Posted 7/29/2008 4:29 PM (#328802 - in reply to #328797) Subject: Re: Reparing Bulldawgs
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Yes. The best way I've found is to heat an exacto knife over the stove, and use it to melt the cut while holding it back together. (Carefully, I might add..) You can use a lighter if you're careful about it -- melt both sides and stick them back together once the plastic starts to run. It's pretty hard to heat them up "enough but not too much" with a lighter, though. Too hot and they start on fire and turn black. Not hot enough and they just don't stick together well.
Posted 7/29/2008 8:48 PM (#328835 - in reply to #328797) Subject: Re: Reparing Bulldawgs
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Heating a knife on an open flame stove top and inserting it into the cuts really works well and doesnt seem to cause the plastic to get too hot. This trick helped me keep fishing the same bulldawg for pike and muskie for 3 days in my recent trip to canada.
Edited by 4seasonangler 7/29/2008 8:56 PM
Joe
Posted 7/30/2008 9:55 AM (#328928 - in reply to #328797) Subject: RE: Reparing Bulldawgs
Mend It. I believe Bookems Musky Shop has it.
Best stuff around to repair soft plastics.
Posted 7/30/2008 10:30 AM (#328939 - in reply to #328797) Subject: Re: Reparing Bulldawgs
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I just use a lighter.
bn
Posted 9/15/2008 9:56 PM (#336337 - in reply to #328797) Subject: RE: Reparing Bulldawgs
I had been using a small butane torch ...but after trying a soldering iron that Kevin Cochran was using I went to Menards and got one...AND the same company that made the one that plugs in makes one that runs on 3, AA batteries...gets to 900 degrees in 15 seconds...great for repairing dawgs on the boat...the soldering iron doesn't leave any of the rubber black from burning it like the torch did...$15 bucks at Menards made by Weller...great little tool for the boat..
Posted 9/16/2008 11:24 AM (#336393 - in reply to #328797) Subject: Re: Reparing Bulldawgs
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Location: Hayward, WI
Yep, I bought a butane soldering iron/torch from Wal-Mart for $17. It has a few different tips on it you can choose from depending on what type of rip you are repairing. Also has a torch feature you can use if you want to melt new pieces of rubber to fill in holes or whatever. Works pretty well.
Posted 9/16/2008 2:52 PM (#336425 - in reply to #336393) Subject: Re: Reparing Bulldawgs
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Mike Hulbert had a post on this and he used one of those electric tools for burning into wood for art projects or writing on wood. It works great, does'nt get too hot. You can get them at most hobby stores and they don't cost much, and you don't burn your fingers like you can with the torch.
900F
