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Default ABS repair
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I have a 1975 Snark Sunflower. It has an ABS shell over the styrofoam.
I need to repair the shell -- it has cracks in it, and nothing's
missing. Other than duct tape and paint, what's a good idea? Isn't
there a chemical I can use to weld it back together?

Thanks.

M

Pipe cement glues ABS quite well, but you cant use that as it will eat
the foam. If the cracks are cosmetyic only, I'd live with them,
otherwise find a car body shop that repairs plastic bumpers . . .

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