Re-gluing vinyl anchors

Shep · Post by **Shep** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:23 pm

ezwater wrote: If that worries you, scrape off the vinyl before using G-flex to glue directly to the ABS.

That's what I did when repairing the XL-13 I sold last year. The guy that bought it PM'ed me that he broke the thigh strap but the vinyl didn't come off when he pitoned it while creeking (if I remember the story correctly).

ezwater · Post by **ezwater** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:31 am

Remember my trick of using a sharp chisel held at a low angle to skim the vinyl off the ABS. Much faster than sanding or scraping.

2opnboat1 · Post by **2opnboat1** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:09 pm

I use a hair drier to heat the patch and pull it off. The use of a chisel is a good one if you can guarantee that you want score the sub-straight or anything else like that.