What type plastic?
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What type plastic?
Hey guys does anyone know what type of plastic the nc30 fairing are made from? Have been doing some repairs to my fairings but need to know the type as 2 different plastics can't be welded together
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Re: What type plastic?
Bike fairings are normally ABS 
I normally use a piece of an old scrap panel and melt that down and paste it on

I normally use a piece of an old scrap panel and melt that down and paste it on

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Re: What type plastic?
I've used a soldering iron to spot weld the pieces together and has worked, really strong repair have used a Drexel to channel out along the cracks ready to weld along
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Re: What type plastic?
Where are you getting them sprayed once repaired?
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Re: What type plastic?
I pieced together some bits using a bottle of solvent that I have for making model kits with. Stuff called EMA Plastic Weld. It's a proper solvent, so you can use it on both surfaces to stick the stuff back together, and plaster the back with loads more and use the paintbrush to dissolve plenty more of the plastic to get a better bond. If you had some scrap or some ABS rods you could also bulk up the joint.

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Re: What type plastic?
Cool, not sure on where being painted just want bike to be good nick all round