Epoxy for plastic. Comes in a 2 part mix. Tape over the hole with masking tape on the inside of the sled, lapping it so completely cover the hole. Degrease the plastic where the epoxy will try to stick to it. Acetone should work well. Mix enough epoxy to cover the hole the thickness of the plastic and apply the epoxy over the tape on the outside of the sled, lap it over the plastic. It would help to rough up the plastic a bit with some sandpaper to allow a better adhesion of the epoxy to the plastic. Remove the tape after the epoxy sets. Another layer of epoxy on the inside of the sled lapped over the plastic too might help give a double lap of epoxy over the hole in the plastic to help give a better grab on the plastic.
It might take a few days for the epoxy to cure enough to be very durable. How well it will work depends on how well it adheres to the plastic.
I did that same thing on a steel plate that was severely rusted with some JB Weld. Its worked pretty well so far. You need to do the work someplace fairly warm. The epoxy won't cure very well below 70 degrees. I did the jb weld fix on a cold day and hit the patch every few minutes with a heat gun every 30 minutes or so for a couple of hours. It seemed to help it set better.
The epoxy stinks pretty good. Smells like plastic glues normally do, worse than PVC glues. I've found it at Home Depot and Ace Hardware with the adhesives in the paints section.
Steve
On 2/13/2012 10:15 AM, tremor901guy wrote:
i didnt know if u experts be able to help me or not? i have a plastic sled that i use for ice fishing i hit a piece of metal out on ice punched a hole out of it up where it bends any idea how to fix i tryed to melt it ,that didnt work duct tape dont hold metal patch didnt either new sled bottom is over 200 bucks so i gotta try to fix this one ..i was wondering bout that spray rubber that advertise on tv...i apperciate any ideas.
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