I bought one of those air/electric Chicago whatever you call it plastic welders to weld up a poly sprayer saddle tank. I got the assortment of rods too. I pulled another old tank out with a piece broke out to practice on. It had a piece broken right out,but it was there,so I welded it back in.
Question is,which type rod works on that poly plastic? I'd think the green PP?
I tried the gray PVC,it turned black and looked like a pile of coon crap. The white ABS didn't seem to want to melt,but the green seemed like it melted too easy. I ended up just taking a clean screwdriver and kind of kneading the pieces of tank together and then smoothing it out. Then I layed a piece of the white in it and tried to melt it and push it in with the screwdriver. It's just kinda laying there. I didn't put any water in it so I've got no idea if it'll hold.
The temp control on that thing goes up to 12,I tried it on 8,then turned it down to 6. I had the air regulator set as near 4 pounds as I could tell on the guage. That poly is probably 1/4 to 3/16ths inch thick.
I'd just like to get it right when I try on the tank that I don't want to mess up.
Question is,which type rod works on that poly plastic? I'd think the green PP?
I tried the gray PVC,it turned black and looked like a pile of coon crap. The white ABS didn't seem to want to melt,but the green seemed like it melted too easy. I ended up just taking a clean screwdriver and kind of kneading the pieces of tank together and then smoothing it out. Then I layed a piece of the white in it and tried to melt it and push it in with the screwdriver. It's just kinda laying there. I didn't put any water in it so I've got no idea if it'll hold.
The temp control on that thing goes up to 12,I tried it on 8,then turned it down to 6. I had the air regulator set as near 4 pounds as I could tell on the guage. That poly is probably 1/4 to 3/16ths inch thick.
I'd just like to get it right when I try on the tank that I don't want to mess up.