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So I'm in the middle of some large (LARGE) repairs on my bike.
Fairing is where I'm at the moment.
Plastic welding is going along excellently, with my cheapo variable temperature (technically current..) soldering iron made with a light dimmer and a cheap 80W iron. However when it comes to finish I have a couple questions.
I know I need a perfectly smooth surface to paint (I do intend to paint it myself) but doing this with ABS plastic isn't the easiest, is there some kind of filler or something that I can put over the weld (which I'd sand into a slight indent so the stuff has somewhere to go into obviously) and then sand down to perfect smoothness? Is that what primer does?
Cheers
EDIT: I do have an air compressor and a 1.4mm Nozzle Suction Spray gun if that opens up any opportunities.
So I'm in the middle of some large (LARGE) repairs on my bike.
Fairing is where I'm at the moment.
Plastic welding is going along excellently, with my cheapo variable temperature (technically current..) soldering iron made with a light dimmer and a cheap 80W iron. However when it comes to finish I have a couple questions.
I know I need a perfectly smooth surface to paint (I do intend to paint it myself) but doing this with ABS plastic isn't the easiest, is there some kind of filler or something that I can put over the weld (which I'd sand into a slight indent so the stuff has somewhere to go into obviously) and then sand down to perfect smoothness? Is that what primer does?
Cheers
EDIT: I do have an air compressor and a 1.4mm Nozzle Suction Spray gun if that opens up any opportunities.