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Re: Other: Large Plastic hole repair
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/4/2010, 1:35 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Large Plastic hole repair (Eric Anderson)

: Rotomolded? No matter. You can repair it with an epoxy called
: G/Flex by West Systems. You have to have some backer material.
: If you can go to a kayak dealer and pick up some scrap kayak
: material of the same color, you can do a pretty good job of
: making a visually acceptable repair. West Systems has some info
: on their site. Here is a link:

: http://www.westsystem.com/ss/gluing-plastic-with-g-flex-epoxy/

: Here is a video from West Systems that might give you a chuckle. It
: shows what you can do with this stuff:

: http://www.westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-torture-demo/

: By the way, you can make your repair "prettier" than the
: repair they did. I think they were trying to emphasize their
: material too much.

: You can also "weld" some polyethylene materials. Some you
: can't. You need a plastic welding setup. You can make an almost
: invisible weld IF the material is weldable. I have welded some
: polyethylene and some acted like they were some sort of
: thermoset material. I tried to weld a Jackson 4 Fun and was
: unsuccessful. I had to use G/flex.

"If you can go to a kayak dealer and pick up some scrap kayak material of the same color" Huh? what scrap material?

Pictures of the damage would help alot, also what plastic?

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Large Plastic hole repair
Scott -- 5/3/2010, 1:45 pm
Re: Other: Large Plastic hole repair
Eric Anderson -- 5/3/2010, 3:34 pm
Re: Other: Large Plastic hole repair
Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2010, 1:35 am
Re: Other: Large Plastic hole repair
W 5 -- 5/3/2010, 3:29 pm