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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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what plastic is the bumper covers on our cars made from?
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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I believe polyurethane
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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I believe is FRP actually......


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre-reinforced_plastic
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many bumpers are made out of many diff types of plastic, if you have your bumper off there should be a code on the backside somewere that will tell you exactly which it is
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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if its yellow in color its polyurathene
black in color will be TPE/TPO/TEO/PP

inside is the ISO code you should see one of the above what is it your trying to do
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the bumper is off and I looked and can't find a code.Is the code stamped into the bumper? There are some paper labels but I can't read them.the bumper substraight is brown/black in color.Repairing a crack.What is a stronger/better repair,plastic weld or bonding adhesive?

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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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if its black then its TPO/TEO/TPE/ OR PP

but if your unsure, get a small cup of water, cut off a small piece of the bumper and try to sink the piece you cut off, if it floats then you must promote, if it sinks then its open game on the repair

i like doing plastic welding, and using plastic repair material, both are good strong methods of repair
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Thanks for your help. I read alot of your posts and they're a great source of information!
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