Had to repair a wheelbarrow box that was HDPE. After looking at rods on "the e" I started to look at what I had laying around the scrap piles. Turned out the "zipoff" lock on plastic bucket lids I had were all HDPE and made nice rods. They can be easily cut down with tin snips and did a fine job on the box. I used a Hexacon 200b iron. One less landfill contribution always helps.
Plastic HDPE welding rods
Sep 06, 2015
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plastic milk jugs too...
Good suggestion, but double check, some of the bucket lids I looked at were polypropylene, recycle code 5.
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