How would you fill/shave these plastic trays???
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What type of Fill/paint process and products would you Recommend for this Application>>
The spark plug wire tray is plastic. My goal is to re-rout the spark plug wires and smooth the Plastic Plug Wire holding trays.
The channels are about half the diameter deep of an average spark plug wire. As you can see, there are also Square holes in the trays which allow the wires to exit.
This is how they look now.
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If you just want to fill them I guess you could probably use some mesh & epoxy or plastic weld. You may be best cutting out a piece of plastic and epoxy it in place to fill the holes.
^What he said^
Looks fairly easy. And if welding is involved, you want to identify the type of plastic first. It’s probably ABS.
Also looks like the areas are somewhat raised. You may want to make some cut-outs that can sit on top
and use something like 3M Rigid plastic repair material (2 part) to make it seamless. And tape off all the
chrome…Or, just paint those sections red and call it done! the wires do sit nicely… 🙂
I think my best option is to weld plastic into the grooves/holes. I’m concerned with the heat from the engine about cracking if I went with some type of filler. Maybe I won’t have to skim the plastic, after welding, with some type of filler to do the final smoothing.
I’ll just have to jump into it and see how it goes.
Thanks for the advice…..
I know its been a while but I wanted to follow up on the steps I took to shave these trays. I ended up plastic welding the trays with ABS filler and then used Evercoat’s Poly Flex Bumper Filler to do the final smoothing.
One thing I fought was warping. I had to “tack” in the plastic and let it cool and then move on. Kind of like metal welding. It took forever but kept the majority of the trays straight during the process. I had to crack the front tray to unwarp it and the reweld it back up.
They turned out better than I thought.
I’ll lay down some Epoxy Primer this weekend and then block them out again. Follow up with another session of Epoxy Primer and then maybe go with a Flat Black or Urethane Single Stage Gloss Black. Still trying to decide on that.
Later, -Ben
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looks like ya got it going your way 😉
I know its too late now but I have had good luck with duramix 4247 ridgid plastic reair filler. Its made to rebuild or make new bumper tabs that have broke off. its good stuff. 3M makes a mesh that has a clear backing on it, you line the area you want to fill with it or use it as a backer. Apply the filler and it sets up very fast. Sand it smooth, put a couple of coats of primer on it and your good to go.
[b]Underpaid Painter wrote:[/b]
[quote]I know its too late now but I have had good luck with duramix 4247 ridgid plastic reair filler. Its made to rebuild or make new bumper tabs that have broke off. its good stuff. 3M makes a mesh that has a clear backing on it, you line the area you want to fill with it or use it as a backer. Apply the filler and it sets up very fast. Sand it smooth, put a couple of coats of primer on it and your good to go.[/quote]Thanks for the tip. I may get asked to do this type of thing for somebody else so I’ll keep the duramix plastic filler in mind. It sounds durable if its used for making tabs.
I was concerned about only throwing any filler into those deep tray channels due to shrinking and cracking. I figured using the same type of plastic and melting/meshing it into the side walls of the channels would be most effective for long term durability for exposure to engine heat.. But, I guess time will tell.
Good job :pcorn:
I got some red fenders that match that VW :rofl
[b]JCClark wrote:[/b]
[quote]Good job :pcorn:I got some red fenders that match that VW :rofl[/quote]
I was wondering who stole my fenders :exci
Guide Coat and blocked the Epoxy Primer with 150 Grit
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Just about got them there. I may go back and re-work the side tray lines but I’m happy with the other two.
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