Car Bumper repair by old school way

Car Bumper repair by old school way

#mechanic #mechanicjack #bumper #repair #oldschool #craftsmanship
#restoration

[waqas.hussain]

For anybody who's wondering what this tool is called, it's called a hot stapler. Or plastic welding machine.

[rossdevin]

I have worked on cars all my life and I gotta say he makes this look easy. Excellent work sir.

[vzgsxr]

Awesome work.
But the thing I'm most impressed with is that he was actually wearing a RESPIRATOR while painting. 👌

[starrysuu]

I took auto body in highschool, been years but they never really taught us to repair a bumper like that. You did an amazing job~

[chaliceb]

Praise to your skill, expertise and patience. Much more sustainable to repair it that way than exchanging the whole bumper. Great job.

[wjspade]

Looks great, but he didn’t do anything to keep the cracks from continuing. It’s always a good idea to drill a hole at the end of a crack; otherwise, no matter what you do the they’ll just keep running. Maybe days, maybe months later, but the cracks will definitely run.

Other than that, excellent repair work.

[jazykjedovaty]

Just the repair tool is a bit of genius. The guy doing it has great skills. Given where this is, I'd guess it cost the car owner less than $100. Yeah, here in the states, the body shop will replace the entire thing and bill the ins company a grand. What a rip.

[hdlim]

North American economic will collapse if north American learn this skill.

[mikeray]

That's came out so nice. I wasnt expecting that at all. Very good job and you showed how it's possible to do it yourself and save money. Instead of getting the whole bumper replaced at a shop. Which would cost around 1000 like most people had said in other comments.

[bartoszjankowiak]

Around 15-20 years ago we used to fix laptops shells this way. Laptops were VERY expensive those days, especially in country I'm coming from. Also, whole parts were super expensive and not readily available as they are now. We usually had some scrap laptops from which we could take plastic and use it in similar way as this guy, but obviously without those metal joins/connectors (don't know how to call them).
Instead we would powder that plastic we had, use some base layer (some technical tape) and then melt that powdered plastic (with small hand gas welder) layer by layer to get it as flat and smooth as possible. Then sanding cleaning and spraying - typical work. Clients could never tell what was done as it looked perfectly. We were also strengthening similar way the plastics around hinges which were breaking apart so often those days. They are much better now.

[ALilCancer]

One thing I suggest doing if you plan on doing this is to sand the bondo first. He applied the bondo (green stuff) and then it looks like he applies the glaze (tan stuff) it’s best to sand bondo first prior to adding glaze to make the glaze to “stick better” and you will get a smoother job. (Source: I grew up with a dad who does body work)

[prodigalsonresurrection]

Why do peoplle think the cracks are going to continue or come back? He basically plastic welded it back together with an embedded metal stitching/staple. I have confidence in this guy and his work.

[Cloutweb]

A true master of his art
Stay humble, my friends.

[manglermalachi]

I love seeing Low tech methods and manual labor solve problems. This is genius. Thank you for sharing.

[heinz]

Goodyear work, I would recommend to drill a 3mm hole at both ends of every crack. That will prevent the crack of more ripping open, because it eliminates the material tension.

[ИВАНКлоков-ыу]

Именно благодаря этому многие экономят на ремонте элитных авто плюс китайские запчасти и элитные авто превращаются в мусоровозы🎉😂❤

[fabiodacruz]

Ficou muito bom.
Parabéns pelo trabalho e habilidade.
Você é um bom funileiro, aqui no Brasil não faltaria trabalho pra vocês.

[jimbosavage]

This is a very clever repair technique. Most body mechanics would just replace and repaint the front bumper.

[WegotTheBOMB]

Wow! for a hard to find or non existent cover or panel, that is a brilliant technique.

[RGV]

This one seems to work well, i often see a similar repair in my country, it consists in using a steel net to bond the broken plastic, but they are always broken again, and the net has started to rust. Mediocre job often paired with hidden screws to hold the front bumper in a way you could never ever take the bumper off again (you have to break the plastic and the paint job to reach the screw).