| USING THE MINI-WELD MODEL 6 PLASTIC WELDER | | | | mini-weld model 6 kit) to fill the void. |
| I was unable to find the price of this item. It cost | | | | 8. 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 can | | | | steel 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 welder | | | | work 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 a | | | | to 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 find | | | | take most of the bumps down. Then I go to 180 grit |
| one. So I used the uni-flex welding rod the color | | | | sand paper to make it smooth. |
| match was ok and it sticks to a lot of different | | | | 15. 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 | | | | |