cadman Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) I want to ask you guys, how do you glue(mend) plastics. I have a few hollow Netbaits Tiny Paca Craws. Apparently the bass by me love these and they just destroy the hollow bodies along with pulling off one of the claws. So now I have ripped hollow bodies from the hooks and on some baits and I have 1 missing claw on others. So what I would like to do is glue or whatever works, the rip in the hollow body and then take two craws with the missing claw and cut a claw from one and glue it onto another making one good full craw. How can this be done? Thanks for any help. Edited September 12, 2009 by cadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Try a soldering gun. They make small portable battery operated ones. There is a previous thread about it. ps. 1/2 done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Try a soldering gun. They make small portable battery operated ones. There is a previous thread about it.ps. 1/2 done Thanks, and I'll look for the thread................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 It's exspensive but works great and goes a long way: Mend-It! Soft Bait Glue Real nice for making new baits with various parts when making molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I use a Power Zap from Bass Pro. It is also good for cutting braid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTfishingrods Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I remelt and re pour. But if you didnt pour them yourself in the first place, I guess that wont be an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirkfan Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I use a proweld plastic welder, but you can also just heat up a piece of stainless wire or thin biece of stainless such as the metal from a windshield wiper, and melt the two pieces together. The plastic welder has the convience of an on/off button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidergrub6 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I love using spider grubs for the local smallies and end up with baits where the top half in ruined on one and bottome half on another. So I just cut the torn part off of the baits and use the good parts from two bad baits to make a good bait. Just use a lighter and carefully soften the connecting ends of the baits then press them together and melt around the seam and dunk in water. Works for me and saves a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbass1 Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I use a Power Zap from Bass Pro. It is also good for cutting braid. +1, battery powered easy to carry in the boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 I use a proweld plastic welder, but you can also just heat up a piece of stainless wire or thin biece of stainless such as the metal from a windshield wiper, and melt the two pieces together. The plastic welder has the convience of an on/off button I was going to buy the plastic welder when I found the Weller battery operated soldering iron with high and low for $15 at Home Depot. I fix all my soft plastics with it and can solder too. Turns out the Weller is available at amazon and other local stores under $20 everyday and it does more. The plastic welder is a knock off from the garmet industry for thread cutting. You can find them at complete fabric and sewing machine store too. Weller Battery Powered Soldering Tool - BP645MP at The Home Depot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBK Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 I use mend-it. 1 bottle will last 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 When I fish I have a "boat" box on the seat with the most used items, pliers, hemostats, SUPER GLUE, etc. I use super glue a lot on all minor plastic repairs, soft and hard, e.g., pike bites on SP's and X-raps leak at the tie eye and tail hook eye, etc. The heated element tools have an advantage that big holes can be welded. On large expensive plastics like Castaic lures, pike tear big chunks out of them; I have welded up missing pieces using hot irons and spare plastic that is lying around the boat. Cranks that hit rocks on the cast and got big holes can also be welded closed. Just an observation from actual use. BTW, I use super glue mending up cuts, bites and hook slashes on my hands and fingers more than anything else while in the boat! I usually close the wound with glue and cover it with liquid new skin. Haven't found anything to weld that back to gether yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlures Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Mend-it is easier and makes a perfect repair. A mend-it repair is much cleaner then a melted repair. Super glues are the worst as far as clean repairs, plus it leaves your repair hard. Super glue is great for gluing plastic to metal though. For prototyping and making nice clean repairs Mend-it is the way to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxfish Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I use Mend-it as well. My partner discovered another one recommended by Roland Martin, Pro's Soft Bait Glue. Its 10.29 for a half ounce bottle. They have a website with the same name if you want to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I had to look up Mend-it. They have a website just on repairing soft baits! Mend-It! Soft Bait Glue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlures Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 pros soft bait glue is the same as any superglue. I recomend it for gluing soft plastic to hard plastic or to metal. I do not recomend it for gluing polastic to plastic. It leaves the repair hard and it is difficult to work with. It will glue your fingers to the bait RIGHT NOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Mend-it folks and I actually are thinking the same , after looking into this, Mend-it is not a glue and wont glue anything, it is a liquid weld! It will not help glue down the master in mold making but... Both heat, the soldering gun, and chemical liquification, Mend-it, do the same thing and re-liquify the plastisol and achieve a weld. A weld is rejoining materials by melting the base material together. Gluing and soldering join by adhesion of the materials. Well, I am going to get some mend-it, it sure will help me frankenstein some creatures for models to make molds of. TU--you teach me something every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 (edited) Here I am opening an old thread, but I found some new information! I just finished a Montana Pike hunt, temperatures as low as 25 degrees F. Warming to above freezing about midday. I had Mend it!, a repair ointment that is actually a plastisol solvent and a vinyl glue with me. I think any good vinyl solvent will work like Mend It and do a chemical weld because plastisol is a vinyl. BUT>>> The glue and Mend It does not flow at those temperatures! They were almost solid. Even if you keep the glues and Mend It in an inner shirt pocket the lures are cold (braid gets water in the spool and between the fibers and freezes, WD40 helps keep it casting.) If you have to dip your rod to free the ice from the guides these liquid fixes will not work. Warming everything takes too much time. I had my Weller battery operated soldering iron with me. To conserve batteries and get things going at those temperatures I use a jet lighter and pre-heat the iron tip then switch to batteries to weld up all the tooth damage to the soft baits. The fine point of the jet flame can also be used to weld massive cuts in the lures too. Because the lure is cold the flame does not over heat and melt the plastic away as what happens if you try that in the summer. Water temperature was 40 F and the pike moved like lightening and chomped a lot of lures. I love my electric soft lure welder...It got 3X the use of the soft plastics as would have happened if I did not repair them. Edited November 29, 2009 by Piscivorous Pike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
