How to repair the boat

How to repair the boat

The boat during departures on fishing can be punctured, be cut through, be scratched, cut off polymeric layer. Such damages of PVC should be eliminated in due time that the boat served long. If the sizes of opening do not exceed 10 mm, or the sizes of section are not longer than 100 mm, then the boat can be repaired by means of repair kit.

It is required to you

  • Boat
  • Repair set for the boat

Instruction

1. Before repairing the boat, it is necessary to find out all places of damages to repair them at once everything. Small damages are defined at normal survey. And small damages are by means of soap solution. In place of failure there are air bubbles which become visible, thanks to soap film.

2. After all places are defined, it is necessary to dry place of failure carefully. The place of failure and area around it should be degreased acetone. It is impossible to zashkurivat surface of polymeric layer of fabric at all!

3. Then it is necessary to prepare patch on damage. The sizes of patch have to be more damage on 30-40 mm to all directions. The edges of patch have to be rounded on contour. After that it is necessary to degrease patch acetone.

4. There are two ways of gluing of patch. For pasting it is necessary to apply with the first way on both surfaces on two adhesive layers with intermediate drying within 10-15 minutes. Then in 5-10 minutes after drying gluing patch it is necessary to put on the field of damage and press on rigid plain surface.

5. The second way of gluing is a little more difficult, but is stronger. For this purpose it is necessary to dry up the second adhesive layer before loss of stickiness, then to put patch and to warm up the place of repair by the hair dryer. Glue has to be activated, slightly podplavivshis (to bring it to temperature of surface of 50-70 °C). After that the patch needs to be prikatat with big effort, having paid attention that folds have not appeared.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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