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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5758

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So after a good session i decided to go deep for a loop to get some real pop, this ended in a hole in the front of my boat........ ended a good session with an array of words Fu%! being the most used.
The type of plastic they use isnt normal plastic it is cross linked plastic, does anyone know if this can be wealded or of any filler compound which will stick to that type of plastic?

The hole is about 150mm in diameter and goes all the way through, it was made by a screw at HPP Nottingham so be warned that there are things in there which puncture your boat!!

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5759

call up Jackson Kayak. and hey you never know ej might hop on here and tell you himself how to fix it.

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5760

[color=cyan:d71f2d8f52]Jackson Kayaks is the place to start and ask them what their take of the situation is. Contact a company like....[/color:d71f2d8f52]

www.marlinplastics.co.uk/product.cfm

[color=cyan:d71f2d8f52]I'm not saying that this company will be able to help you but it's worth a shot... There are many places that will do plastic welding. Just make sure they know what you want and they know what they are doing. Good luck. ;-) [/color:d71f2d8f52]

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5763

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cheers i emailed someone in jackson kayaks and hes going to see what it is like.

Thanks for the info.

Rich

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5768

can you keep us posted on the out come i have a jackson and if this happens to me or any one else it would be helpfull to know whare to go and what to do thanks

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 1 day ago #5770

was the whole becasue of the bad quality of jackson plastic, or did you just hit something you shouldnt have? Ive always thought that jacksons were pretty good palstic wise

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 13 hours ago #5783

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I personally think it was a large screw or something metallic which was hit with all my weight and force of the water and put a hole about 100mm in diameter, i took somephotos this morning and sent them to squarerock who import jackson kayaks.
To be honest it held up better than i thought unlike my back which was hurt due to being stopped suddenly :mad: .
keep you guys posted.

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hole in my Jackson kayak 19 years 3 hours ago #5801

The recent issue of Sea Kayaker had a how too on KC Welder for fixing holes and gashes in plastic boats. Also there are suppose to be professional plastic welders out there. The article was a simple DIY and reasonable.

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 11 months ago #6064

Whatever came of the holy jackson? Did you get an answer to your prayers? :pray:

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 11 months ago #6541

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yes i fixed it, a combination of welding and no more nails.... it sticks to anything!! thats what i was advised to use by jackson kayaks.... it did the job although welding it took a bit of time to do beacuse it didnt want to take to itself very easily.

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 11 months ago #6544

Weird I thought it would have been on warrenty and you would have gotten a new boat

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 11 months ago #6558

[quote:0f88c33f9d="kayaker0678"]Weird I thought it would have been on warrenty and you would have gotten a new boat[/quote:0f88c33f9d]


yeah thats what i was thinking

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 10 months ago #6563

i don't think you can expect companies to give you a new boat when it hit something it isn't build for...like metal...

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 10 months ago #6569

I would have to agree there. If we all started doing that we would be paying WAY more for a boat.

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hole in my Jackson kayak 18 years 10 months ago #6576

Which spot at HPP did you do this on, you must have gone seriouslly deep to hit the bottom, the muncher is the only bit i have hit the bottom in but theres no nails under there, and having seen it empty a few times, before they switch the water back on they make sure all the new features have the bolt ground down or fitted with caps

seems odd

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