Kayak Repair Duct Tape
John "toast" oast from fishyaker.com shows how to use clear gorilla repair tape for kayak and canoe keel protection. for more fishing and kayaking videos visit fishyaker.com or the fishyaker. (remember that duct tape was originally invented to patch air conditioning ducts. these ducts expand and contract and change temperature, so the tape itself is ideally suited to repairing kayaks when applied correctly.) the key to a successful duct tape weld is heat combined with pressure.. Home / kayaks / a kayak keel guard to protect and repair your plastic kayak. previous next. leaving most kayakers to resort to multiple layers of gorilla duct tape desperately trying to protect their investment, which is a band-aid solution, and not a long term answer for real kayak protection..
Depending upon the extent of use you plan to give your kayak, repair concerns may be as easy as a field fix of simply slapping on a strip of duct tape or a dab of marine putty and continuing on for the day.. The kayak itself is 19-feet long and 22-inches wide, modeled after a greenland style boat. the frame is half-inch pvc pipe, and the skin is a combination of grey and pink duct tape (pink is, ostensibly, for breast cancer awareness). the duct tape company is also donating proceeds from the sale of the pink tape to cancer research.. After watching the mythbusters episode on duct tape myths, i decided to take a whack at creating my own duct tape boat. rather than the two-man sailboat that jamie and adam designed, i went for a much slimmer one-man kayak..
