Check out the new description. I know there are alot of things that arent proper here, and I was in the process of learning. I mainly keep it around because it shows that I really wanted to make youtube videos.

I think as several serious comments left below are actual experienced welders. I started with a stick or ark welder in the late 60’s, but got a MIG in 1984. The common or best practice is heat control. Since the parent plastic is thick but more of it, it will absorb more heat. Concentrate on the spot where these two meet, as you see changes in plasticity, introduce the rod. Now you are heating 3 items. Companies that make hot air welders and consumables tell you to push the filler rod into the joint of the pieces to be joined. Leading heat in front of the rod to soften the parent plastics allow you to melt in and mechanical joint the 3 together. Working on metal with a torch is closer to doing this work. As it melts at the joint, add the filler and move your heat onto it again while twisting the rod. Grinding a “VEE” shaped cavity helps it welding flush. Also, pre clean the area with isopropyl and lint free rag to remove dirt and other contaminants. But remember, to get good penetration at the joint, heat should be added first, then filler rod. Once some practice, it will come natural. Just keep the heat in front, even if you have to change hands. Right handed? Hold the heater in that hand, lead the filler, add and melts as slowly or quickly as able. ASE Master Tech since 1978 - Retired

>> The Correct Way

@simclardy1

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you buy your rods? I have had bad luck with pp rods. No matter how hot or clean they don't seem to bond properly

Thank you for the video..ignore the negative comments bro. You said flat out that you were new at it. You provided me with plenty of info and I appreciate you taking the time to do so. Thanks again sir

I enjoyed learning about how to use a plastic welder, the many uses, different types of plastic rods and good safety practices. Nice work!

Thanks for the video! I'm in the middle of prepping my dashboard for paint after cracking it. And as you said, PP is very common around the house. I've been practicing by mending laundry baskets and hampers aha

@ClaytonBridges

7 жыл бұрын

nice! yeah I was surprised with how well I could repair my console on my car. Its such a great tool

Great VID 👍. I just bought the, 80 watt, plastic welder, from H. F., & I am sooooooo ready, yee - haw!!!!

Good plastic welding iron, that’s what I remember learning to plastic weld with back in my apprenticeship years …. Plastic items usually have a recycle logo with a number or name inside the triangle. Having a fan draw away fumes from your welding is a good idea, don’t blow across your repair while trying to weld but you can when your weld is finished …

thanks very useful. People's comments can overlook the background information that gives the keys to a technology or process,but this is pretty thorough.

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks I appreciate that. I just wanted to go slightly in depth, the kind of stuff you might want to see before you get into such a thing

One good thing about the video is that is shows us another option for repairing something that we may normally toss in the trash.

hook it up to a nitrogen or argon gas supply, helps prevent burning/oxidization of plastic.

Nice video, shows the learning process. Hilarious bit about safety and gloves, but they come off for the actual work lmao!

excellent work, very helpful! thank you!

i think this is a great way to weld plastic . Any thoughts on what type of PPE that you would use? Im pretty sure plastic is toxic . Stay safe.

You should always keep the welder in front of the rod. Never on top or behind the rod. Keep the rod perpendicular to the weld ans push the rod into the heated material. You will get a stronger/cleaner weld with less distortion and ripple. Done correctly, you won't get any ripple.

Helpful, thanks m8!

Terrifically informational. Thanks !

@sailingreco4909

4 жыл бұрын

Very sorry to tell you but he's doing it all wrong. Dont follow his instructions AT ALL

They make different tips for it that make it alot easier

Nothin' wrong with this demo. Good job.

I would forget walmart, or target for bins.I would go to Goodwill, if they have a Good Cents Goodwill they sell everything by the pound so it would be way cheaper to use used items if your learning anyway...Just food for thought!

@peterford9369

2 жыл бұрын

You can also use old plastic fender wells or any plastic auto body parts.

Dude. After 8 minutes of talk talk, the welding process begins. This was your 1st weld, wasn't it. Hah! Cool video, man. They'll get better. I got the information I was looking for thru this video. Thanks.

Nice work

Awesome video thanks

Nice try dude but people can be pretty harsh so if your new to something you need to lay it out letting folks know. Most will cut you some slack. I've never used a plastic welder but I've been a professional welder for 40 years and if that weld is normal for a plastic weld, I'll stick with glue. There isn't any fusing of the three surfaces to make one continuous piece. All it did was melt enough to stick the surface of everything together and just a little bit at that. Plastic welding is good but like metal welding because of the heat used it's limited to where it should be used. Even if it doesn't sound like it, I'm trying to help. Take it for what it's worth .

