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Old 07-10-2009, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by kip Foss View Post
Before you start buying a lot of 'fix anything' epoxies, find out what kind of plastic you are trying to mend. If it is stuff like nylon or polyethylene you are mostly pissing into the wind. Some of these you can weld with a hot air gun and a plastic filler rod like oxy welding, but much of modern plastics can't be fixed.

I have to agree also.. I have definitely noticed that some plastics won't accept anything... but how do you tell them apart? Brittleness? color?
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