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plastic welding 15 years 7 months ago #27571

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Hey I was just wondering how effective plastic welding is. I am planning on buying a Vision 56 that has gone way down n price. The only problem is that it has a 1 inch crack on the cockpit. I was looking for someone's opinion on how well plastic welding works

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Re:plastic welding 15 years 7 months ago #27582

It works great. I have done it on my boat and had no problems. You just need to be slow with it and make sure you have the correct filler plastic. (Polyethylene)

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Re:plastic welding 15 years 7 months ago #27586

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Get a quote from a car bumper repair shop, or try to find another paddler with welding experience. I had a piece of plastic that broke off on a Pyranha Sub-7, and later cracked the same spot on the other side of the rim but super glue held it in place pretty well, and the older one didn't cause any problems.

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Re:plastic welding 15 years 7 months ago #27590

Have also used a plastic car bumper repair shop. Fairly inexpensive, they have all the tools, plastic etc.... and they enjoyed doing something different for a change.

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Awesome thanks

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Re:plastic welding 15 years 7 months ago #27610

Howdy,

I did a how to for my blog a while back on plastic welding, have a look and see what you thing. Any questions fire away.

How to plastic weld a kayak

Adrian

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