Repair of Dent and Tear in Honda Accord Bumper Cover

A super quick video showing how to work out a dent and weld a tear in a Honda Accord bumper cover.

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Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOHDRGFKxoQ

Products Used:

Note: This is a list of the Polyvance products that can be used to make this repair. This list does not include sanders, grinders, or other common tools you will need. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call technical support at 800-633-3047.

• Aluminum Body Tape (several options available)
• 6125 Tapered Burr
• Nitrogen Plastic Welder (several options available)
• Polypropylene welding rods
  Note: We used polypropylene here because of the identification symbol. Choose the rod that matches the plastic you need for your repair.
• Plastic Magic Adhesion Promoter (several options available)
• Waterborne Primer Surfacer (several options available)

Video Notes:

• English Closed Captions have been provided for this video. Click on the CC button to turn them on or off.
• The length of this video is in no way representative of the actual time required to perform a complete repair and therefore should not be used for estimating purposes.

English Transcript:

In this video we're going to show a dent removal and a weld on a tear in a Honda Accord rear bumper.

The first step is to heat the area with a heat gun. This process actually takes about 10 minutes to make sure the plastic is heated all the way through. Once it's heated, you push the dent out as much as you can and try to work out the high spots and the low spots. Rough it out first.

After you've got the dent roughed out, then you want to weld the tears with the nitrogen plastic welder and the polypropylene welding rod. "T" the edge for strength on the backside, then on the front side, we'll v-groove and we will weld with the - again - the nitrogen plastic welder and the polypropylene welding rod.

After the weld is done, take some 80 grit sandpaper and a DA, and you want to sand the dented area. This will reveal the high spots and the low spots. Heat again if necessary, and again, work it. Push down the high spots and push up the low spots. Sand again. And, again, you'll see some of the low spots. This time we can push it out without heating, and you want to keep working it until you get it completely smoothed out.

Then we're going to rough out the weld with a roloc, some 80 grit sandpaper, a torch to burn the TPO fuzz down. We want to send with 180 grit, and then we'll finish by using adhesion promoter and a flexible waterborne primer surfacer. And we are done!