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Whats the other side look like Rob?
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I would break out my Tig or my new Mini torch which is really cool by the way!!!! and some Muggy weld and weld a few pieces of steel to it. possibly stainless?
You could also use small rivets and some small strips of metal? I betcha got an old Gas set up and a Good old double 00 tip would do great on that light stuff I know your thinking about using Fiberglass but I vote for welding first. Fiber glass will work good nothing wrong with it either way may be better going with Glass Dennis B.
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Well sadly I don't have a TIG or a mini torch and my son needed my gas set up far more than me so it's long gone. I could go borrow it but odds are one or both bottles would be empty and I don't want to pay to fill them
I've seen the muggy weld ads but as far as I know I can't buy it here so ordering it means a big delay + $40 in shipping and brokerage fees added to it There's about 1/4 - 1/2" overlap on the piece I made so I'm going to use a good 2 part epoxy to bond it all together, and then glass the whole thing for good measure, should be fine when it's all done I would think. Rob
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What do you think about those special metal epoxy's ? or two part metal Putty deals?
As nice as that repair panel you made there is I would just glue it in with Panel bonding adhesive and call it good that stuff is strong. Dennis B.
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I know your working with Pot metal and you already have a SOLID repair going there BUT please watch this any way the blue stuff is what I was thinking about and then using one of the newer metal epoxy puty's JB weld or other two part Metal putty is what I was thinking instead of there plastic but I wanna try there plastic repair stuff any way including all the bumper stuff these guys make some cool stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9DrfxHy2GU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yfCzBX409s Dennis B.
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Wow, that is really cool. It would be great for fixing those shark tooth grills on early Dusters that are always broken and cost a king's ransom if not.
I went to a place here called Industrial Plastics that sells all sorts of interesting stuff and got an industrial grade 2 part epoxy to use. Should be plenty strong enough, I may just leave it as is or glass over some of it for practice if nothing else. I still need to do the hood and I have never mucked around with fiberglass. Edit: Just checked the bond I did yesterday and it is more strong enough so I'm just going to leave it as is. I'll learn the fiberglass as I go on the hood Now to fix the more broken side, yay Rob
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Ya I wish I had kept the on broken grill I had for the other Plymouth I could have fixed it with that stuff and sold it for a few bucks.
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It's really good to know that you can fix things like that, keep your eyes open at swap meets for deals on desireable broken plastic type grills. Those shark tooth grills can run $1000 in good shape Find a chunky one for a couple hundy and fix it, you could actually make a living doing this sort of thing. I always wanted to learn how to fix aluminum and stainless trim, huge demand for that, this looks easier Rob
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Happy B day to me
Having a great day over all today EXCEPT my hand is frickin killing me hurts bad like 100 times worse than when I broke the plate in there. I haven't done anything either NOTHING! no reason for it to hurt none. Just had a Great interview with a Small growing company super excited about possible position they have for me I do not need another surgery rite now. Dennis B.
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