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vanis13
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 Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:58 pm Post subject: What plastic type are the gauges and instrument cluster? |
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What type of plastic in the instrument panel and gauges made of and what solvent could be used to fuse it back together?
I’m looking for the solvent, nothing like epoxy, JBweld, or super glue but the actual solvent.
I’m guessing its ABS and maybe acetone might be a good way to chemically bond it back together?
Cleaning up the cluster after the odometer fix and would like to put it back tidy.
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Zeitgeist 13
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| I use an ABS cement intended for use with plastic plumbing. Works great |
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Terry Kay
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It's polystyrene.
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Forthwithtx
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| Acetone is what you are looking for. I used it to weld several little bits back together on not only the IP, but also my heater plenum. Just a small artist brush and acetone. |
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djkeev
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Ahwahnee
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This is what I use - works quite well:
I get it at a local hobby shop.
I have not tried Acetone for this, the purpose made product seems thicker so possibly it gives you more work time.
In addition to full breaks, if there are fine cracks the glue can be applied to those and capillary action will pull it into the crack and effect a repair.
Be aware - in my experience the weld will seem to set up quite quickly (minutes) but you really want to wait overnight for it to have full strength. |
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