Flexglue

[Franklin]

Anybody try that stuff for anything? The commerical is interesting.

 

[jssailem]

Is that the stuff they spray on a screen door, install the screen door where the boat bottom was, then go speeding across crocodile infested waters?


Nope
but fun commercial.

 

[kloudie1]

I used some to seal the concrete bowl of a decorative fountain.. worked for a few years then the UV got to it .. or the algaecide.. or both?

 

[Simon Sexton]

Yeah, my brother brought home a free kayak he got from a guy who wanted it gone...for a good reason. It was cheaply made and just falling apart, but still floated for a few minutes before it filled up with water. We took it into the garage, put it on a couple saw horses and discovered a long hairline crack running the entire length of the hull, bow to stern, where the two pieces of the hull had been molded together. We went to Home Depot and got a few tubes of it for about $50. We filled the crack with the glue and it worked for about a month until we went down Cypress Creek post Harvey....that kayak is somewhere at the bottom of the creek, home to a family of catfish, probably!

 

[CaptKimble]

I used some to install snaps on the cabin hatches so we could put the canvas covers on. Several have fallen off after a mere 30 or less days. Back to the drawing board.

 

[Chris Patterson]

I hauled a boat one day a few years ago. Amongst other things, he wanted some thruhulls rebeded. He’d sprayed several coats of the stuff all over a couple of them. Myself, and the other mechanics on the yard rolled on the ground laughing about it.
I think it’s fair to say they still leaked.

(Sika 291 underwater)..

 

[Pirate Dave]

YA gotta use the flex tape stuff where he cuts the boat in half and tapes it back together again.

YEA DOGGY !!!!

 

[JamesG161]

The "FlexSTUFF" is only for a possible 1 day, temporary, low holding power adhesion, not water pressure sealing STUFF.

No Adhesive stuff works at all unless...
1) compatible materials.
2) Bonding to the edges and surface
3)Applied per instructions.

Think about how steel is sealed. Welding!

I have a small roll of FlexTape for a "first defense" to control/stop a small water leak, while it get the rest of my emergency STUFF to manage a boat leak.
As kloude1 noted UV light degrades "FlexSTUFF"!
Jim...

PS: I bought two cans of FlexSpray. Great for sealing Ant beds, makes them crazy, especially the clear type.

 

[pateco]

What about Fiber Fix?

 

[JamesG161]

Fiber Fix?

I have tried that.
It is basically epoxy DUCT TAPE.

It is NOT an emergency stop leak.

I have a small roll for fixing a broken fishing rod or perhaps a busted running light pole or hand rail. Not a permanent fix.
Jim...

PS: Ever lay up fiberglass? Same technique in a roll.