[DeTomaso] Cracked Dash

[Will Kooiman]

Apparently you need #7 plastic.  The plastic should have a #7 on it.

Here is a youtube that explains it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39vncP3BGQ

Here is the post where I first saw it.  Search for “acetone”.

http://forums.viperclub.org/threads/667516-The-Saga-of-the-Dinged-Up-Dodge

Since I don’t have Legos anymore, I’ve been looking for some #7 plastic.
When I glued my crack, it left a small gap, because the plastic oozed out
a bit, and since I didn’t add any filler, there’s a very small crevice.
Not a big deal, it seems to be much more workable than superglue.

And for all of the Larrys in the room, when you decide you want to glue
your crack, make sure you have plenty of filler.

BTW, I think this might work with ether too.  I’ve been using small
amounts of ether to remove the glue on the dash.  Some of the cracks are
already welded pretty tight.  I never sprayed it on the dash.  This was
just from ether on a micro fibre towel.  Once I’m done with the main
crack, I’m going to take a better look at the rest.

On 7/13/15, 8:28 AM, "cengles at cox.net" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>Dear Scandinavian Comedian,
>
>
>                 ROTFL!   Perfect!
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>                            Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
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>On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Tomas Gunnarsson wrote:
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>> Consider it an upgrade! ;-)
>>
>> Tomas
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net>
>> To: "'Will Kooiman'" <will.kooiman at gmail.com>; <detomaso at poca.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 4:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cracked Dash
>>
>>
>> Dear Will,
>>
>>
>>             Yeah, but is it as good as stock original if you use
>> melted
>> Legos??
>>
>>
>>                               Concerned,  Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Will
>> Kooiman
>> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 8:59 PM
>> To: detomaso at poca.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Cracked Dash
>>
>> 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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