How to Repair Car Bumpers

Urethane Supply Company has everything needed to repair and refinish plastics. From plastic welders to instant glues to epoxy fillers to paints to primers, you name it. Some of our products that you may be familiar with are: Mini-Weld Airless Plastic Welder, Plastic Magic Adhesion Promoter, PlatiFix plastic repair kit (not to be confused with Plastex plastic repair kit), Bumper and Trim Black (not to be confused with Forever Black), Wax Blaster wax remover, Flex Filler (not to be confused with Duramix), Black Cat primer (not to be confused with Transtar Hydroflex), Insta-Weld adhesives (not to be confused with Crazy Glue or LocTite), Bumper and Cladding Coat, ATV Fender Welder, Kayak and Canoe Welder for Pelican canoes, FiberFlex welding rods, Uni-Weld welding rods, EZ Weld Hot Air Plastic Welder, Steinel hot air plastic welder. We also carry a complete line of plastic welding rods. For example, we manufacture ABS welding rods, Polypropylene welding rods, Polyethylene welding rods, TPO (TEO) plastic welding rods, Polyurethane welding rods. In addition to the products you need to repair plastic, we also have detailed instructions and tutorials with step-by-step instructions on how to repair plastic.

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Plastic Pointers Back Issues

Several times a year, Urethane Supply Company publishes a newsletter called Plastic Pointers for our customers. We distribute electronically all our issues here for your convenience.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The back issues of Plastic Pointers may contain references to products that are no longer available and/or techniques that are obsolete. These pages are not updated when changes and improvements are made.
Issue acrobat Contents
Volume 1, Number 1 PDF Repairing Neon Bumpers
New Uni-Weld Ribbon
Making Instant Adhesives
 
Volume 1, Number 2 PDF New Technology for TPO & Polypropylene Repair
Saturn Doors and Fenders - Three Ways To Fix
How Insta-Weld Works
 
Volume 1, Number 3 PDF Tab Repairs - Three Easy Methods
Insta-Weld and Polypropylene. Are You Serious?
New Texturing Technique
 
Volume 1, Number 4 PDF Textured bumpers CAN be fixed
Using Bumper Glaze
80 watt Welding Element Provides Higher Temperature
 
Volume 2, Number 1 PDF What the heck is TPE, and How Do You Fix It?
Repairing TPE Bumpers: Step by Step
New and Improved Flex Tex
 
Volume 2, Number 2 PDF SMC Repair
Body Shop Survey Results
Improved 80 watt element handle design
 
Volume 2, Number 3 PDF Repairing Mazda 626 bumper tabs
Uni-Weld strength test result performed by independent lab
Real-world repair of Ford Windstar bumper.
 
Volume 2, Number 4 PDF Repairing snowmobile cowls
New technology in painting bumpers poses repair problem
Urethane weld refresher
Epoxy cure times and cold weather.
 
Volume 3, Number 1 PDF Repairing Polyethylene
Reinforcing Tears with Reinforcing Mesh
I-CAR’s UPCR
 
Volume 3, Number 2 PDF Repairing Cracked Nylon Radiator Tanks
Film Coated TPO Bumpers Can Be Repaired and Refinished
Miata Rear Bumpers are Strange Looking, but they’re TPO
 
Volume 3, Number 3 PDF Identifying Plastics
Repairing Urethane
Repairing Xenoy
Repairing TPO.
 
Volume 3, Number 4 PDF Repairing Composite Headlight Buckets
Strategies for Broken Tabs
Fabricating Missing Tabs or Bosses
Other News
 
Volume 4, Number 1 PDF Repairing Chrysler Sebring Door Cladding
Wipe out the Wax with Bumper and Trim Black
New Beetle Bumpers are TPO
Avloy In-Mold Decorating Debuts on GMC Sierra
 
Volume 4, Number 2 PDF Uni-Weld FiberFlex Rod Now Available!
Repairing Bumper Tears with FiberFlex Rod
Repairing Torn Bolt Holes with FiberFlex Rod
Other News
 
Issue 15 PDF PlastiFix Kit is a Breakthrough in Rigid Plastic Repair Technology!
Urethane Supply Company makes investment in extrusion equipment
TPO Moves into Instrument panels
 
Issue 16 PDF PlastiFix Professional Kit
Urethane Supply Company Celebrates 20th Anniversary
New Insta-Weld Kit Offers MORE Glue for LESS Money
Alternative Body Materials Gaining Momentum with OEMs
Repairing Stripped Threads with PlastiFix
 
Issue 17 PDF PlastiFix Taillight Lens Repair Kit
Scuff Magic
How-To us PlastiFix Taillight Repair Kit
Nonocomposite TPO Debuts on GM Vehicles
Polycarbonate Car Windows
 
Issue 18 PDF Bumper and Cladding Coat Adhesion Primer
Wax Blaster
Metallic Toner added for Bumper and Cladding Coat
 
Issue 19 PDF Speed the welding process on TPO bumpers with R13 polypropylene strip
Step-by-step: Tab repair on Honda bumper with R13 polypropylene strip
 
Issue 20 PDF Black Cat Catalyzed Waterborne Primer Surfacer
Step-by-step: Repairing Ford F150 Textured Plastic Bumper Fascia
Urethane Supply Company acquires Flex-Trax
 
Issue 21 PDF Prime Time Catalyzed Waterborne Adhesion Sealer
Step-by-step: Repairing a "living hinge" bumper tab on a Ford Escort rear bumper
 
Issue 22 PDF Wall Chart Makes it Easy to Select Refinishing Process
Telling the Difference Between a Primed and a Raw TPO Bumper
No Catalyzed Basecoats on Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer
MicroWeld 100 Plastic Welder
Urethane Supply Company Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Issue 23 PDF Introducing the Mini-Weld Model 6 Airless Plastic Welder
ATV Pro Plastic Welder
Step-by-step: Repairing Polyethylene Radiator Overflow Tank
New "Putty Flex" Polyester Bumper Glaze
Big Momma 150 watt replacement element
Issue 24 PDF Bumper and Cladding Coat in Aerosol Cans
New Microtex Texture Material
TPO Fenders on BMW X5
GM Volt Has 100% Plastic Exterior Panels
Nylon-Aluminum Hybrid

 

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