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Repairing plastic boat -- followup
Try to cover that glue with something so the sunlight won't degrade it. PP's
about the same as HDPE in terms of adhesion / repair. That glue will break down pretty fast in the sunlight if you don't protect it with something. Duct tape? yuk. -- Keith __ "Never kick a cow chip on a hot day." - Will Rogers "Ignoramus24807" wrote in message ... I asked a question earlier about how to repair my boat. I supposed that it was made of HDPE. It was in fact made of polypropylene, filled with foam for flotation. It had a small 2 inch crack. I tried a glue gun. According to one poster's advice, I widened the crack a little , squirted a little glue underneath, and then some above. It seems to have stuck relatively well. i |
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Repairing plastic boat -- followup
"Keith" wrote in message ... Try to cover that glue with something so the sunlight won't degrade it. PP's about the same as HDPE in terms of adhesion / repair. That glue will break down pretty fast in the sunlight if you don't protect it with something. Duct tape? yuk. Paint, mebbe? Like that stuff they sell for plastic auto bumpers? Scuff it up with steel wool, wipe down with solvent (like 'sandpaper in a can') to degrease, and shoot the area with the closest color match that can be found? I actually got the stuff to stick, on car plastic. I know it ain't the same stuff, but I think the main thing is that the paint dries flexible. aem sends.... |
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