Hey all,

I trimmed and glued the handle into my new paddle, but it appears i did not glue it fully watertight. Water is getting, but not out.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? Can the araldite glue be undone somehow?


Thanks!

Carefully! I used a heat gun but over did it, deforming the ABS handle while twisting it out. Epoxy does not bond well with ABS, not sure about Araldite.

pb12

Hair Dryer works. My paddle was a bit long so I used a hair dryer to loosen the handle, trimed the shaft and re-glued using 5minute aredlite. When using the dryer take your time not to over heat the shaft and you should be fine.

Yeah soften the glue with heat and twist it out . You need to sand all the old glue off and apply fresh glue to both surfaces (shaft and handle ). Wipe off the excess while it's wet. Apply some electrical tape around the join while it's still wet this will help seal it up.

I had the same problem but it was leaking from the blade end ,joint was not seal properly.pulled the blade off and sanded and clued it. No more water.

Hi guys,

I drilled a tiny 1mm hole in the shaft just up under the handle, then drilled another 1mm hole opposite.

I slightly tilted the paddle to make the handle just lower than the blade and blew in the top hole which allowed the water to squirt out of the bottom hole. When empty, I just wrapped a piece of insulation tape around the two holes as well as around the base of the paddle where the blade meets the shaft and where the handle meets the shaft.

If I ever get water in again, I can fix it in an instant. If you drill the holes carefully, it should have no adverse effect on strength. Easy fix and takes 5 minutes. No cost either as I already had the tiny drill. I wouldn't use any drill bigger than 1mm.

DM