![]() If you want extreme safety/ durability and can tolerate a heavier, solid, collapsible pon tube, check out Venture Outdoors. If you buy new bladders, is there any reason to expect more than 20 uses, before needing a repair, and will you be okay about it? But if the bladders are thin, or cheaply made of weak material, it might be time for a different approach. If your Aqua seal didn't stick very well, you might be able to scrape it off and try again, carefully preparing the surface this time. It's only the same areas of the highly stressed inflatable seats that leak, and 90% of those leaks have been at the seams! So I learned to preemptively Aqua seal all around the inside sections of the seat bladders in those vulnerable areas, and it has cut down seat seam repairs- last one was a freak, over 3 years ago, on the opposite side. I Never have had a pontoon bladder leak over several hundred uses and some are well over 10 years old. So just because my repairs were successful with the previous model all green $129 Creek Company tubes, doesn't mean it will work for the new smaller versions, or for any other brand, haha! Those old bladders on the CC are extremely thick PVC compared to most that I have seen. My guess is that the quality of bladders varies all over the place depending on the brand of float tube, as some are urethane, vs. Sounds harder than it really is, at least to me anyway, haha! for drying, bladder must be propped and held in a very slightly inflated position at such an angle so that the inside Aqua seal remains in a position of contact with the tear, yet not let the insides touch at other positions along the inside glue line. The package tape should provide enough support so that air cannot come out of the very slightly inflated bladder. Continue spreading aqua seal on the outside of the tear spreading a thin layer at least 1/4 " beyond the tear, then Loosely cover the outside Aqua seal with a piece of clear package tape, to form a cup area that prevents the inside Aqua seal from dripping out. Don't forget two layers of disposable gloves on each hand before you handle aquaseal one layer can be stripped off if things get messy. Keep the partially inflated bladder turned with the tear pointing downward as much as possible so that the aqua seal does not run or drip along the inside surface of the bladder. after that, I use a toothpick to place Aqua seal inside the tear and spread it around the inside and along the seam in both directions. next I wipe down the surface with a small lint-free piece of cloth soaked in 91% alcohol, and let it dry inside and out. A pinch press with fingers of the other hand at the seam position helps to keep the seam from running. Try to keep the stress and pressure from the sanding point as low as possible so that the tear does not run out any further, than it already is. I start by using a Dremel tool with 1/8" cylindrical or ball fine Grit sander point at very low speed to slightly roughen the surface 1/4" surrounding the tear both inside and out. The overlap keeps the seam from running and enlarging the hole, and the plug which is bigger than the 1/4" tear cannot be pushed thru by the inside air pressure. The trick to doing the repair is to work from the inside out, so that an inside Aqua seal plug that overlaps the tear connects with the outside Aqua seal patch. Some of the repairs are more than 10 years old and the bladders have been used for hundreds of trips since the repair without any issues. I'll say mount the motor try it a few times then if you really have to, register it (150.00/ year).Yes, I have had good luck in repairing seam tears using aqua seal and at least a handful were one quarter inch or more. I did registered my tube a month after (4 visits! 3 hours later on last day at DMV!-Great time). Although there could be a risk of being fined or demand to remove motor from your tube or yak (happen to me). ![]() definitely! I have heard that many never had problems with it for years on their home lake. you are required to register even if you use a Drill Paddle. Fins do help sometimes oars for emergencies. Gets in the way a bit, but I can manage around it.)Ĥ. I get to eat while my motor trolls me to a farther spot. I get to face against the wind and troll at slow speeds forward during a windy day.Ģ. I have an Outcast Stealth Pro with a 45lb Trust (Motoguide trolling motor).ġ.
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