What material is a hood made of?
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Arctic Thunder
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I had a bit of hood damage to my M1000 that I repaired last year. Held up all year, no cracks or anything. This was in the hood hinge area. So this stuff works well.
Talked to a local auto body shop and he recommended this Lord Plastic Adhesive. He said to use the 152/153.
When putting it on he said to use some of the cheese cloth that you use for sheet rocking and put it down with the first layer.
He said it is the stuff when working with auto bumpers. Tuff as nails and flexible.
Cost me about $20 for the small 1.7 oz tube. The auto shop loaned me the gun to put it down.
Thunder
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Talked to a local auto body shop and he recommended this Lord Plastic Adhesive. He said to use the 152/153.
When putting it on he said to use some of the cheese cloth that you use for sheet rocking and put it down with the first layer.
He said it is the stuff when working with auto bumpers. Tuff as nails and flexible.
Cost me about $20 for the small 1.7 oz tube. The auto shop loaned me the gun to put it down.
Thunder
http://www.lord.com/Home/ProductsSer...1/Default.aspx
So just how did it get "in need of repair"?
I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it would incriminate me!!!!!
I will have to look into that.
The guy at the shop told me that it would only cost about $20 to $50 dollars if they could fix it. Call me lazy but I would love to take it down there and have them fix it. Just need to find out what it is made of.
My bro. in law does plastics for a living...runs the shop. He said it's TPO. Problem we had was the expensive 3m stuff that's supposed to be ther right stuff wouldn't stick. I dunno if it was technique or what...
Just go to a place that specializes in auto body supplies and tell them what your repairing. Been doing auto body for 12 yrs and I like to use 3M. Made many repairs with good results. Just follow the directions of the product and you'll be good to go. It's all about the PREP work before you apply the material no matter what brand you use. Good luck
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ddbigcat
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The hoods are made of a non weldable plastic so an epoxy adhesive is needed. Duramix is another brand that works good too.If your plastic repair shop cant determine what they would need for the repair by looking at the hood,then i dont know if i would let them fix it.
X2 on prep work,
I've been in the body business 15 years and use 3m 8115, panel bonding adhesive. ripped the hood tabs off and used this with some small pieces of metal to get more surface area for contact and never had a problem. even with the extreme under hood heat of the m1000. I use it on everything, But prep work is key.
Duramix, 3m, Lord Fusor are all good products. The prep work is the key, along with patience.
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Puddy Tat
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I used duramix after my wife hit a tree. Seemed to work well, I also had good results using normal screen material (household screens) and normal ABS plumbing glue. Another vote for prep work, and patience.
HE!
I refuse to answer that on the grounds that it would incriminate me!!!!!
Come on Puddy tell us
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Puddy Tat
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Come on Puddy tell us
do you want me to die!!!! helloooooooo!!!!
thats for later after a couple of cold ones...
Come on Puddy tell us
do you want me to die!!!! helloooooooo!!!!
thats for later after a couple of cold ones...
Zip it Woman!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talked to the Arctic cat Customer relations guy and he looked into it and told me that it is TPO (Thermoplastic olefin).
Told me good luck trying to get anything to weld it with. I guess I will try to do it myself with some kind (Lord Plastic Adhesive, 3m 8115,or duramix) epoxy. Thanks for the Info!
Told me good luck trying to get anything to weld it with. I guess I will try to do it myself with some kind (Lord Plastic Adhesive, 3m 8115,or duramix) epoxy. Thanks for the Info!
Just finished fixing some damage on the hood of my Crossfire. I had no problems getting the adhesive to stick. Like everybody else has said, prep is the key.
Wash the hood with soap and water inside and out. Clean the hood with a good degreaser/plastic cleaner after that. Use one designed for plastic, not a general purpose degreaser. I usually run the hood through a bake cycle and then clean everything again. I use 3M Automix products, just follow their application instructions.
Wash the hood with soap and water inside and out. Clean the hood with a good degreaser/plastic cleaner after that. Use one designed for plastic, not a general purpose degreaser. I usually run the hood through a bake cycle and then clean everything again. I use 3M Automix products, just follow their application instructions.
