Not sure if this the right place for this, but I'm trying anyways. Neighbor up the street was selling his 18' coleman canoe for $100. It's not in too bad of shape, some deep scratches/gouges on the bottom, and it had a patch on the inside. Went to pay him and pick it up today, and I noticed the patch was starting to come off of the bottom of the canoe. So very gently with a single finger the patch pulled off quite easily, and I mean easily. I showed him the patch pulled off. The glue underneath was hard and brittle. I talked him down to $80 for the canoe, so now I need to know the best way to repair it. I've repaired my fiberglass canoe before, I still have it. Just no idea how to repair this tupperware stuff coleman uses. There's a Coleman outlet store in town I'm planning to check out this weekend. Any ideas let me know. Thanx John *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
John Bagley <paramedic21740_at_myactv.net> asked about repairing a slit on a plastic hull There are no adhesives that work well on polyethylene. Your best bet is to poprivet a patch on it, using similar material. With a Coleman canoe, rough usage warrants investing in a poprivet tool and a supply of pop rivets. Good, expendable boats for rough usage. Did a fifty mile section of the Green in Utah in one. Had a great time. Enjoy the boat. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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