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Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - Stephen@France

Hey,

I managed to take a chomp of plastic out of my plastic front wing. I have all the bits and they could be glued in quite seamlessly.

Does anybody have any tips on what type glue? I'm presuming some epoxy rather than superglue?

Here's an image of the damage:

https://filebin.net/acdgcpvr5v9s7h5e/chomp.png?t=pqvtxeie

i'm in France at the moment, so a brand of glue might also help me to avoid working out the French equivalent!

Cheers,

Stephen

Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - Chris M

I've used superglue successfully on bumpers. Wilko Functional works as well as any of the brands.

Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - elekie&a/c doctor
Araldite twin epoxy will do the job . Glue all the small pieces together first , then the whole piece onto the wing .
Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - Stephen@France

Thanks for you replies.

I was looking at something like this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UniBond-Repair-Power-Epoxy-Purpose/dp/B000Y8OMW0/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=loctite+epoxy&qid=1592063568&sr=8-3

but just wasn't sure if the plastic on cars was anything 'special'.

Good tip to glue the 3 pieces together before offering back to the wing...

Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - Andrew-T

Good tip to glue the 3 pieces together before offering back to the wing...

Can't tell what shape your pieces are, but if they are to be fitted into a 'hole' you will have to manage to assemble everything very tightly for the result not to look proud. To do that, I reckon superglue would set too fast to allow adjustments. If the result has to be an invisible mend you may have to hand it to the professionals.

Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - focussed

You need a plastic repair kit called Plastifix. It's a bottle of glue that I suspect is instant glue, and a bottle of powder that again I suspect is baking soda (sodium bicarbonate to us)

Watch this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5YJbZXaZk

See what I mean?

I've used a similar kit years ago to repair plastic motorcycle fairing mountings, and to glue a shattered car door mirror housing back together. I works very well and bonds properly to the plastic, which epoxy will not do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyd8Y8MOj68

Where you get it from I've no idea - if you've been in France for any length of time you will know how difficult it is to get specialist items like this. - Try amazon.fr, wemoto. Norauto etc.

Renault Espace IV - What glue to repair plastic wing - edlithgow

Where you get it from I've no idea - if you've been in France for any length of time you will know how difficult it is to get specialist items like this. - Try amazon.fr, wemoto. Norauto etc.

France too, huh?

Given what you say above, I'd be very tempted to get some superglue, baking soda, some plastic junk, and a hammer, and do some testing.

At worst you are out a very few Euro and have bits of a 1:72 scale Dassault Mirage stuck to you.

But that's just me.

This guy tapes the showface and reinforces the back face with a bead of powder. IF it works, that's A lot less trouble than the V and fill shown in the Plastifix vid . which will require A LOT of cosmetic fettling..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1meoZaHYZo

A compromise might be to tape the showface and v-and-fill the back of the crack, IF its necessary for strength

I'm wondering if any fine powder would do, and if something fibrous (say tissue paper, fabric, or glass fibres) would be stronger.

If the powder is simply acting as an inert support and reinforcement, I'd think diatomaceous earth or talc might have possibilities. The former can be very spiky, so should key well, though it'll likely absorb a lot of glue.

Edited by edlithgow on 21/06/2020 at 15:18