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  • My small child has managed to snap the footrest on her pram. I've emailed the company but it is a discontinued model so I don't have much hope of being able to get a replacement from them.

    Any suggestions on what I could use to replace it? A lump of rubber seems the obvious but no idea what type or where to get it from. Otherwise thinking seatbelt material but not sure the best way to secure that without it pulling through (it's secured by a screw through it). Any thoughts?

  • Do you still have all the snapped pieces? If so, it’s highly likely to be made of polypropylene plastic, which responds very well to being glued with cyanoacrylate with accelerant.

    Look for a moulded mark indicating material, something like ‘>PP<‘ for polypropylene.

  • Cheers everybody on this. I think doubled over webbing will be the one to go with as cheapest/easiest.

    I do have the pieces but given she's managed to break it already I can imagine any repair won't last that long.

  • WHT?
    Polypropylene is notoriously difficult (but not impossible) to glue.
    Accelerant has nothing whatsoever to do with adhesion.
    Using Polyolefin primer which will change the molecular structure of the surface of the plastic, does.
    Seat belt fabric, as has been mentioned, could work well here. @aggi I have 2-part fabric rivets here with heads that are around 11mm diameter which could work well. DM me if you are interested.

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