Plastic welding..... any one decent?

[Corv99]

I have heard you can weld plastic now, as you do with metal?

I'm removing some fog lamps which will leave 2 holes in a plastic panel, which I would like to fill in with I guess a plate, but want to avoid cracking at a later stage.. which you would get doing it conventionlally with filler

are there any decent places to do this and paint up afterwards?

thanks

[mgeee]

We use U-POL SMC and get pretty good results. Soldering iron for cracks.

[Corv99]

thanks Mgeee
know anyway there that does it? sort of thing I couldn't do myself

[JTBUSH]

Merlin Coachworks in Durham did the bumper on my Ibiza Cupra after someone reversed into it. Didnt want to spend a fortune as the cars worth nothing.

They plastic welded the bumper and resprayed it for about £200. Excellent job done, good colour match and you cant see the weld even though you know its there.

[Corv99]

JTBUSH said:

Merlin Coachworks in Durham did the bumper on my Ibiza Cupra after someone reversed into it. Didnt want to spend a fortune as the cars worth nothing.

They plastic welded the bumper and resprayed it for about £200. Excellent job done, good colour match and you cant see the weld even though you know its there.

thanks JT, I will look into it