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Subject:Re: Bad plastic(s)
From:Don Hanson
Date:Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:26:16 -0800

For a black plastic repair using epoxy (as outlined in another of my
posts) you use the graphite additive in your epoxy mix...that makes a black
blob to put the screw/bolt into...Graphite for black..Micro balloons for
brown (it is a bit on the reddish shade, but close enough)  White would be
Cabosil added...or you can buy pigments to match other colors.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net
> wrote:

> Two more bad plastic parts:
>
> The washer fluid reservoir (one of the three attachment ears crumbled
> as I was taking mine off to test the pump)
> The curtain cover back from the sliding door
>
> I'm inclined to go with Karl's idea that the heat makes it worse. But
> I like the idea that the black plastic is better plastic. That gives
> me hope, and it's a lot easier to get things to match up.
>
> Mark
>