Kayak Hole Repair for less then 20$! And Less Than 1 HR Of Your Time! 

Hey Bro! Don’t be so hard on yourself. Your video inspired me to fix three of my kayaks that have leaks. Folks like you give me hope for the human race. Cheers!

Thanks for making the video (and drilling a hole in your kayak for us). Quick tip.... use a thin aluminum wire mesh as the foundation before applying the plastic filler. The repair area needs to be warmed up (heat gun works) to allow the mesh to bond with the hull. You can then melt the material to the mesh. Put more than necessary then sand down with progressively finer grit sandpaper. Cheers!

Just a few notes for ya, Bud! 1) Use a very sharp or hot knife. Cut away excess damage clean and sand hole!! 2) If possible, get a 4-5 mm plastic! Cut for size and wedge in place! can help a lot. 3) used a small fan to blow nasty smoke away! A MUST! 2) Use cable ties as a welding rod!! It works really well for filling cracks and deep scratches 3) Leave overnight 4)Sand down ruff first, then smoother Grab some cheap Surfboard Wax to finnish. Don't get me wrong, you did a good job. I just hope to give you some food for thought.

Man, I felt that frustration, bro... I've felt that way so many times! Making these videos is deFiniteLy not easy... Thanks for pushing through and doing the extra work so you could still make this one for us!

You saved my ass. I took my kayak out for the first time since the ice has cleared. Got downriver and noticed the boat was getting sluggish and tippy. Got back to the landing and found I’d taken on about twenty gallons through a tear in the hull. I fish alone and have a tendency to scooch along the concrete landings like a dog with ass worms while seated in the kayak to get to open water. Apparently the combination of hard concrete, soft polyethylene and a fat slob doing aerobics trying to get launched took its toll. Thank you so much for showing me how to save my beloved kayak. Great informative video.

So I’m a single momma and I have 2 sons. We love kayaking. I also take my niece and nephew. Recently my nephew dropped his yak off the back of my truck. Long story short. He cracked it. I tried the jb putty crap and nope. Didn’t work. I was trying to avoid doing this. But from the research I’ve done so far this is the best way. So thank u SO much for sharing this. Little nervous bc I don’t wanna mess it up. But it’s up to me to fix it. So thank u again so much for sharing. And I understand how u feel about everything u do u mess up. But…. Also u gotta take it easy on urself. U truly helped me today. So thank u again.

Thank you Brother .... I just put how to fix a plastic Kayak and boom there's your show ... total Awesomeness... I was fishing last season late .... and my Kayak was sinking very slowly ..... I headed for shore fast because I was a half mile out .... I had a life vest so I would have been ok .... but who wants that problem ... all my fishing gear on board .... well thanks to you I'm floating not sinking 😁🇺🇸🏆

Thank you so much for taking the time to help us kayakers that have damaged kayaks. You helped me and I am grateful. Know that you are helping others and open that garage door more for ventilation please

Dude, seriously good video. Your method is definitely what I did, it worked! You helped me fix my kayak brother. I appreciate you!

Your a legend. I subd the instant u drilled your yak. Thank you for sharing the lessons you learn brother. 👍🏼🧘🏽‍♂️

Drilling thru the kayak you just repaired takes dedication...lol. I fixed mine with 5 gallon bucket strips and a $9 Harbour Freight heat gun. I find plastic welding too tedious, the heat gun covers more area, I melted a bunch of strips on and sanded it down smooth. All that really doesn't matter if the end result is the same. Thanks for the video.

Ish, you're a humble guy. I have watched all your vids. This being my last one til more. You keep all of your screw ups in your vids. You are loved for this. You are beloved for this. You ain't Roland Martin but you have way more personality.

Bro, I can relate so much to your frustration! I try new things and end up screwing something up somehow haha! I recently got into kayaking and I'm looking everywhere for some decent boats. I talked to my local livery and they said they would sell me some old ones with holes in them for $50 a piece, and I would have to fix them myself. After watching your video, I think I can do it and save some money! Thank you for taking the time to make this man, it is going to save me some cash! If you're ever in central ohio, I owe you a few beers lol! (Oh and I've watched like 10 videos about this today and your repair looks the best by far)

SEEN A LOT OF OTHER VIDEOS I LOVE YOUR VIDEO. I'M GONNA DO THE SAME BUT I THINK I'LL SMOOTH AND ADD SUPER GLUE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE "SKID PLATE" BEFORE SEALING IT AROUND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP BROTHER. I WAS ABOUT TO THROW BOTH OF MY KAYAKS AWAY BUT YOU SAVED ME A LOT OF MONEY. #TIGHTLINES

Love the dedication. Good stuff brother.😂

Love ya man! Thanks for pushing through to show us what’s up with your technique. Starting my first hole repair right now. The Harbor freight plastic soldering iron is heating up as I type 👍

good stuff. glad to see younger people being realistic and saving tools rather than tossing them.

