Patching a pothole with thermoplastics - GIF

**Jon** · Mar 11, 2019, 03:12 PM

Patching a pothole with thermoplastics.

Previously:

Python 5000 Pothole Patcher

**KustomsbyKent** · Mar 11, 2019, 09:55 PM

I wonder what kind of plastic they are using for this type of repair? It would need to have good high and low thermal characteristics, UV resistance, impact and ductility. Seems like an ABS or similar?

**VinnieL** · Mar 16, 2019, 07:28 PM

Wow if we could just make ground recycled plastic work it would really be a win-win situation. My bet is if it comes in bags that small it is probably really expensive.

**hemmjo** · May 21, 2022, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by KustomsbyKent

I wonder what kind of plastic they are using for this type of repair? It would need to have good high and low thermal characteristics, UV resistance, impact and ductility. Seems like an ABS or similar?

Around here, in Ohio, any plastic they might use for repair would NOT need to have all of those characteristics. The original materials they build the roads from certainly DO NOT have them!!!!