Most motorists, which is logical, protects their iron horse from all kinds of damage. It’s unpleasant for some to drive a broken car with scratches, it’s important for others to sell in the future, and it’s profitable, there are those who just feel sorry for their car, trying not to cause him “injuries”. Most often, if an accident did occur, it primarily relates to the bumper. As you know, almost all cars in our time are equipped with plastic bumpers, so there is such a need as a local car repair.
Of course, there are times when damage does not extend beyond the bumper, then another question arises about how to repair the plastic bumper. In fact, there are not too many options. As a rule, this is done in car services, but almost every motorist can do it.
To do this, you need a fine-grained mesh, a soldering iron, preferably 100-Watt, a little solvent and a kind of table on which you can put a bumper. It would be useful to have a building hair dryer. To begin with, the bumper must be removed from the car and cleaned of dust and dirt, the breakdown site must be thoroughly washed, then it should be dried and degreased, as a degreaser, you can use solvent 646 or 647, which can be found in any hardware store. Car services use 650 because it is used to dilute paints and is constantly available.
“How to repair the bumper with your own hands” - there are a lot of articles on this topic on the Internet, but as a rule, finding step-by-step instructions is quite difficult. But let's not be distracted from the topic. We stopped on the need to dry everything. After that, you should use a hairdryer, but if it is not there, it's okay, it is needed in order to more accurately establish the fragments together. It is known that when heated, objects expand, so this way you can avoid cracks when combined.
This is quite an important step, since the service life will depend on how to repair it. During operation, the bumper is in rather aggressive conditions, it is hit by the road surface, if it is a country road, the grass, which can be quite stiff, removes the paintwork even before the primer, to the plastic itself. Therefore, the condition of the bumper must be constantly monitored, because damage in the form of tearing off the fasteners can be prevented by first reinforcing them.
Of course, if all this is not done, and the front part is not protected on the slopes, on the hills, then a problem arises and the question of how to repair the bumper. But we continue our “instruction”. Now we need to leave the bumper for a short time and cut the grid into 1x2cm rectangles, it should preferably be coated with stainless steel, since rust can come into the remaining gap with water.
After that, the soldering iron is heated, a grid is applied, and then it is pressed first so that the molten plastic protrudes through the cells. It is not necessary to smooth out the resulting ribbing, it is not even worth it, because strength will suffer from this. It is worth clarifying that all operations are performed from the inside. Of course, it would be better to do the same with the outside, but then the need arises for painting. The article briefly describes how to repair the bumper.