Front grille repair
Looks great, Permatex Plastiweld works pretty good, however if the cracks fit tightly together, use Methyl Ethyl Keytone (MEK) and a small brush to apply it. This will actually melt the plastic back together at the crack joint. Don't get it on any areas you don't want to melt including clear plastics. MEK is available at Lowes or Home Depot in the paint chemicals section. You hold the pieces together and touch the brush wetted with MEK to the crack. It's very liquidity, and the capillary action sucks it right in. Clamp, or tape it, and let it sit 24 hours to dry. The plastic melts in the crack, and re solidifies. Becomes a solid part again. First pic the odd shape line was a broken grille piece glued with MEK. The plastic slightly melted at the joint and solidified. Second pic cracks were glued with MEK. 3rd pic they were block sanded smooth after the plastic dried. I can definitely see using the plastiweld to fill in missing sections of plastic. Great job. Looks really good. Those are a lot of work to fix and paint.
Looks great, Permatex Plastiweld works pretty good, however if the cracks fit tightly together, use Methyl Ethyl Keytone (MEK) and a small brush to apply it. This will actually melt the plastic back together at the crack joint. Don't get it on any areas you don't want to melt including clear plastics. MEK is available at Lowes or Home Depot in the paint chemicals section. You hold the pieces together and touch the brush wetted with MEK to the crack. It's very liquidity, and the capillary action sucks it right in. Clamp, or tape it, and let it sit 24 hours to dry. The plastic melts in the crack, and re solidifies. Becomes a solid part again. First pic the odd shape line was a broken grille piece glued with MEK. The plastic slightly melted at the joint and solidified. Second pic cracks were glued with MEK. 3rd pic they were block sanded smooth after the plastic dried. I can definitely see using the plastiweld to fill in missing sections of plastic. Great job. Looks really good. Those are a lot of work to fix and paint.
