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Old 02-17-2017, 07:17 PM   #1
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Anybody recommend a hot plastic weld tool.

That works good.I bought one at harbor freight that barely works on a hot day...but real slow. I patched the two thinnest spots on my plastic canoe....after I noticed my first leak....if you ever patched plastic before you melt the
Metal mesh in first before you melt new plastic....I would like to beef up my bottom a little more.any professional advice would be appreciated....and if you tell me go buy a kayak I have two and gave one away.
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Old 02-17-2017, 07:20 PM   #2
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Old 02-17-2017, 07:42 PM   #3
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I have had three boats

Don't need another trailer....my canoe is way more comfortable than your PA and I don't get a wet ass....but thanks anyway.
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Old 02-18-2017, 08:39 AM   #4
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would pour foam in the bottom of your canoe make it better. I had a sears skiff that was made from some kind of plastic and at speed the bottom would pop in if you hit a wake or hard chop. I filled the bottom with pour foam and then took a grinder and made it flat and it worked great at stopping the flex in the bottom and never came loose and as far as I knew I never had a hole in the bottom so I don't know if it would stop a leak. It also made the bottom a lot warmer when fishing on ice cold lakes.Just an idea you might want to look into. You have to watch the density as the real dense stuff adds a lot of weight.
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I use and sell the KC welder, like a flat soldering iron with a hole to feed plastic rod through
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Old 02-18-2017, 10:00 AM   #6
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I use and sell the KC welder, like a flat soldering iron with a hole to feed plastic rod through
How do I buy online with you or would you prefer me to get it somewhere else I see there around $70
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http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/hobie-kc-welder

Also for bigger stuff I use a heat gun.........and patience so you do not make a lil hole into a BIG one.
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Call fisher/price. It should still be under warranty.
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would pour foam in the bottom of your canoe make it better. I had a sears skiff that was made from some kind of plastic and at speed the bottom would pop in if you hit a wake or hard chop. I filled the bottom with pour foam and then took a grinder and made it flat and it worked great at stopping the flex in the bottom and never came loose and as far as I knew I never had a hole in the bottom so I don't know if it would stop a leak. It also made the bottom a lot warmer when fishing on ice cold lakes.Just an idea you might want to look into. You have to watch the density as the real dense stuff adds a lot of weight.
plus two bilge pumps
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That works good.I bought one at harbor freight that barely works on a hot day...but real slow. I patched the two thinnest spots on my plastic canoe....after I noticed my first leak....if you ever patched plastic before you melt the
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I'd shoot it full of holes and put it out of its misery.
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Old 02-19-2017, 03:00 PM   #13
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I'd shoot it full of holes and put it out of its misery.
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done that your turn....
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Shoot bullets holes in a perfectly good canoe....

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