Motorcycle Fairing Repair on abs plastic - Melting abs plastic Part 2

[glues4wood]

Don't use the butane its open flame just use electric solder iron with knife or pen point and you should be using clean plastic for proper bonding paints have different solvents in them can inhibit the boning Open flame is good if you intentionally want the plastic to twist or warp

[HardHittersMC]

Very nice work Sir

[terry947]

wow your videos are amazing, thanks for making them!!!!!

[Bulgdoom]

ABS vapor is known to cause cancer

[erealpe13]

and dont let u t drip on your skin

[Ibringthetruth1]

i don't get cutting into it.

you didn't show melting the filler material.

[anthonydavid81]

I did the same thing to my bike, but it is better if you sand/grind away the paint from the crack and filler plastic. I also gave it extra strength by melting pieces of paper clips into the plastic across the crack. Hold the iron on the paper clip and it heats up enough to melt the plastic as it falls into place.

[Gingerw00ki3]

If you drill small holes across from each other, throw some JB weld (the mixable kind... NOT the stick kind) zip tie the holes together, put some supporting JB weld on the inside of the crack, and enough to sand down flat on the outside, then cut the zip ties after a few hours of sitting, fill the holes, then sand all of it... JB well is drillable, sandable, paintable... and no toxic fumes :D

[ccipherscope]

This is a FANTASTIC video. I have never welded plastic or anything before. But now i have leaned it.

Thank you so much!!!

[BryansU2B]

does it melt only? or does it actually burn it and turn it all flakey

[ff7yta]

@BryansU2B if your soldering iron is too hot, then the ABS will burn, else it will melt nicely.

[MutR]

Couldnt you just use epoxy resin to fill the groove after youve melted the 2 pieces together? 

[wedginator]

@MutR Bondo cures faster and sands much better.

[rednyellow2o11]

i got my bike done thanks to ur video. cheers!

[GatheringSticks]

very good vid...thx

[sinblesser]

wow your like a motorcycle fairing doctor. lol.

[wedginator]

@sinblesser haha, thanks!

[obamasuxacock]

this doesnt last, the only thing i found that will last is fiberglass resin and fiberglass mat. whats with all the bondo on the inside?

[wedginator]

@obamasuxacock The fairing with all that bondo wasn't done by me. That was a used fairing where I had to use a piece from to fix my green fairing. But if you must know, isn't it obvious what that bondo was for? That fairing was crashed before and it was just held together with the bondo.

[exhaust89]

hi! what's temperature of the solder at the tip?

thanks

[wedginator]

@exhaust89 The one I'm using is pretty hot because it is a butane soldering iron. However, any 60watt soldering iron should be sufficient. It won't melt the plastic as fast as a butane one, but will still do the job.

[exhaust89]

@wedginator ok thanks ;)

[devares28]

this video got me fixing my fairings as i bought a bike with some road rash and i already fixed two of my fairings with 3 to go I could be bondo and primer next wk. Thanks!

[boostedpower]

I see an o.s. maxx motor, you got an rc plane? your video has been very helpful replacing/repairing/re-paintin­g the fairings on my 1991 VFR750F

[wedginator]

@boostedpower I have a rc helicopter. glad the video helped.