Caution/Disclaimer
In this video plastic is being partially melted and melting plastic may release
noxious fumes, due to this some plastics should not be joined. Please
wear a suitable protective breathing mask.
Also make sure you work in a suitable well aired room.
Smoke detectors may be triggered by the fumes from plastic parts.
Do not breathe in the fumes released from plastic parts.
Some plastic parts may catch fire due to the heat from the
soldering iron.
Chance of injury and damage, so please make sure you are wearing
protective goggles and gloves to reduce risk. Always make
sure the soldering iron is turned off and unplugged after use.
Also make sure infants,pets, objects of value, flammables are away
from the working area. Make sure you have a fire-resistant suitable
holder for your soldering iron that does not transfer heat to
neighboring
surfaces. Soldering sessions should not exceed 30min (maybe
even less depending on the quality of the soldering iron
as the soldering iron may in worse cases
overheat, melt (who knows) or worse, so for longer
soldering sessions make pauses by turning the soldering
iron off for 10min to allow it to cool before resuming.
Keep in mind the joined plastic part may come apart at the joining
points or elsewhere for no special reason and cause damage. Not suitable for
functional parts of machinery and vehicles or containers or
devices running on power or load bearing parts or parts subject to
forces like wind, water, fire and earth. The procedure may render the
soldering iron used useless, so please use an expendable and reliable
one. The soldering iron that had
been used for joining plastics may get corrupted and not work
properly and corrupt technical things or devices worked on if used
again for its originally intended purpose (working with solder).
Before trying this out, check if there are better and safer
ways out there for connecting two broken plastic halves into a
whole. Method used is not aesthetic (the end result may look ugly).
Plastics may easily get burned through/punctured with the soldering iron, especially thin ones (procedure requires an adjusted approach).
The worked on parts may get additionally ruined by this process.
While the soldering iron is powered on/plugged in/hot do not leave it unattended.
In this I show how I fixed some plastic parts. The video does not serve to encourage other people to do the same.
If you are not sure about this method, ask an expert.
1. First, I connect two broken pieces of a part by putting them close together making sure no gaps are
inbetween.
2. I run the hot soldering iron gently and carefully along the visible seperation line.
3. Next, I carefully draw lines like these (like the ones shown in the video) along the seperation line on the top side
4. Now I flip the part and draw the same pattern on the other side.
5. Some projects require reinforcement of the joints made for additional stability.
5. Done
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