GK fairing cracked. Plastic Repair.

[Redman]

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I have only a little chemistry familiarity.
But I am am not likely to be heating any solvent.
.... nor anything with "nitro" as part of its name.....

THe toluene was just my initial guess.
I got steered to acetone (or KEP) fairly quick.

I was thinking you should have some experience with this plastic repair (i recall your busted up GK sidebag). Thanks for sharing your experience(es), Dale.

No, didnt have much access to back side of the cracks.

THe small cracks (not pictured) that would not open up, I found just touching a drop of the acetone to the crack, the drop gets sucked into the crack (capillary action?), dissolves a bit of the material, then resolidifys into solid material.

FOr the big cracks, that I could open up, I could get the ABS cement onto the broken edges, let it soften up the material some, then let the crack close back up, and seems to have reformed real well. THe trouble is if any of the cement squishes out..... dont try to wipe it away because it will smear across the surface.... better to find a way to cut it away with a sharp edge, say, exacto knife or something.

[Steve]

THe trouble is if any of the cement squishes out..... dont try to wipe it away because it will smear across the surface.... better to find a way to cut it away with a sharp edge, say, exacto knife or something.

Best thing there is to just let it dry and solidify. Then you can use an exacto knife and/or a file to trim it away, much like the flashing on the model cars we put together as kids.

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