Advise on repair please

secondopsman · 22 October 2011, 13:10

Hi
Can anyone give me some advice on this repair.I have managed to catch it with the ally stupport that goes either side of my floor boards

.Im concerned with how close it is to the seams.The actual size is 8mm and its a quicksilver Hd duratex material?
Just what i needed when the buyer was here.

Thanks Pete

Rogue Wave · 22 October 2011, 20:01

Thats going to be a hard fix and I think you are going to have to fix it with an inner patch first, but you must also make the hole round so that the split doesn't creep (Thanks Tonka, see I do Listen!) and you need to get a 10p piece and cut around it with a sharp blade, going no Closer to the seam. You also need to use the proper 2 part glue available from IBS.

do you have any patch material?

secondopsman · 22 October 2011, 20:16

I havent got any patch material yet as im not 100% what it is as its duratex which i think is pvc.
Silly question but once the hole is made round how would you get to the inside to patch it.Is it a case of peeling the seem back and repiring the hole then reglue the seem.
Pete

Rogue Wave · 22 October 2011, 20:34

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Originally Posted by secondopsman

I havent got any patch material yet as im not 100% what it is as its duratex which i think is pvc.
Silly question but once the hole is made round how would you get to the inside to patch it.Is it a case of peeling the seem back and repiring the hole then reglue the seem.
Pete

theres a couple of ways and if you call me on 07859886431 I'll explain I' be reluctant to go and spilit the seam without much repair experience. . I think the material is PVCU and I'm fairly certain you can repair it with that but if you give these people a ring they can advise you on repair material

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we might have some red here I'll have a look in the morning

Peter_C · 23 October 2011, 07:36

If it were my boat, I would just put a patch on the outside. Carefully using heat to remove a little of the black floor material below the hole and not removing anything near the thermo welded seam. Then patch it and resolve whatever it was that made the hole in the first place. If that didn't work then remove the patch and start over, although I doubt it necessary. It just doesn't look like that serious of a repair.