> After some nut case slashed my dink with a knife I tried the repair > goop, it did not work. But my dink is hyphalon. Don't know about PVC. -Ken
Hi, Ken, Knife slashes won't succumb to goop put inside the tube - just small leaks. However, even a severe cut can be dealt with successfully if you follow what I did when I was an inflatable dock dealer and some inboard missed the heavy rubber mat in the center (ski boats have skegs under the engine, very sharp)... Cut the cut long enough, and add end cuts to make it look like an "I" or "H", so that you can get your fingers inside. Clean and prep just as you would for a patch. Put some waxed paper inside so the goop doesn't stick to the other side of the tube. Put a large enough patch (both tube and patch well sanded and glued) that you'd have otherwise used on the outside, make sure the edges are flush, then make sure to roll it out well (chair caster, wallpaper seam roller, screen bead inserter, even a bottom of a mayo jar, will do) - really lean on it - you want to drive any possible bubbles out. The pressure will be on the patch rather than the hole when it's done. If you're nervous, put one on the top after the inside has had the appropriate time to cure - but I never did. If you have the access, and the clamps (I have many aboard), use wood clamps (the kind with opposing handles which you twist, allowing parallel or non-parallel surfaces to be clamped) tightly against each other as belt-and-suspenders. Leave it alone for much longer than recommended, as there will be NO air intrusion to speed the cure when you have it clamped that way - but you'll have bonded the materials together and it ain't going ANYWHERE... FWIW, the appropriate cleaner/prep for hypalon is MEK, not acetone. It will slightly soften the fabric, making a very good bond, particularly if you use the two-part glue. HTH L8R Skip, with more scrapes on the bottom than would respond to conventional patching (at least not without going crazy), and those previously leaking are successfully sealed, but the time will come where other scrapes will leak, thus the original post... Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog "You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it however." (and) "There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hand (Richard Bach) _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
