Fender Moulded SKB Case: Crack Repair

Once I poped out the crack and had it lined up, I used some glue as a temporary clamp and heated up the crack with a soldering iron. Little forward movements all along the crack to push the plastic into iteself and rebond. Worked great for a first time attempt.

[mavrim]

I would have used plastic epoxy that remains flexible and put that on the inside of the case after roughing up the plastic. Forgot the brand, but they sell it. I've melted plastics together with an iron too, great tip.

This is similar to my tolex repair on guitar amps. They sell vinyl repair kits with an assortment of colors. You cut out the missing tolex and rough up the wood bare spot. Then you dab on the matching color until filled. They give a matching grain vinyl to place over the repair to form a grain similar to the original. On tiny nicks I just dab the color on and let it dry. Then press down with your fingers after it dries a few hours. The repair tends to blend in and not look as shiny. A good cleaning with armour all makes it look new again.

[dalepal]

It looks like your method to fix the crack worked very well.

[landonbailey]

nice work! would never have guessed that was repairable

[krustybuzzard]

If you can get at the inside at all it needs a piece glued in for strength .But cosmeticly it's great.

[WickedFesterBand]

Well I think you have that one figured out. Nice freaking job!

[WoodesosGuitarMods]

EVERONE PLEASE SHARE YOUR TIPS IN THE COMMENTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE WATCHING. IT MAY HELP SOMEONE ATTEMPTING THIS REPAIR:-)

[stepvanjoe]

Qbond would have been an easier way to go (has a black filler powder you lay down before applying the adhesive) and is super strong and easy to blend in. repair came out pretty good though

[YooTooobJeff]

You ALWAYS come from the inside to do those repairs

[tomgreenall]

the case is abs, just use acetone with black abs pipe filings mixed in for filler

[bryantrockwell]

Friggen rights!!, Woodeso guitar mods is where it's at, Good times, Good video

[careydixon]

Start on the inside of case. Push it out from there. Then consider adding baking soda to the glue on the inside. Cement tough.

[celticfury]

Mine completely smashed, a TON of plastic missing, so the only option I had was black duct tape! Compared to how awful it looked, it's not too bad!

[trappenweisseguy]

Ever thought of epoxying a little bit of fibreglass mat on the inside to reinforce the area?.

[Lex]

Yeah, but what kind of damage did you do INSIDE the case??? :)

[justinwiggy]

I used two part epoxy when mine cracked like that.

[josegalindo]

I tried doing so and I fkd it up went from a crack to a big hole so I gotta fix it or buy another one

[XlouietheflyX]

Take the foam lining out and then manipulate it from both sides

[kennjrgensen]

is this how you did it on your own case too? or did you fill gabs with something?
nice repair job btw, I was wondering if your cound get some kind of textured stamp to heat up and hide the seam.

[khalidkhan-fjko]

My lugage case is damaged in flight how can I repair this . Case is expensive. Not cracks but damaged badly from below .

[DaveSmithmoneymagnet]

A trick you can use to hide that line left behind is to go over it with a black Marker.