How to repair plastic bodywork : practical, money-saving techniques for cars, motorcycles, trucks, ATVs, and snowmobiles

Lammon, Kurt, author.

Book 2016

"Explains how to assess the damage, identify the various types of plastics, and determine which repair strategies will be best suited to the job at hand. Step-by-step procedures take you from cleaning, aligning, preparing, and reinforcing the site all the way through the refinishing process." --back cover.

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Motor vehicles Bodies Maintenance and repair

Plastics in automobiles

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ISBN:

9780760352724
0760352720

Description:

vi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 137)

Contents:

To repair or not to repair-- that's the first question
Identifying the type of plastic. Why do we need to identify the plastic? ; Thermoplastics vs. thermosets ; Thermoplastics: the most common class of plastic material ; Thermosets: better suited to low-volume manufacturing of large parts ; Identifying automotive plastics ; Motorcycle plastics ; Recreational vehicles
Repair options for each type of plastic. Thermoset plastics ; Thermoplastics
Repair procedures. Basic repair and refinishing procedure ; Two-part adhesives ; Cyanoacrylate adhesives ; Hot-melt adhesives ; Methacrylate adhesives ; Introduction to plastic welding
Refinishing plastics. Rigid non-olefin plastics ; Flexible non-olefin plastics
Painted TPO and PP substrates
Unpainted TPO and PP substrates ; Polyethylene substrates

Control Number:

2216791

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