72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

Once I got it all cleaned I found a couple stress cracks in the plastic:







I pulled out the trusty plastic welder and used that to heat up and massage/melt the original material into the cracks thereby repairing the areas.






Of course things look uglier before they get prettier...

[njsteve]

After a few minutes cooling down I sanded the area with a mini-orbital sander and 180 grit. Once that was finished, the area is just as strong as the rest of the flair:

[Norwood]

Yes back in the day, they were molded in body color. That plastic welder looks like the trick to fixxing these. NICE
The welting takes paint with flex very well.

[Johnny Horsepower]

I love this thread! and I wanna buy Steve's car when he sells it

[njsteve]

Note to self: when you borrow one of the wife's storage tubs make sure there is not a hairline crack in the bottom that drains out 5 gallons of very expensive cleaning solvent onto work bench/old pool table which then leaks onto rug under said work bench/pool table. Because you will have to clean up the entire mess and then discover that rugs soaked in Purple Stuff overnight do an amazing job at completely sanitizing one 6'x12' area of all dirt, grease, oil, paint, etc. Now wife wants the rest of basement floor cleaned to match the bright grey rectangle.

Before:



After:

[Xplantdad]

Leave it up to you, Steve...to find yet another use for the cleaning solvent!

[njsteve]

Yeah, I think that's a record or something: that is the first time I have actually used something for it's intended purpose, unintentionally of course.