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 buster boat repair
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06/13/11 11:46 PM
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moonlitsbass
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Wondering if anyones knows of or how to repair buster boat pontoon has split. I inherited my dads buster boat been sitting on trailer since2001 first time out pontoon split about 18 inches long. This boat has lots of centimental value to me.I'm sure it needs to be plastic welded any help would be greatly appeciated
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: moonlitsbass]
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06/13/11 11:48 PM
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Caribou
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Depending o. The width of the crack, could u just jb weld it or something like that?
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Caribou]
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06/13/11 11:54 PM
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There is a plastic epoxy that works. I bought some at Lowes a couple years ago. It will take a lot of it though.
Retirement best job ever.
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Caribou]
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06/13/11 11:57 PM
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Joe D
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Find a shop that does aluminum TIG welding. A split seam is moderately easy to weld up. I'd personally avoid trying a plastic sealer, you do plan to take family on this pontoon craft, correct? That's kinda like putting severely worn maypop tires on your car.
Long time bass fisherman, in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, West by God Virginia,Minnesota,Indiana,Canada and now my new home state of Texas.
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Joe D]
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06/13/11 11:58 PM
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Jeremy S.
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Call Pelican, they sell a plastic welding kit for it for a good deal.
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Joe D]
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06/14/11 12:10 AM
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Caribou
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Find a shop that does aluminum TIG welding. A split seam is moderately easy to weld up. I'd personally avoid trying a plastic sealer, you do plan to take family on this pontoon craft, correct? That's kinda like putting severely worn maypop tires on your car. It's a plastic boat. And epoxy is what I meant when I said jb weld just couldn't think of the word.
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Caribou]
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06/14/11 12:16 AM
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Hard Rain
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Some plastic boats are HDPE (High Density Polyethylene...some are ABS). I had a Buster Boat that was ABS.
For this discussion the main difference is ABS can be solvent bonded and HDPE cannot and must be welded.
I had to make repairs on my Buster Boat and used pieces of the same type plastic and used a glue made from the dust of the ABS and methethylene choloride. It helped that I worked for a plastics company. Summary...the patch I made was probably the strongest part of the boat...LOL...
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Re: buster boat repair
[Re: Hard Rain]
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06/14/11 12:18 AM
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VetteRprMan
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Repair will hold up much better if you apply an adhesion promoter prior to the epoxy. Most repairs fail due to improper prep work!
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