Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 2, 2006 5:24:54 GMT -5
I am thinking about buying some of those D-ring anchors from MEC for my discovery 169. How can I secure these in? Vinyl tec says it works with pretty well everything, but it doesn't mention polyethylene. Does anyone have any experience with this? Also, my canoe manual says I should polarize the hull with a propane torch before attempting to bond anything to it. What is that about? Is that necessary?
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peterng
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Post by peterng on Jun 2, 2006 7:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by kyle on Jun 2, 2006 11:50:15 GMT -5
i heard the same thing about the flame treatment for the poly. it's suposed to give more surface area for bonding i think. call old town they should be able to give you a defenite answer.
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 9, 2006 11:10:27 GMT -5
Pete,
What is your canoe made of? Everywhere I look on the Net tells me nothing bonds (well) to polyethylene. I guess I should have researched that before I ordered a bunch of D-rings from MEC.
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peterng
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Post by peterng on Jun 12, 2006 6:35:25 GMT -5
Dave,
It is Royalex. Makes no difference though, the primer is key to prepping the surface and the ABS/PVC cement chemically bonds like integrates permanent sort of thing. I attached my foam knee pads permanently in place using the same stuff.
On there !
Pete
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