I forgot about the front bumper cover! Has the lower been wasted then?
Happy birthday btw. 40 huh? Just an old man tinkering with his toys now......
About 65*. I’ve never tried to push it outside the recommended limits. Even then it takes twelve hours to harden. Unless you have a paint booth with a bake cycle and can heat it up to about 160*, then it takes about an hour before you can work it. Don’t know if you have one of those though......Thanks Dave !!!
The bumper lower isn't a total loss. I do have to buy a fog light and a fog light bezel, but that's all under 100 bucks.
The cover got scraped pretty bad and its a foot long crack at the bottom edge. I think I can fix it with 8115....I hope. If I can't save it.....it'll cost about 400 bucks and a lot of time to trim it to fit.
What's the coldest temperature that you've used 3m 8115 PBA ?
About 65*. I’ve never tried to push it outside the recommended limits. Even then it takes twelve hours to harden. Unless you have a paint booth with a bake cycle and can heat it up to about 160*, then it takes about an hour before you can work it. Don’t know if you have one of those though......
I've always wondered if there is any advantage to that type of an induction system other than being a seemingly signature style of Italian supercars.
What are you fixing? Or is it one of those $5K oil changes you read about?
I screwed my two half bumpers together dry, to create the screw holes ahead of time. Then put the PBA between them, then rescrewed them together. Let it sit for 24 hours, and went back and filled the holes, then did the finish work. Used saw horses to lay it on while it set up.
The PBA takes a long time to set up. Its basically liquid for the first hour, and sets up slowly from there, at least in my experience. You could lay it out flat and let it cure, but would have to mix up quite the batch. And I dont know that you would ever get the cardboard all the way peeled off the back, but thats why its the back...
I was a visual arts major....before I was an engineering major...before I became a master mechanic. Smh. Dang college I'm still payin' for 20 years later...
I've fixed way worse than that with PBA Scott, should be simple. I used mesh dry wall tape on the backsides of my repairs too.Merry Christmas Everyone !!!!
I got out in the shed and got some work done with my Dremel. The seam sealer I used was about a quarter inch all the way around the top. I did this to keep water from freezing behind the edge and popping the bumper loose last winter. Jeesh, its been a long time.
Anyway, a quick spin of a wire brush got rid of that....and a barrel sand paper bit got rid of the old epoxy residue.
Here's a better look at the damage....
I got my kerosene heater fired up. The thing throws some fumes but it reminds me of being in my Dads trailer on the farm. Those were great days back then. Everyone smelled like woods, kerosene, and fresh cleaned deer this time of year.
Ohhh....and a little...well a lot of moonshine.
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