Older 1 man house - Dave Genz Fish Trap

[Jack Peterson]

I took out my 1 man flip over, and noticed that two holes were punched through the bottom. Must've happened last year and I didn't notice it.

How can I patch these holes? Otherwise snow will get into my gear and stuff.

I'm still going to buy a new 1 man this December, but I want to have two working ones in case I have company.

[Chad Peterson]

You could do this, sew it with patches or you could do the patch work with an iron and patch. It helps with the cold and snow, buts odd if the color is not close.Good Luck.

Sniffer

[Colt_45]

I think he is talking about the sled, right?

I would put duct tape on both sides and them use that roll on bed liner for trucks, we have used it for other applications than just truck beds, there are some spray cans of it, but it may eat thru your sled, you would have to test it on the plastic somewhere you wouldn't really notice. It is tough though, maybe someone else with chime in with something they actually did.

Colt

[Bigtom]

Make shure the sled is warm and glue the holes shut with 2 ton epoxy, or liquid nail. You might have to tape the bottom shut, coat the inside with glue and put a patch on it.

[Nutty Fisherman]

I would go with Thomas K

[deadeye]

Idk, I would be inclined to cut up a 5 gallon pail, get a plastic welding kit from harbor freight tools and learn how to plastic weld. The worst thing you could do is melt another hole. You could use a piece of the bucket to patch the hole in your sled.

Epoxy is a temporary fix on plastic. If I were going to try a epoxy, jb weld would be the ticket. I would tape one side of it and then smear it on. Make sure you let it fully cure before you use it.

[Chad Peterson]

I think he is talking about the sled, right?

I would put duct tape on both sides and them use that roll on bed liner for trucks, we have used it for other applications than just truck beds, there are some spray cans of it, but it may eat thru your sled, you would have to test it on the plastic somewhere you wouldn't really notice. It is tough though, maybe someone else with chime in with something they actually did.

Colt

I read it wrong! The shed could be tough but do-able. I melted plastic with a bucket, but before I so;I used mesh from dry wall then fill it in with the plastic. After building it up,you can sand it down lightly. Melt again to build a stonger base. It takes time, but it works.

Sniffer

[Jack Peterson]

Yeah, I was thinking of patching it with some sort of plastic.

[Eric_Kruger]

the tubs are something like 40 bucks new from clam call them up!

rk

[Eelpout08]

we plastic weld at work all the time. i think those tubs are usually made of polypropelene or mayby abs? i know that trying to weld pvc(bucket?) to polypro does not work. you definitly want to find the same material to patch with. if you can find someone that welds plastic that would be the best fix. otherwise try some good epoxy and maybe even reinforce it with some fiberglass cloth. another thought would be to rivit some aluminum sheetmetal patches on. depending on where the hole is

[JSK76]

My uncle wore out a sled bottom and he went to a place that did heating duct work and other sheet metal work and got a piece of sheet metal as wide as the sled and as long the sled bottom plus enough to roll up the front to the front lip. The portable pulled better then ever. If you have holes you more then likely have thin plastic around the holes as well that will wear as time goes.

[deadeye]

I suppose that you could use a chunk of the bumper off the wife's car to patch with. I think that's probably close to the same kind of plastic.