Suggestions to fix metal to plastic chair

ec_pc

Looking for advice on how to reattach a metal fitting to a plastic kitchen chair. The chair is similar to the one shown below. The black metal at the top of the wooden legs is attached with a bolt to a nut that is moulded into the plastic.

The problem is that some of the bolts have broken out from the chair as shown in pics below. I am looking for suggestions on how I can fix this without it looking insightly. As you can see below I tried using an epoxy resin initally, but I think the surface area is too small and the epoxy resin has no real give in it so it just breaks. I have tried fibreglass on one chair which does work but it looks terrible. I was considering applying heat to determine if I could embed a new bolt but I don't think this will work either.

Looking for suggestions - anyone?

Deregos.

That's a tough one, only thing that springs to mind is this industrial strength super glue.

You'd need to clean off any of the epoxy, apply the super glue then put some weight on the chair for a couple of hours.

I've had mighty success with this stuff and it's only a fiver for a bottle so well worth a shot.

Gant21

Into a skip and buy new, we aren’t living in Calcutta

ec_pc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118717536#Comment_118717536

Thanks for the geographic lesson.

Gen.Zhukov

Can't see a way to fix what is there that won't need constant attention/re-fixing.

I'd go with the best looking way of coming through the seat to the leg brackets. Either a countersunk head or a button head (better still a low profile button head) in s/s.

jack of all

As per post above, go for the jugular and put in a mechanical fixing, flange head rivet might look ok, many thousands of school chairs in ply fixed to tubular steel frames in this way.

cheif kaiser

Buy a 3d pen and matching colour filament and built back up the broken piece.

I'd heat the plastic first with a soldering iron and then fill it with filament. You can then sand it down and reattach the fixing.

No idea if it will work but have seen repairs on youtube with 3d pens and they seem fairly successful.