How to Repair a Kayak with an Airless Plastic Welder

Kayaks take a beating when going up against rough waves, rocks, and narrow passages. Weathered kayaks that are often exposed to UV rays are more prone to cracks. This video will show you how to repair a crack on a kayak. The method we will show can be used with Polyvance’s KCW Pro, 5700HT Mini-Weld Model 7, or the integrated airless plastic welder on one of our nitrogen plastic welders. Watch us repair a kayak with a nitrogen plastic welder here: 1:04 Welding 1:58 Embedding the mesh 2:35 Welding 3:14 Smoothing 3:33 Refinishing View this video on our website for more information and product suggestions for this repair: LDPE or HDPE? The difference between LDPE (low density polyethylene) and HDPE (high density polyethylene) is the length of the molecule chains. HDPE has longer molecular chains than LDPE and the melting temperature of HDPE is often