Seem s redundant to have to ruff up something your going to melt together. When you're basically mixing the two surfaces. You're not adherring two surfaces face to face. It sounds cool but seems practice is definitely necessary. I've tried so many times over the years to weld plastic but heat is definitely the trick. Too hot and u change the molecular structure and your project is too brittle. To cold and they stick together at the surface but don't meld together. I'm attempting some radiator repair and if you screw up, a bigger hole or thin fix. That's why I was curious about this hot air type. Never seen that before. Interesting. Thanks

I want to learn about this plastic weld. Thinking making toggle switch brackets

@ClaytonBridges

3 жыл бұрын

Its fun, find a better tutorial though 🤣🤣

@chicken133221

3 жыл бұрын

@@ClaytonBridges don't know what one to buy

The label shown at minute 2:40 is incorrect. PP is used in blow-molded products like bottles and other containers, is very chemical resistant, and is typically slightly transparent (milky) white. ABS is probably the most common plastic in the world and is used in telephones, keyboards, and household "hard" plastics and comes in every color imaginable. PVC is correct, but keep in mind that burning it (melting is ok, burning is not) produces chlorine gas, and when it combines with moisture in the air can create hydrochloric acid.

You said to use a high grit sandpaper. Just commenting to those that do not know the higher the number the finer the grit.

Which Rod would I use for welding Automotive plastic intakes

@obfuscated3090

6 жыл бұрын

You need to find the identification symbol for what it's made of on the intake if that was included, or practice with different fillers on scrap intakes. KZread videos are nice but for that application professional info is needed and there's no substitute for doing your homework. Google "resin identification codes" and "plastic recycling codes". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_codes Once you know the material you can order the correct filler rod. Plastic welding is very much like other welding. You should clean your weld area to remove all oil or grease and on an intake I'd use a Dremel to groove the joint before welding for greater strength. My wife used to do custom sportbike fairings and add air scoops, blend tail lights etc. It's easy and of course you can do automobile body parts. Their symbols are on the inboard side of the part.

I cant seem to find the air compressor style plastic welders.

@ClaytonBridges

Жыл бұрын

Hmm at harbor freight? They may be available online. I know at harbor freight theyre tucked away a little bit. Like bottom shelf on the floor in the welding section. Im not sure where else

Hi i solder plastic repair with soldering iron. What filter type should i use that can store the dangerous fumes from going out in the environment?

gotta have everything to do it

Could you tell me where you bought your plastic welder from and the Rods too.

@ClaytonBridges

2 жыл бұрын

I purchased it at harbor freight. Chances are you can find them online. The rods were from HF too, Im sure you can find them online as well

Hey Clayton, now you have taught yourself to weld plastic, how about a short course in shooting video?

@ClaytonBridges

4 жыл бұрын

Well you can check out my new content if you like! I think It's improved in quality quite a bit. Not to mention its more accurate. I still don't have a fancy camera or microphone however

Hey Darth Vader, those blue cheap bins do not last long under UV light,I would recommend using some kind of UV paint protection if sunlight reaches the plastics

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

the piece I used it for is under a hood its entire life

"we're going to be using, the pp" te he he

Only Limited by my imagination 😱🌈🦙🦄 Need to have That thing and alot of plastic 😛 thx !

Hey same music as tiny off grid house guy lol anyway good video very informative...

Wrong way, if other professionals do it right: Do not follow the rod with the hot iron - follow the hot iron with the welding rod, heating both: The material and the welding rod, while pushing the rod into the material.

Just wondering,why my plastic abs rods doesn't melt?

@ClaytonBridges

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm I think ABS is a pretty high melting point, about 400 degrees, is it possible you arent getting it hot enough?

What about polymer pistol frames?

@ClaytonBridges

2 жыл бұрын

Well you can most certainly use it to get that texture. Surely it gets hot enough. HOWEVER I don't know anything about stipling pistols. You want to make sure you're doing it properly (however that is) especially considering its a weapon that could make or break situations. But im sure it could get hot enough to stiple plastic like that. But I would think you'd be better off just getting a soldering iron

@PaulA-ky6bv

2 жыл бұрын

I was more referring to adding material rather than stippling

Or you could have put a drop of automotive black silicone into the hole. 3 second fix.

sorry harbor freigt dose not sell this any more i wase thereon jan 24 2020

ive done this with a old flat head screw driver and a torch lmao

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

melting plastic isnt the hardest task man has been challenged with. your torch requires fuel, this doesnt really

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

a torch will burn the plastic as well

@sailingreco4909

4 жыл бұрын

@Weaver Cattle Company You actually can do it dude. I am welding plastics for 20 years (not like this guy, obviously) and I hv repaired hundreds of gasoline tanks. But I am not going to tell you how......use your imagination.... And one more thing. If you wanna do it properly, use a LEISTER gun. They are the expensive but the best from far.

