JOUNJIP Standard Plastic Welding Kit- UL Certified Welder 80W- Professional Grade Plastic Repair Kit for Automotive Car Bumper, Kayak, Tank Repair

The tool is basically the same as a low wattage soldering iron or woodburning tool. But that's a good thing. Because it's simple. It's a rugged, time-tested design. And if you've used any of those tools - using this is very much the same. The kit is well arrayed. There's a standard bent-metal heating iron rest. It works but leaves everything exposed (hot) and if you have kids or pets that like to get close while you work, you have to be careful around the unit when it's hot. I always just use an empty soda can on its side. Works like a shield and rest. The kit includes aluminum tape which you usually see on automotive plastics that come near heat. This is listed as "repair tape" to be used to hold seams together while you're making repairs. There are a couple strips of stainless steel screen. These are intended to be permanently melted into the plastic across any cracks as reinforcing mesh. Some strips of polypropylene and rods of polyethylene are included. You can buy strips or rods of other plastics like LDPE and HDPE online if you need to repair those types of plastics. The included tips screw into the head both for good heat transfer and strength. There are flat "ironing" tips for melting and smoothing plastic. And there "welding tips" with a 1/8 inch hole that allows you to feed plastic "rods" directly to the repair as you apply the heat to melt and weld the plastic. The keys to a good repair are (1) making sure you're using the right plastic for your repair strip/rod. Polypropylene will not make successful repairs on HDPE for instance. and (2) getting a good melt (so don't move the tip too quickly). There's a wirebrush and some sandpaper which you'll use if the plastic item you're repairing has junk or embedded dirt. These are standard things you can get anywhere as they wear out. All in all, I've made some successful repairs on a Polypropylene cup holder in my UTV and a couple HDPE repairs on a plastic wheelbarrow body. Pleased with the purchase. I think you will be too, with a little practice.

This welding kit is set up real well for plastic welding. The welder gets very hot and makes welding plastic much easier with better flow of the rods. I repaired a large black trash barrel (one with flip lid for trucks to raise up and flip over to deposit trash). My barrel ended up with about a 12 inch split of the lid from the back corner heading towards the middle. Needed to repair this crack or it was just going to get worse and these barrels aren't cheap. I used the silver tape, to seal the top side and then used the black polyplaz rods with the included wire mesh and larger triangle tip to weld and seal the underside. On the top side, I created a groove with my dremel tool along the crack and then used the boot tip with a PP black rod to fill in the groove and flattened the the plastic to create a relatively flat surface. I then used an orbital sander just to smooth out and to practice. It's ready for a quick paint (not needed but once again just to humor myself) and the trash barrel looks so much better and the lid is now rigid and feels like there never was a crack. With regards to customer service: When I got the box, I noticed it was missing the smaller triangle tip and I got a hold of customer service quickly. Jon was so helpful and said he would get a welding tip right out. He did and had the tracking number for me that day. If you are price comparing, I think you will see that this kit is much better quality and the items included deliver better bang for the buck. I added some photos to show work in progress. I will do some final touches to smooth out and blend some paint in (really not needed for this trash barrel but just to use some more tools! Pictures show the wire mesh on the rough underside but on the top you can blend in with the boot iron and fill the crack with the PP rod. Did some rough and medium sanding and it looks like a used trash barrel and is as strong as when it was new.

Good purchase, it does take a while to heat fully and longer to cool off but it works very well and comes with all supplies needed to do the job