ABS plastic?

[XLexusTech]

Anyone have a good product for repairing ABS plastic? The corner of my guage cluster (the tab) snapped off and i have another one which is also damaged that I want to piece in the Tabs from (67/68 camaro) sppedo and Tach cluster.

[analyte]

I'm thinking you need a plastic welder.

[XLexusTech]

i saw some posts about JB weld Platic repair, I may go with that... anyone have any feedback on it?

[NDubs68]

We sell a product called Q-Bond. Its a glue with a powder. This stuff works great on plastics

[corvettekid1973]

I read on the Corvette forum where someone wrote about making ABS plastic paste from a piece of ABS plastic cut up into tiny pieces and soaked in acetone. The acetone melts the abs and makes it like a paste. You then use the paste to fill the crack and as it dries the acetone evaporates and you are left with a solid piece that you sand smooth. I've never tried it but i eventually will

[Thephranc]

Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) works better than acetone. A company called Plexus makes MA300 a plastic adhesive that works amazing.

[XLexusTech]

I used the JB weld plastic repair... so rar.. its been awesome! will see how well the repair holds up

[San Diego Camaro]

Go to Home Depot. They have ABS Weld in the plumbing area.

[ZMANSZR1]

We have tried many, I can tell you that CA+ Zap a Gap, is what works best for us. Readily avail at many hobby shops. It can be used by itself or with the accelerator, that instantly dries it solid and tight. Will not break off in that spot again.

Good luck

[scott_fx]

I read on the Corvette forum where someone wrote about making ABS plastic paste from a piece of ABS plastic cut up into tiny pieces and soaked in acetone. The acetone melts the abs and makes it like a paste. You then use the paste to fill the crack and as it dries the acetone evaporates and you are left with a solid piece that you sand smooth. I've never tried it but i eventually will

there is a high likelyhood that it was a post i wrote in. I think i brought the idea over from the mp3car forums and was one of the first to use this method on the double din mod to the c5 dash. Mek works best for melting the plastic. Using this method you chemically 'weld' the pieces together making a flexible repair with similar properties to the original piece. Another method is to heat weld the piece. I've done this with luck too. they have welders out there or if you get an old broad tip soldering iron (with temp control) you can hack in a repair as well.

[raustinss]

Any plumbing supply store will sell abs pipe glue and primer..anyone ever try and move a abs pipe joint seconds after you glue it ? Never will happen it's cheap also less then 5$ if I remember correctly
Best of luck Ryan

[scott_fx]

Any plumbing supply store will sell abs pipe glue and primer..anyone ever try and move a abs pipe joint seconds after you glue it ? Never will happen it's cheap also less then 5$ if I remember correctly
Best of luck Ryan

that is a good suggestion. you may want to add some more material to the backside in order to increase the surface area of the bond. though

[SickMustang]

I think modeler's glue is nothing more than a gel form of MEK. Seems to work good for the model cars that kids build; I see no reason it wouldn't work for interior parts. I would consider melting some plastic shavings and spreading it on the backside for reinforcement