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Default Mending cracked plastic panel

Tony Hwang wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article RT_Bj.77112$w94.53329@pd7urf2no, Tony Hwang
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Hi,
What is best compound(glue, epoxy?) to use?
TIA,



Depends on the plastic. What are you trying to fix?

Hi,
Front skirt(aire dam) of a car which is attached to the bottom of
bumper. Hit a snow bank and it caused a partial viertical crack.


BTDT, on a chunk of ice in a parking lot at about 2 mph.

If it is the same stuff the body-color bumper covers are made out of,
forget it. Once the stuff UV and thermal cycles a few hundred times, it
is unrepairable. If your budget won't stand replacing it right now,
splint it with aluminum sheet behind it, and pop-rivet the splint in
place with big washers on the front. Spray the repair the appropriate
color with the flexible bumper paint. Keep the car dirty, and people
won't even notice. :^)

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