plastic welding

[Rusl]

Is there a particular type of weld that is needed?

and is there a particular welder or just a gas welder?

[croakey]

you can use a specialist plastic welder, or i've seen it done before with cut off bits of bumpers and a soldering iron

[scotty_82]

Plastic welding is a bit of a misleading term, its not exactly welding , its basically special heat gun ( or soldering iron ) which soften the plastic then a similar plastic is melted to them both joining them.

[gareth]

a decent quality soldering iron is the tool you after

[Rusl]

okay, tool sorted, more concerned about the type of plastic used to join the two parts.

or i might just use fibreglass

[jamiea7x]

dont use fiberglass, the plastic is polypropolene if its a bumper and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene(ABS) if its the grill surround

[Rusl]

cheers mate

[Neill1056]

Any guidance on what type of soldering iron should you go for and where do you source the plastic from - i'm in the process of smoothing both bumpers just now.

[jamiea7x]

Try finding asolderin iron with a large wide tip or make a tip with a wide blade and as for plastic id use a spare bumper as then you'll get the right contour of the bumper