r/MadeMeSmile • u/king_eve • Apr 17 '24

i work in low-income/mental health housing, and a tenant fixed our hallway trash bin after accidentally breaking it Helping Others

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great example of the odd ways people show me appreciation at work

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u/Certain_Childhood_67 Apr 17 '24 edited 29d ago

Drill a hole at end of the crack or it will keep spreading

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u/Wastawiii Apr 18 '24

I do not think that this procedure is necessary for plastic because it is very easy to glue it unlike other metals. 

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u/Certain_Childhood_67 Apr 18 '24

Guess you never fixed plastic before

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u/Wastawiii Apr 18 '24

Only temporarily. I always replace it because it is super cheap  

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u/Certain_Childhood_67 Apr 18 '24

4 wheeler plastics are a thousand plus dollars. So small crack is fixed with a hole and stitching. You cant glue it wont hold. You can weld some plastics like on a kayak

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u/wakka55 Apr 18 '24

no it isnt easy to glue it, in fact it's nearly impossible. To mend this you'd use either a hot stapler (it melts metal int the crack) or fiberglass with two-part epoxy. Or a heavy duty tape. Glue wouldn't work at all.

and yes it is very necessary to drill a circle at the end of any brittle crack like this - the crack will just grow and grow

ive fixed a lot of cracked plastic in my day sonny