I'm not sure this is repaired as such, mostly I wanted to fill the hole to stop water and muck ingress. It's the throttle cover plate from a Yamaha DT200. There's no markings to indicate what type of plastic it is. I used powdered acrylic and solvent, it's normal use is for for fake fingernails.
A small test as I'd not done this before:
The hole, taped to an old wood chisel. I wanted a rigid, smooth flat surface that wouldn't damaged by the solvent:
Filled with a suitable amount of powder, plus a allowance for the airspaces in the powder:
Solvent added and mixed with a dental pick:
Plastic filling/repair
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Re: Plastic filling/repair
I left it overnight to set, and this is the result:
Trimmed and refitted:
The acrylic is still quite soft, I'm not sure if that is because of residual solvent or it's normal state. The hole is filled, the throttle still snaps shut so I consider this a success.
The cover is c£15 so a success on the tightwad scale too.
A link to my flickr pages if anyone is interested: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59423742@N05/?
Trimmed and refitted:
The acrylic is still quite soft, I'm not sure if that is because of residual solvent or it's normal state. The hole is filled, the throttle still snaps shut so I consider this a success.
The cover is c£15 so a success on the tightwad scale too.
A link to my flickr pages if anyone is interested: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59423742@N05/?