How to Plastic Weld a Boot on a Grass Catcher

USING THE MINI-WELD MODEL 6 PLASTIC WELDERmini-weld model 6 kit) to fill the void.
I was unable to find the price of this item. It cost8. First I spot welded the mesh in place.
around $15 to fix.9. Then I adjusted the mesh to fit the void.
1. Make sure work area is clean and well ventilated.10. I used uni-flex fiber rod to fill void.
Use caution when using the mini-weld plastic welder.11. I filled the void on front and back. The stainless
The plastic welder is hot and can burn you and cansteel wire mesh will give the break more strength.
cause a fire.Let the heat from the plastic welder do most of the
2. Set the plastic welder to pre heat and set welderwork for you.
in stand.12. Try to smooth out the weld as much as possible.
3. Clean the part to be welded.13. Using a wet rag. Cool the welded part and began
4. As you can see from the picture above. There is ato sand it down.
large missing piece of plastic.14. I use 60 grit sand paper at the start. This should
5. I looked for a symbol on this part, I couldn't findtake most of the bumps down. Then I go to 180 grit
one. So I used the uni-flex welding rod the colorsand paper to make it smooth.
match was ok and it sticks to a lot of different15. Now I make sure the part fits back on the
types of plastic.mower. If it doesn't I can either sand it more or use
6. Set the heat of the welder to uni-flex welding rod.the welder to make adjustments to part.
7. I put stainless steel mesh (this comes with the