I have an 11.5ft Escape Mambo, one piece plastic hull.... it has cracked where the Keel slides into the bottom of the boat. I have tried caulking, but this year it has cracked much longer and in two places..... any ideas on how to combat/fix a plastic hull? This is plastic similiar to a "One Step" or "Little Tikes" toys but a little bit thicker and denser. Thanks for any help.
Escape plastic is cracking
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The Mambo is rotomolded polyethylene. Some plastic shops may be able to weld it.
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The material is ACP, cracks are usually superficial, but even using the correct repair material, it will crack out if the temperature goes below freezing:
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If in fact it is a polyethylene plastic there are lots of YouTube videos about how to repair.
That is basically the method. However, an ordinary hot glue stick won't work. The plastic has to melt, it is more like metal welding than glueing. The two sides of the crack melt and polyethylene is melted into the crack.
Read this...
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