Tin snips for straight even cuts, regular sander with 80 grit paper then 120 so surface is rough but flat and quality plastics are always recommended dead when fixing water tanks or gas cans, wash and dry all bits off roughened plastic first and TRY TO USE SAME TYPE OF PLASTIC! The blue plastic on the headlight fix was a poor match. Hard plastic to hard plastic, don’t patch over but match edges and seam....my survival instructor in the Army always said, “practice does NOT make perfect! But PERFECT PRACTICE makes perfect!”

@donaldellis9004

6 жыл бұрын

The Cow Conspiracy like spelling lol, I had to sorry, but I am about to post that comment I like that.

@manp1039

5 жыл бұрын

what kind of plastic do you think was being repaired on the light cover? And i am wondering how to identify that.. I wonder if that too had a recycle label molded into and hidden somewhere on it.

@avid0g

4 жыл бұрын

@@manp1039 Even when there is no recycling symbol on a part, the plastic code letters are usually somewhere on it. The code letters are also just outside the recycling symbol, if present. Additional letters indicate composite filler material like glass fibre or glass ball (micro-sized).

@SanjayYadav-ft7xs

3 жыл бұрын

Sir what is the name of this machine

Wow, tough crowd. I learned a couple things, but I'm just another grateful dummy, lol.

@rockymontana1

6 жыл бұрын

lmfao.....gOOd comment.

So it's just another fusion method like brazing, just different material.

@Nick-rz4zj

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but no where near as good lol

175,000 views not bad...

@ClaytonBridges

4 жыл бұрын

No idea how it happened

Are you gonna do it by yourself?

@ClaytonBridges

4 жыл бұрын

Do what by myself??

you gotta get it lubricated, then shove the tip in .....

Buying plastic to practice on? Just walk/drive around on trash day. Or if you live by a college campus go by during move in/move out.

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

I have a bucket full of plastic scrap, I just needed specific shapes to do a few things.

@putster47

6 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly! You can't go down the street without seeing something plastic along the side of the road. I thought the whole purpose of fixing something was to save money lol

2017... looks like it was shot with a 2007 camera phone

Hey mate, you need some practice!

you did not go through cool down process, of startup, This being Harbor Frought, it would run like this bring air on line, then turn up heat, then for cool off turn of heat, keep air on, but good enough.

Expensive glue gun

I like the PP

@rockymontana1

6 жыл бұрын

I like the PP TOO.....lmfao......

This guy reminds me of a young Jeremy Renner

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

Thats alot better than Blue Bear from American Hot Rod hahaha.

Looks like blue bear from American hot rod

hot knife works better and cheaper

Keep shaking it. So I can't read it Beaver.

@rockymontana1

6 жыл бұрын

I wonder why Wally wasn't their,Ohhh maybe he was doing the camera....

hold the damn camera still!!!!!!!

Not even close to being welded.

I'll stick to metal

@chooowie

6 жыл бұрын

Nice sx at the end😀

Wear gloves ➡️ No gloves while working

@ClaytonBridges

Жыл бұрын

I agree! gloves are good

What about GLUE? Did people forget GLUE? plastic welding is nice but what about GLUE?

@rockymontana1

5 жыл бұрын

Do you know what a J O k E is ??????????It sure don't seem that you do...I can't believe their are so many of you that have no clue what a joke is,the only reason for that is you are more than likely just a kid and don't know ....

@drizler

5 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh but that’s the nature of the internet....... some of what you say can be easily taken wrong. Always proof read......always!

@ellinasmarios6165

Жыл бұрын

Although glue seems obvious choice most plastics don't form strong bonds with glues

GOOD INFO, BUT TOO MUCH, MOST WHO WOULD WATCH THIS KNOW MOST, SO TEACHING US TO SUCK EGGS..BUT..GREAT EFFORT AND THANK YOU...

I bet that your welds don't bond well if you test it. You cannot weld plastic without nitrogen...

🤔 how about don't drill holes in you car...

@ClaytonBridges

6 жыл бұрын

Well thats not much fun

totally wrong

what a very poor show...that's how not to weld plastic

@rockymontana1

6 жыл бұрын

like I said what about GLUE? lmfao....

Simply useless

yea, you talk too much

That's crooked ass welding..pffft👎

you're getting there Matey you really need more practice before you try to show how to plastic weld Really dude PRACTICE MORE!!!!

Terrible....wasted my time

@ClaytonBridges

4 жыл бұрын

Im sorry, I made this a long time ago, and I agree, not very quality.

Stick to the video games bro

you know, this is a total f'k up video?...just try doing it, see what happens...

@ClaytonBridges

2 жыл бұрын

Ive made that abundantly clear in the pinned comment and my description. The dislike button used to reflect that, but guess what, youtube removed it.