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Re: Plastic boat repair...........
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 6/16/2000, 3:05 pm
In Response To: Plastic boat repair........... (Burke)

If the very tip has been cut off, how about some epoxy putty -- mix it up, stuff it in the end from inside, tamp it down, and shape the outside a bit?

Dean

: As fate has it so far, I own a Dagger Magellan , (roto-moulded
: plastic)............Recently,found my boat with a dime size hole in the
: tip of the bow, probably caused by a weed trimmer from a lawn
: crew......(Thanks alot, guys.......)Does any one know, how something like
: this can be repaired/patched and still feel confident that the boat will
: not take on water, or get me in a bad
: situation.........Fiberglass....?....Would it hold....?...Or should I
: start thinking about an upgrade and another large expenditure.........?
: Thanks.....Burke.

Messages In This Thread

Plastic boat repair...........
Burke -- 6/16/2000, 2:36 pm
Re: Plastic boat repair...........
Ian Johnston -- 6/16/2000, 9:42 pm
Urethane?
mike allen ---> -- 6/16/2000, 4:25 pm
Re: Plastic boat repair...........
Chris Casazza -- 6/16/2000, 3:29 pm
Re: Plastic boat repair...........
Dean Trexel -- 6/16/2000, 3:05 pm