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#16
12-12-2018, 08:05 AM
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Brittle Plastic and What to Do About it
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An interesting concept. Seems it would stiffen the part and lend strength to an otherwise weak, brittle piece. You may be on to something here oldsinner111  Dale
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12-15-2018, 08:35 PM
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After the third time the taps broke, and used zip ties and duct tape I finally came to a solution I can live with. I drilled two holes and bolted it together. It stopped the annoying rattle when zipped tied.
Now I drown every plastic piece with Aerospace303 before I reinstall it. The third brake light for the 126 is still available, you can also just order the cover. They list it as a maintenance item... Regarding the plastics in the Volvo’s, my 780 at 200k literally started to disintegrate without even touching it. I gave mine to friend, could not keep up with it anymore.
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#18
12-18-2018, 01:29 PM
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Plastics seem to be the same, Volvo or Mercedes, having owned both. Best cure is probably to go to the hobby store and buy some fiberglass veil, super lightweight glass cloth used to skin foam wings and such on RC planes. That, with some 15 minute epoxy on the inside would probably stiffen the old plastic parts significantly. Just adding epoxy or polyester resin will not do much, if anything. The resin has virtually no strength without the cloth.
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