Don't drive when inexperienced ppl are on the lake...

[Pheyd]

Buddy of mine was driving his barbwire while I had my Spartan out and he decided to play bumper boats...

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No point to try and repair ABS plastic, so I'll probably just find a new hull and transfer all the parts over.

[Doby]

Hope he's buying you a new hull...

[NativePaul]

I wouldn't ask them for a new hull, the last thing I would want to do is scare off new guys/gals.

That looks like most of the material is still there, it looks like it will repair easily and barely noticably. There are several solvents on the market for welding ABS that would leave it as strong as it was, if there are any bits missing they can be filled by buying a sheet/stick of ABS from your LHS and melting it in a little puddle of the solvent until gooey.

Or did you mean there is no point wasting your time on a plastic hull you've grown out of? There is no easy cure for the weakness of ABS hulls, but if you have the patience you can use the ABS/solvent filler to build up all the edges that should be sharp if it was possible with the vacuum forming process and then sand them sharp.

[Pheyd]

Exactly, I'm not going to ask for a new hull. It's all part of the hobby and I don't want to discourage him from enjoying the fun.

My plan is to order a new empty hull and transfer the parts over as my repair skills are crap. Once I have the boat running again, then I was going to practice my first repair job on the broken hull and see how I do. This will minimize the down time since the season is just starting and I want to keep her on the water.

Do you know of any ABS repair tutorials I could read up on?

[Spartanator]

Ouch...

[AMP EATER]

go to your local hobby store and pick up some milliputty fill sand and paint good as new 3 days tops

[dmitry100]

Dude thats nothing. Just epoxy a plate of plastic on the other end to hold it up and you're good to go.

You should see the way my Spartan looks like right now... crashed it into a Wackadoo at 50mph+ head on. Luckily damage was actually less than expected.

[dmitry100]

Oh and then you could just put some carbon fiber vinyl to make it look nicer. No need to buy a new hull.

[iop65]

epoxy-abs : yeah , that's going to make up a good bond

you got to go with something thats disolves the abs a little to get a real bond , some 2 component acrylic glue works but not epoxy !

[martin]

Devcon Plastic Welder works fantastic on ABS & most other plastics, its a 2 part glue mixed together. It also bonds to metal & wood.

[dmitry100]

http://www.amazon.com/Loctite-136311...0928680&sr=1-6

[iop65]

Devcon Plastic Welder works fantastic on ABS & most other plastics, its a 2 part glue mixed together. It also bonds to metal & wood.

that's an methyl methacrylate compound and is what i was writing/suggesting to use
i use stabilit express from pattex/henkel

[Pheyd]

My local hardware store had this marine epoxy available.
http://www.lepageproducts.com/Produc...l.aspx?pid=126

Would this work with ABS? It says PVC and "most" plastics.

[dmitry100]

You should probably get something that is made for ABS plastic.

Or you could just try it out ... Marine epoxy holds really well. Just be sure you sandpaper the area first.

[Pheyd]

It says this... so you should probably get something that is made for this plastic.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR:
Polyethylene, polypropylene, Nylon™, Teflon™ or flexible materials; Applications above 65°C (150°F); Aquariums or potable water systems.

Ah, good eye.

After some searching, found something local to me that should work:

http://plasticworld.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6_35&products_id=9