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Default Repairing plastic/polyethylene boats

Poly can be repaired with epoxy but only if you are very careful and follow
the WEST directions carefully.
"Ignoramus32317" wrote in message
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In addition to my 21 ft boat, I recently found a 4x8 plastic boat that
someone put out as garbage. It is kind of doublehulled and seems to be
made of high density polyethylene (HDPE), like plastic buckets. I am
delighted because I can use this boat on some little lakes nearby.

It seems super safe (double hull) and super stable.

It does have however a few small cracks in the hull that need
repair. What is the right way to repair HDPE? Can I use glue guns with
hot melt glue?

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