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.

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 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

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

excellent work, very helpful! thank you!

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

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

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

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 …

Helpful, thanks m8!

Awesome video thanks

Terrifically informational. Thanks !

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.

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

They make different tips for it that make it alot easier

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

Nice work

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.

Nothin' wrong with this demo. Good job.

gotta have everything to do it

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 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 .

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.

Dang, can't find that welder anywhere. HF doesn't carry it anymore.

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

Which Rod would I use for welding Automotive plastic intakes

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

What about polymer pistol frames?

175,000 views not bad...

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

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

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

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

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

Are you gonna do it by yourself?

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.

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!”

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

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

Expensive glue gun

Looks like blue bear from American hot rod

Hey mate, you need some practice!

I like the PP

Wear gloves ➡️ No gloves while working

This guy reminds me of a young Jeremy Renner

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

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.

hot knife works better and cheaper

Not even close to being welded.

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

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

I'll stick to metal

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

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

totally wrong

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

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

Simply useless

That's crooked ass welding..pffft👎

yea, you talk too much

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

Stick to the video games bro

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