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oar repair

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Created by BJRob > 9 months ago, 1 Feb 2017
BJRob

BJRob

NSW, 251 posts
1 Feb 2017 2:08PM
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Hi all.

I am doing up 2 old wooden oars.
One has a split where it has been laminated.
What is the best glue to use for this?

Thanks



Microbe

Microbe

WA, 170 posts
1 Feb 2017 1:25PM
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I'd go for a waterproof polyurethane. It's not on a part of the oar that is going to get much stress.

As a tip to get the glue in to the crack: put a bead of glue on one side of the oar and then use a vacuum cleaner hose on the other side to pull it through.

UncleBob

UncleBob

NSW, 1248 posts
1 Feb 2017 4:37PM
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BJRobinson said..
Hi all.

I am doing up 2 old wooden oars.
One has a split where it has been laminated.
What is the best glue to use for this?

Thanks





Hi I would use epoxy to glue a thin piece of timber into a groove cut into the end of the blades. I recently did this, using a biscuit cutting tool to create the groove increasing the strength and bond significantly.
For the small delamination in the blade I think I would use thinned epoxy resin such as Everdure to seal and fill the crack, everdure the blade repair after fairing and sanding and the the finnish of choice, varnish or paint.

BJRob

BJRob

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1 Feb 2017 6:40PM
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Microbe said..
I'd go for a waterproof polyurethane. It's not on a part of the oar that is going to get much stress.

As a tip to get the glue in to the crack: put a bead of glue on one side of the oar and then use a vacuum cleaner hose on the other side to pull it through.


thanks Microbe.
Great idea using the vacuum.

BJRob

BJRob

NSW, 251 posts
1 Feb 2017 6:46PM
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UncleBob said..

BJRobinson said..
Hi all.

I am doing up 2 old wooden oars.
One has a split where it has been laminated.
What is the best glue to use for this?

Thanks






Hi I would use epoxy to glue a thin piece of timber into a groove cut into the end of the blades. I recently did this, using a biscuit cutting tool to create the groove increasing the strength and bond significantly.
For the small delamination in the blade I think I would use thinned epoxy resin such as Everdure to seal and fill the crack, everdure the blade repair after fairing and sanding and the the finnish of choice, varnish or paint.


Thanks Bob.
I was thinking about a biscuit across the crack. But I don't have a cutter and these are pretty old and not worth too much effort being put into them.
I was going to try to bring them up like new, but the water staining is deep. So a cheap repair and a marine varnish will do.
I like the sound of the thin epoxy.

SandS

SandS

VIC, 5904 posts
1 Feb 2017 7:53PM
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Definatly epoxy. Glue ....then coat with a uv protection varnish ...

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rumblefish

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2 Feb 2017 7:53AM
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Definatly epoxy. Glue ....then coat with a uv protection varnish ...


This x100!!

Epoxy is the only way to go

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2 Feb 2017 8:38AM
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Open out the crack and the tip slightly. Mask the edges and mask the bottom of the oar tip. Mix up a little ordinary epoxy or even Araldite. Smear in the glue and use a hot air gun to blow the glue into the gap. Epoxy when heated initially will become very runny and easily penetrate that sort of gap. Just keep adding the glue till it wont take anymore.

BJRob

BJRob

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2 Feb 2017 11:20AM
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Open out the crack and the tip slightly. Mask the edges and mask the bottom of the oar tip. Mix up a little ordinary epoxy or even Araldite. Smear in the glue and use a hot air gun to blow the glue into the gap. Epoxy when heated initially will become very runny and easily penetrate that sort of gap. Just keep adding the glue till it wont take anymore.


Thanks Romana.
I would have never guessed that heating the epoxy would make it runny. I would have though the exact opposite. Good to know.

sanded

sanded

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2 Feb 2017 3:14PM
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Ramona said..
Open out the crack and the tip slightly. Mask the edges and mask the bottom of the oar tip. Mix up a little ordinary epoxy or even Araldite. Smear in the glue and use a hot air gun to blow the glue into the gap. Epoxy when heated initially will become very runny and easily penetrate that sort of gap. Just keep adding the glue till it wont take anymore.


Don't need to heat it up if you get the right epoxy. The Surfset Flex will work for you.

www.sanded.com.au/collections/surfboard-resins


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