I prefer Stainless Steel screen cut oversize to start off the repair of HDPE. Melt it into base plastic all around the outside of the hole. Use a pencil soldering iron with a big flat tip. Best ones are sold for repairing plastic car bodies. Then melt in plastic all over the screen. Once you have it fully filled in and smooth, cap it with more screen. Melt it in all over the patch and melt more plastic over the top. Cracks, splits and small holes are a lot easier to fix this way compared to large wear areas. JB weld can be used in emergencies. And the stock slow cure two part epoxy holds about as well as their "plasticweld". Best chance is to rough scuff the surfaces and then very quickly "flame treat" the area to receive adhesive using the flame tip of a small propane or butane torch. You have to do this so fast you think it cant possibly have an effect. But it does. And you can embed screen or fiberglass into the patch. The only adhesive that seems to get a really good bond onto HDPE is 3M DP8005. Its only sold by industrial vendors like Grainger or McMaster Carr and should be used with a special dual pack applicator gun and mixing nozzle. Unfortunately its pretty expensive but has value to save expensive things like kayaks, automotive parts and custom polyethylene tanks used in boats and RV's.

Dude thank you! I just patched my kayak with a bucket I pulled out the ocean last time I went out fishing. ♻️

like the homemade skid plate lol looks like it would work like a charm

Nice work. My Pelican Bass Raider is close to leaking and needs a couple repairs. I'm gonna get one of those soldering irons but I'm gonna preheat with my heat gun. Solves my problem....

Thank you for showing your mistakes, other people make a bunch of mistakes but never show it on camera. This helps us from not making the same mistakes but we’ll still make mistakes too. I subscribed to your channel because you’re one of us. Thanks again

Thank you! Great video man!! Very helpful!

The fire is drawing in oxygen from all around. You standing there limits the inflow of oxygen coming from that direction, which creates a negative pressure spot basically. So the smoke will automatically go toward that spot-you. I think anyway

Bros a legend, makes a hole in he's kayak to fix it agian for us. Thanks for showing me how to fix my kayak

Good job. I was coming from. Fly fishing and I realized then I have a lot of water in my beawertail boat. Thanks to You I know how to fix it.

Thanks for the video mate

Good video dude! Appreciated you care enough to drill a hole and start over. You’re a good guy and now I know how to fix my kayak!

Excellent. Thanks!

Thanks for the information brother

Cool video Dude! Thank you for posting. I am going to do this👍👍

Great tutorial! Just what I needed to make a repair. THANKS!

Incredibly helpful video, and I love the idea of using a hdpe bucket for repairs. Plus, as you mention, should with great a preventative maintenance for adding thickness to areas that are likely to get dragged. Holy, appreciate your taking the time to make and edit this video.

I have a stress crack on my Hobie,so i started checking out several video's on how to. But I enjoyed yours by far and and think it is the easiest way. So thank you for the tutorial and entertainment ! LOL

6:58 Smoke follows you everywhere. My dad always said, Smoke Follows Ugly.

3 years later, helped me fix our canoe for $23.99!

4:50 ight you earned my like dammit haha I was literally laughing when you said here's what we're gunna do

Thank you very much for the video.

Awesome vid bro. 👍🏼

Nice job! I got a kit on Amazon that came with everything needed for around $24. My 2006 heritage kayak got a 5” crack but fixed it up with the kit which included mesh but mine def didn’t come out as clean as yours. Welding on more meat where you drag it is a great idea I may do that as well. Thank you for your video it’s awesome!

Nice video. Thanks for your redo sacrifice! Appreciate it.

Success! Well at the very least not a failure 👍😂 good repair though looks solid

Ty Ish! Your video inspired me and now I'm about to do the same thing except with a pedal boat.

Great video. You are off the chain...never saw a guy drill a hole in his kayak before when you weren't installing something. I have the same repair tool purchased from Amazon. Us You Tubers know how difficult it can be to make vids. I've only been doing it for 6 months & I have 1 blooper video posted and have a 2nd blooper video made coming out in a week or 2.

Well done, clearly an effective patch job.

I go to the kayak outfitting places, and they will give you a patch for free. Now they have gator patches that work great

Super helpful bro. Certainly not a failure. A great video! 👍

Appreciate your efforts and knowledge.

Thanks for posting I've been through the same problem like your idea previously IPA abused fiberglass and resin yours looks better

Thanks bro! 👍🏽

thanks dude.

Great idea!! My first kayak, no hole yet but I'm working on it. Want to get it fixed before it does turn into a hole.

Great video, thanks. I too have forgotten to hit record, and missed some epic video. You made up for it in this one!

Thank you sir you just made me fix my exact kayak and a hole in the same place, tried different things but always have to do over but now this will do the job thx. Great work and idea sir and keep your head up your doing great stuff and it helps dummies like me.

