Stress crack repair

[John W]

Hey guys, got a small intercleavage crack on my chest armor. It is only on the outside of the armor , not all the way through . Have sone suggestions already on repair , wanted to get sone other perspective ideas on easiest repair . Thanks ! 

[Chopper]

The divot on the chest is a known stress point. Get some sheet abs and trim it to cover the crack from the inside of the armor. That's your splint. Use a heat gun if you need it to form the abs splint as needed to fit where the crack is. Glue the abs splint to the inside of the armor using devcon plastic weld.

Some people will tell you to make abs paste to fill the crack. And that will work, but without a splint it will just crack again.

[Gree23]

  On 5/16/2024 at 11:48 AM, Chopper said:

The divot on the chest is a known stress point. Get some sheet abs and trim it to cover the crack from the inside of the armor. That's your splint. Use a heat gun if you need it to form the abs splint as needed to fit where the crack is. Glue the abs splint to the inside of the armor using devcon plastic weld.

Some people will tell you to make abs paste to fill the crack. And that will work, but without a splint it will just crack again.

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Yep. this is definitely the way to go. Not sure what other method you could use to fix this issue. Seems you have your answer! Good luck and keep us posted please!