[DeTomaso] Cracked Dash

[Will Kooiman]

A while back someone mentioned wanting to repair the cracks in his dash.

I replied that I had seen that you can glue it back together with acetone.
The acetone melts the plastic, and then the acetone evaporates and the
plastic hardens.

Well, I tried it today, and it works.

My dash is out of my car, and it has a few small cracks.  One was cracked
all the way through, and it made the dash rather flimsy.

So, I bought some acetone and some modelers brushes, and I globbed it all
over the crack.  This is different from superglue where you only want a
little.  I wanted to get plenty so that it would melt the plastic.  Then I
leaned it against the wall so that the weight of the dash closed the crack.

A few hours later, I checked it.  It is nice and tight, just like super
glue.

I guess I could have used superglue, but I wanted to see if this would work.
I¹m going to put some JB weld on the back to strengthen the crack.  I¹ve
also heard you can melt ABS plastic, like Legos and use as a filler.  I
might try that instead of JB weld.

Okay, so that¹s not as cool as a killer camshaft or a tunnel ram, but it¹s
still pretty cool.



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   A while back someone mentioned wanting to repair the cracks in his
   dash.

   I replied that I had seen that you can glue it back together with
   acetone.  The acetone melts the plastic, and then the acetone
   evaporates and the plastic hardens.

   Well, I tried it today, and it works.

   My dash is out of my car, and it has a few small cracks.  One was
   cracked all the way through, and it made the dash rather flimsy.

   So, I bought some acetone and some modelers brushes, and I globbed it
   all over the crack.  This is different from superglue where you only
   want a little.  I wanted to get plenty so that it would melt the
   plastic.  Then I leaned it against the wall so that the weight of the
   dash closed the crack.

   A few hours later, I checked it.  It is nice and tight, just like super
   glue.

   I guess I could have used superglue, but I wanted to see if this would
   work.  I'm going to put some JB weld on the back to strengthen the
   crack.  I've also heard you can melt ABS plastic, like Legos and use as
   a filler.  I might try that instead of JB weld.

   Okay, so that's not as cool as a killer camshaft or a tunnel ram, but
   it's still pretty cool.