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Expert: Octavio Torres - 8/26/2008
Question
Greetings;
I would like to glue something to the inner plastic
door panel on a 2000 Jeep Cherokee. What kind of plastic
was used at that time for door panels? (Chrysler could not
answer the question). Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Reiner
Answer
Dear Reiner,
I´ve repaired a lot of inner panels for different makes and models but so far I have not been faced to repair that particular one. However, there are some general principles to fix plastics. From your question, I understand that you try to adhere "something" to the piece and actually not have it repaired.In order to help you in the best possible way, I would want you to give us a description, size, material and weight of the part you want to glue in. I assume you have discarded any other fastening options and have only gluing left? Sometimes is better to remove the panel and fix anything by working from the back than achieving a strong joint with common adhesives from the outside. If you had a 40 watts soldering Iron; were you able to pierce the panel material and the same for the piece you mention? If this is that case we can have a good chance to get a nice union. Of course we are going to pierce nothing, what I want to make sure is whether we are dealing with a thermoplastic polymers (both).Be patient, provide all the info you can and I will give you detailed directions to have the job done. I look forward to receiving your comments. Thanks
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