Re: {FORGED?} Re: {FORGED?} Re: my 1970 Hornet project

[farna@xxxxxxx]

On April 12, 2005 Mr. AMC wrote:

Yes, don't forget a REAL hobby shop for plastic repair! The thin sheets come in handy. Also, don't forget to stop drill cracks before repairing. If you drill a small hole right at the end of a crack it will stop cracking. Even if you fill the crack in with epoxy still stop drill it. It's better to go slightly beyond the crack than to drill short. If the crack is still on the other side ofthe hole if can continue on. This works with ANYTHING with a crack in it -- metal, wood, fiberglass, even glass (if you can find a diamond bit to drill it with!). 

Looking forward to some pics of the finished product! 

Mr. AMC wrote:
> I have used a 2 part epoxy called the Plastic Welding System with great success on the hard plastic. It won't work on the rubbery plastic. Also about a year ago some one here with a 68-69 AMX repaired his replacment dash with JB Weld. I have found this to work well also. Since I am a model car builder and I have all sorts of sheet plastic that I use to back up any repairs. After 3-4 years I haven't had any cracks come back on my yellow Hornet's repaired plastic interior parts. I just removed and SEM'd the head liner for the orange car today. I cleaned it good with the proper prep and spray'd it with 3 light coats of black and one medium one to finish it. Black SEM covers any color. It looks really nice, not perfect but nice. Above driver quality. I got another weeks worth of painting assorted interior parts and then the assembly starts. Finally after 15 months of driving the car with a ratty interior it will be finished in 2 more months. I still have a dash to restore to r!
 eplace the original fried one. I also have a factory gauge pod for under the package tray that I made a custom face for and filled it with 3 Auto Meter gauges. Tomorrow I will install the Dynamat in the roof.


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