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[GMCnet] ABS Plastic Repair [message #341883] Wed, 20 March 2019 23:26 Go to next message
powwerjon is currently offline  powwerjon   United States
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One Netter commented on Plastic-mend ( plasti-mend.com ) that was in the FMCA magazine on page 19. The spec sheet data indicates that it should work well for repairing black ABS plastic used in our and other RV’s, and it is priced at $38.39.

There are a number of other products available for the repair of black ABS plastic that many of the GMC community may not be aware and I do not recommend anyone over another.

Plastifix Repair Kit part#01-00543 from Aircraft Spruce ( aircraft spruce.com ) $31.60

Permatex weather resistance Black Plastic Welder, available from Amazon $5.97 ( )
or
http://tinyurl.com/y6ow3dpa

Many have made repairs on the black ABS piping my ground up bits of black ABS piping material and mixing it with MEK (methyl ethyl keytone).

There are a number of options available for repair of black ABS.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/album-1001/p41913-materials-used-for-repair.html

I have used fiberglas cloth or mat and abs cement or JB weld. No matter what you decide to use surface prep if most important.

Your results may vary.

J. R. Wright
GMC Great Laker
GMC Eastern States
GMCMI
78 Buskirk; Stretch
75 Avion
Michigan
On Location in Tucson


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Re: [GMCnet] ABS Plastic Repair [message #341885 is a reply to message #341883] Thu, 21 March 2019 00:24 Go to previous message
emerystora is currently offline  emerystora   United States
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However the original GMC holding tanks are made of polypropylene which is not ABS. I really don’t think any of them are ABS unless someone got an ABS replacement tank. So I am really questioning if this repair would work on the GMC tanks.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:26 AM, John Wright via Gmclist wrote:
>
> GMC group:
>
> One Netter commented on Plastic-mend ( plasti-mend.com ) that was in the FMCA magazine on page 19. The spec sheet data indicates that it should work well for repairing black ABS plastic used in our and other RV’s, and it is priced at $38.39.
>
> There are a number of other products available for the repair of black ABS plastic that many of the GMC community may not be aware and I do not recommend anyone over another.
>
> Plastifix Repair Kit part#01-00543 from Aircraft Spruce ( aircraft spruce.com ) $31.60
>
> Permatex weather resistance Black Plastic Welder, available from Amazon $5.97 ( )
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/y6ow3dpa
>
> Many have made repairs on the black ABS piping my ground up bits of black ABS piping material and mixing it with MEK (methyl ethyl keytone).
>
> There are a number of options available for repair of black ABS.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/album-1001/p41913-materials-used-for-repair.html
>
> I have used fiberglas cloth or mat and abs cement or JB weld. No matter what you decide to use surface prep if most important.
>
> Your results may vary.
>
> J. R. Wright
> GMC Great Laker
> GMC Eastern States
> GMCMI
> 78 Buskirk; Stretch
> 75 Avion
> Michigan
> On Location in Tucson
>
>
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