Good job

Cool video!! Can't say I've ever seen plastic patched that way, thought for sure this was going to be a Flex Tape video.😂

This homie's a real one!!!

If I was in the exact situation, I would have used the bucket to create a square housing, then make a square hole where the damage is big enough for the housing to fit in it and attach a wheel that is sunk into the kayak.

Hey you got got a follow from me. Got my first kayak for free from neighbor and Realize it had a small slice in it when I took it out. I’m about to fix it this week and take it out next weekend. Had such a fun time taking it out last weekend and can’t wait to get it fixed.

that was a great tip and very usefull iam not that far from you new eagle pa did you ever fish sewickly creek it flows into the yough i have caught every species that there is out of there

I made a tin foil 'cast' and put 2 HPE pieces, one on top of each other and baked them in the oven for 15 minutes at 400 degrees until they fused together and started to liquify, then placed the melted plastic atop the hole in the bottom stern and pressed it with a trowel until it hardened. Seems to be working fine.

55 gallon plastic drums are the same material but thicker.

very helpful. a kayak has been on my bucket list and I just snagged a free one that needs repair. now I know what to do. love your shop and those vintage bottles in the vintage crates. I appreciate your attention to detail and of the videos I've watched today, you are the only one that mentioned cleaning the area.

Great Vid Bro taught me to add to my Kayak 👊🏻

Just watched your video on kayak repair. Excellent‼‼👍

It sounds like you and your GoPro have the same relationship i have with my crock pot. I forget to turn it on after putting food in ALL THE TIME.

You did a fantastic job there mate you should be proud of yourself rather than giving yourself a hard time. Trust me you're not alone and believe me I understand what it's like to do a 10-minute job and record it all of a sudden it can take hours lol 🤘👍

This was hard to watch. All I can think of is no fingers can withstand the high heat. The last time I fixed a hole I used long metal pliers and a blaze torch. I held the plastic bottle cap above the hole and let it melt into the hole. It bonded on both inside and outside. Five years later the hole came back. I tried the same process. My advice: don't do it outside on a windy day. I held it too close to the hole and the hole GOT BIGGER. So this time I will use a stronger plastic and try putting a matrix under it so the liquid plastic will flow into it. You can do this in less than ten minutes. Then you can smooth it out either sandpaper or wave a torch gently over the surface to smooth the plastic.

How did it hold up after a year for repair? And has anyone else done it that can review this method after some weeks later? It looks simple enough. Great video bro.

Is that a Field and Stream Eagle Tallon 12? I have a hole in same exact spot. Last time I put in, I almost sank the yak coming back in. I didn’t know I was taking on water till I was 1/2 way back. Then I started paddling for my life! I was lmao once I got the the boat ramp.

Self confidence brotha!!!!🙌🏼

Man I had to sub just because I really feel your pain about everything going wrong when trying to shoot a video 😅

I appreciate your video. I also feel your pain, everything goes wrong for me too.

Wondering if you could use a Lowes bucket for patch work. Many, many thanks!

I love the fast forward!!

Great video. You made it look easy. Thanks

I just want to thank you for posting how this original footage turned out, as you admit to mistake and being human. Murphy's law.

I will always be an idiot like you . I will always forget to record or the sun will always move . I like it more because it’s relatable.

Great video! I plan to do something similar to prevent problems, and to act as a skit plate.

A propane torch and some milk jugs is how I used to do my repairs years ago .

Will try. If it works I'll come back with a like and share

Great video man! Keep going man!

LoL your in good company my friend 😜

Great way to go,,Thanks

Legendary

Hey mate, cool guide. I have field and stream eagle run 13 with hole in the same spot. Came from me by self dragging over concrete and riprap being lazy cuz I thought it was indestructible. 5 months later how did this hold up?

Good job!

About every flippin thing I attempt fails also bro, I actually did have a recent huge success on rebuilding the engine on my 2011 Chevy Equinox 2.4, I’ll have 10 fails in a row, then I’ll have a really good success

Bro just relax! Don’t be so down on yourself! If you’re failing you’re trying and learning! That’s what life’s about is trials and tribulations!

Good vid ! Bout to patchine . Almost sank her the other day lmao

Did the repair hold up for you bro?

If you put hatches in your yak save the cutout material so your patch matches.

I haven't watched your video's💙💙💙

How often do you get holes in your kayaks

I saw another video where a guy used a polyethylene tarp to fix minor scratches on his Yak. I haven't gotten bad River rash because I'm super careful with my Yak.

I hate rabbits, i hate rabbits, I hate rabbits. !

Bro, chill.

If you don't wear gloves eventually your hands just turn into gloves :D

Why don’t you guys just melt it down and poured in the whole

Love you. It’s a shame I have to watch these to see you! Need to talk to you about your walnut trees. It’s not a failure if you work it out in the end.