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Plastic Gas Tank Repair . . . Possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="KMixson" data-source="post: 435358" data-attributes="member: 432"><p>I have a plastic welder that I have used on a few occasions. It does an excellent job for what I have used it for. There are different rods for different plastic types. Basically you just heat up your plastic you are trying to fix as you feed the plastic welding rod into heated up mixture. You have to know what type of plastic you are dealing with and use the correct rod for that plastic. Different plastics use different temperature settings to get the desired effect. If your job is a small pinhole as you state and there seems to be enough plastic in the area to spread it out without getting too thin in spots you may want to just heat it up and smear a little across the hole or thin spot. That said, being a gas tank make sure your tank is empty and degassed before putting heat to it. Make sure it is vented before applying any heat to it also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KMixson, post: 435358, member: 432"] I have a plastic welder that I have used on a few occasions. It does an excellent job for what I have used it for. There are different rods for different plastic types. Basically you just heat up your plastic you are trying to fix as you feed the plastic welding rod into heated up mixture. You have to know what type of plastic you are dealing with and use the correct rod for that plastic. Different plastics use different temperature settings to get the desired effect. If your job is a small pinhole as you state and there seems to be enough plastic in the area to spread it out without getting too thin in spots you may want to just heat it up and smear a little across the hole or thin spot. That said, being a gas tank make sure your tank is empty and degassed before putting heat to it. Make sure it is vented before applying any heat to it also. [/QUOTE]
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