SOT repairs

[outdoorbloke]

Hi folks,
my other half decided she wanted to fit a paddle keeper to her Ocean Kayak Yak board but it went horribly wrong so I am picking up the pieces! It now has two 5 pence piece holes in it that are about 1cm deep and go all the way through.

Anyway, it is apparently made of polyethylene and I have found a sheet of it on fleabay. Not at all practically minded but I was planning on melting some of the sheet with a mini blow torch until maleable, bung it in the hole then mould it into place until set. Then sand down a wee bit but I'm not that worried about a rough finish.

What do you reckon, a suitable enough repair or does anyone have any better solutions or advice?

Thanks in advance, Den

[Yakdiver]

Have a look here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_muVBfAMRT0

[Voodoo]

You can hire platic weilders I belive, would do much better job, there is somthing about over heating the plastic thats just makes it brittle so there a sweet point that you want it to be at when trying to blend old with new

[Jurassic]

I'd be inclined to use this stuff (it's amazing) http://www.westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-epoxy/
It's designed to work on polyethylene boats unlike most other epoxies. There's a video of a somewhat contrived kayak repair here http://www.westsystem.com/ss/g-flex-torture-demo/
Hope this helps.

[Mikebelluk]

This info may help
http://www.northwaleskayakfishing.co.uk/id69.html

[Jurassic]

This info may help
http://www.northwaleskayakfishing.co.uk/id69.html

Nice link, that looks quick and easy (and cheap which G-Flex is NOT!)

[immunogirl]

You can pop these into a glue gun to use:
http://www.rutabaga.com/Plastic-Repair-Stick_p_287.html

[outdoorbloke]

Morning all,
Many thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

After looking at a few options and seeing a couple of perceptions at the weekend that had had holes repaired, the "melt any piece plastic into the hole using a mini blow torch" seemed to work on them and they are still going strong so I'll give that a go and then check it is water tight.

Will report back at some point happy or unhappy!

Have a grand week, Den