Does anyone have any advice or some resources I can investigate?
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bix49
 
The slurry method that GK has pointed you to is handsdown the easies and best method to fix our plastic. Just make sure that you use ABS plastic. You can get plastic pipe in the plumbing section of Home Depot and the like and plastics distributors will carry sheet stock. Chop up the plastic and add it to acetone (use a glass container to mix it in) and let it sit and dissolve. Stir it in to mix and use as you would for any other glue. To make it thicker add more plastic and or more acetone to make it thinner. The best consitency is to have it flow like cold honey.

Once it has set it is fully workable just like any other piece of plastic.

Give it a whirl and lets see what you can do.

Cheers,
spyug
 
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