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Date: 18 Apr 2004 19:28:21
From: Sirenhead
Subject: need advice for repaiting coleman cano
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Not sure if this the right place for this, but I'm trying anyways.
Neighbor up the street was selling his 18' coleman canoe for $100. It's not
in too bad of shape, some deep scratches/gouges on the bottom, and it had a
patch on the inside. Went to pay him and pick it up today, and I noticed the
patch was starting to come off of the bottom of the canoe. So very gently
with a single finger the patch pulled off quite easily, and I mean easily. I
showed him the patch pulled off. The glue underneath was hard and brittle. I
talked him down to $80 for the canoe, so now I need to know the best way to
repair it. I've repaired my fiberglass canoe before, I still have it. Just
no idea how to repair this tupperware stuff coleman uses. There's a Coleman
outlet store in town I'm planning to check out this weekend. Any ideas let
me know either on the group or e-mail directly at
paramedic21740(at)myactv(dot)net remove the ().
Thanx John
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Date: 19 Apr 2004 04:16:43
From: Dan Valleskey
Subject: Re: need advice for repaiting coleman cano
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part of the trouble with polyethylene boats. repairs are not simple.
To the other advice given you, I'd add, look for someone who has a
plastic welder. Some polys can be welded.
Or just sell the damn thing to someone who feels they can deal with
the damage. It is really not a very good boat.
-Dan V.
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:28:21 -0400, "Sirenhead" <sirenhead@myactv.net >
wrote:
>Not sure if this the right place for this, but I'm trying anyways.
>Neighbor up the street was selling his 18' coleman canoe for $100. It's not
>in too bad of shape, some deep scratches/gouges on the bottom, and it had a
>patch on the inside. Went to pay him and pick it up today, and I noticed the
>patch was starting to come off of the bottom of the canoe. So very gently
>with a single finger the patch pulled off quite easily, and I mean easily. I
>showed him the patch pulled off. The glue underneath was hard and brittle. I
>talked him down to $80 for the canoe, so now I need to know the best way to
>repair it. I've repaired my fiberglass canoe before, I still have it. Just
>no idea how to repair this tupperware stuff coleman uses. There's a Coleman
>outlet store in town I'm planning to check out this weekend. Any ideas let
>me know either on the group or e-mail directly at
>paramedic21740(at)myactv(dot)net remove the ().
>
>Thanx John
>
>
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Date: 18 Apr 2004 23:44:52
From: Lynn Tegrity
Subject: Re: need advice for repaiting coleman cano
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I would go the Coleman's website to see if they have instructions to
glue to the material. I had a Coleman canoe once. To attach knee pads by
gluing, the instructions with the canoe required that a propane torch be
used to flash the spot to be glued to a dull look then apply glue and
whatever was being attached to the material.
Lynn
Sirenhead wrote:
> Not sure if this the right place for this, but I'm trying anyways.
> Neighbor up the street was selling his 18' coleman canoe for $100. It's not
> in too bad of shape, some deep scratches/gouges on the bottom, and it had a
> patch on the inside. Went to pay him and pick it up today, and I noticed the
> patch was starting to come off of the bottom of the canoe. So very gently
> with a single finger the patch pulled off quite easily, and I mean easily. I
> showed him the patch pulled off. The glue underneath was hard and brittle. I
> talked him down to $80 for the canoe, so now I need to know the best way to
> repair it. I've repaired my fiberglass canoe before, I still have it. Just
> no idea how to repair this tupperware stuff coleman uses. There's a Coleman
> outlet store in town I'm planning to check out this weekend. Any ideas let
> me know either on the group or e-mail directly at
> paramedic21740(at)myactv(dot)net remove the ().
>
> Thanx John
>
>
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