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Or buy a plastic welding kit for less than $100 🤨

Very well done 😊

The screw driver method has to be one of the best and cleanest ways to repair polyethylene that I have seen on you tube yet. Really liked the base material only perpendicular technique. Hats off to you bro Thanks and good job. There are alot of messy hack jobs out there. Torch and screw driver and a drywall mud bucket.👍👍

I have a kit with a electric iron.. but... it gets to hot .. and will go right thru the kayak.. I like the screw drive with the torch.. as it cools.. much better control... thanks man.. I'm trying this today.. yup yup.!!

dlaczego nie używasz do tego lutownicy elektrycznej z płaskim grotem ?

This is awesome. We have a round hole in our Kayak, about 1/4 inch. I am going to try this today!

If you buy a plastic welding kit you will read where it says only melt the filler material not the repair. Well throw those instructions away. I've been welding plastic for 40 + years and with few exceptions the filler won't bond if you don't get the repair material gooey too.

I'm sure the torch is farther away from the yak than it appears but at first I was waiting for it to start sagging then burn a big hole in it.

I picked up a cheap precision minnow kayak, but unfortunately it is cracked around the top rim. But it’s the best kayak I’ve ever paddled in. I love it. I’m hoping that this technique will work. Thanks

Excellent!! Thank you!

That second addition really helped me thank you very much

Nice video! Will you get the Berrien Springs fish cam up and running again? Or is that finished for good? ...I know a lot of people who really enjoy watching those spring steelhead move in.

Great and useful video post!! Thank you.

These looks like you find the gold secret man! I will repair my kayak as you do, and will let you know what happened! Thanks for your experience here!!

Won’t work, everything you are doing here is wrong. And I can prove it.

My Pelican Castaway kayak has 4 scupper holes that have maybe a 7/16 opening that allows water to come in. I am making a lot of mods during the summer and now that fall is moving in I was wondering if this method or something similar would allow me to seal those wholes so no water can get inside the kayak. My mods I have done this summer allow me to mount some electronics in my kayak but I am still just laying my phone down on the floor of the kayak and it has been getting soaked from the water coming inside.

can you repair a seam using this method?.. I have a split in the seam of my pelican kayak,

Soldering iron?

Thank you 🙋‍♂️

Tip for welding thermoplastics, I learned that you can weld LDPE to a HDPE but not a HDPE to a LDPE. Cheers from East Canada.

Same kayak as me too. Thanks for the vid

Try using a soldering iron, it's easier

55 gallon plastic drums are hdpe. A whole lot of repairs in a 55 gallon drum.

A question for you - would zip ties work as the repair material? They come in a variety of colours and are already thin.

Good stuff man.

Good need to know info.

Best repair video

Excellent, i mean 10/10 how to video. Great job.

You are still only melting the plastic to the surface you were supposed to heat up the kayaks plastic with the torch and it's supposed to still be molten and movable whenever you overlap with the new filler plastic you're also not supposed to clean this kind of plastic or any plastic with acetone it brings out the oils makes the surface weak and causes small microscopic cracks that you can't see if you don't believe me watch tons of videos on this matter from the professionals doing it. That's all they talk about in the precautions is use alcohol and not acetone if both plastics aren't molten whenever you are putting the new filler plastic on then you are still just putting the plastic on the surface. This might work for a small crack if it doesn't get hit in that spot and the surface plastic that you just put in crack off again but this would definitely not work for a big hole

Have you tried a wood burning tool like crafters use to make wood burning pictures?

Could you also use an electric soldering iron to keep the steel constantly hot ??? A cordial greeting.

Could a soldering iron or wood burning tool be used in place of this?

Practical easy and cheap if not free!!! Was wondering how I would go about working towards fixing up my kyak that’s quite beat up. This is genius!!!! Now I’m wondering if I could use 5 gallon buckets, in large pieces to weld them to the keels on the ends to for reinforcement. Have to do some looking!

Will this work on a small crack in my HDPE hot tub? Crack is approximately 1 inch -1.5 inch Length

i would have used a sawed off shot gun to make my hole but #whateverworks for you and about using the alcohol ... well ..... and the hot knives ... man there are serious choices to make here... !!!! wtf

Can I suggest using an electric soldering iron.

Thanks for the video. I have a Jackson Tupelo and it has a small 2 inch crack near the keel. Was wondering if I should purchase a heat gun or a plastic welder. The crack is on the side of the rear keel.

The plastic melting kit works great. Just use a bucket instead of the plastic that comes with the kit

What about Pelican's Ramx ?

Could you use a soldering iron for your heat source

Very helpful video. Do you have objections to using a soldering iron?

You make it look too easy. I totally sucked at fixing mine

This is the most useful video ive seen in a very long time. thank you sir!

If you add a hatch, don't throw away the cut out piece. You never know when you might need it!!

Hi. Quick question. I am a small dinghy plastic boat with a hole. However I do not know if it is HDPE. Is there a way to find out?

What's going on with the Berrien Springs fish ladder cam? The lighting is messed up, and we can't see the fish.

Thank you for sharing. Now I know how to use mine!

Nice info!! Why not use a large soldering iron? I have a very old one that I use to for soldering wires, etc. Great video!!

I have one of the original HDPE plastic kayaks from about 35 years ago which just cracked. This is the perfect solution...Thanks, as I was looking for a simple solution

Thanks! Genius! I have an older coleman with a round hole in the keel i need to fix. IT IS a 5905-719 model, IS IT HDPE plastic?