Hole repair on used Revo

Well, I finally ordered and received in the replacement net pockets for the Used Revo I picked up. After I took off one if the nets, I noticed this Crappy repair job. Looks like the previous owner mounted Scott flush mounts inside and tried to fill the hole with plastic weld and Goop. The f*@(n weld is cracked.
I'm thinking of putting a piece plastic 1/8" plastic underneath with some goop and screw it in from the outside to create some support. Then put some Goop on top to seal the crack.

You guys think it's doable?

I'm going to call my plastics vendor in the morning and see if they have some plastic welding rods I could get too.

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I completely agree with your idea of putting a piece of plastic against it and mounting that for support.  I recently had to cut out one of the small, round Scotty flush mounts from my rear gear well and it left about a 2 inch in diameter hole.  I had a sheet of schedule 80 pvc laying around so I cut out a square piece that would fit behind the hole.  I drilled four holes, one for each corner, gooped the edges of the square of pvc and bolted it to the inside underneath the hole.  Sure, it doesn't look great, but it's solid and there's no way it's leaking.  I'll post up some pics when I get a chance. 

Good luck and post some pictures of what you end up doing.  It's really helpful to have documentation of these kinds of issues on the forums. 

Why not get the plastic from hobie? I have seen they sell a welding kit too

Why not get the plastic from hobie? I have seen they sell a welding kit too

I'm on a budget. If I can get away with free or with what I have on hand the better.

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I completely agree with your idea of putting a piece of plastic against it and mounting that for support.  I recently had to cut out one of the small, round Scotty flush mounts from my rear gear well and it left about a 2 inch in diameter hole.  I had a sheet of schedule 80 pvc laying around so I cut out a square piece that would fit behind the hole.  I drilled four holes, one for each corner, gooped the edges of the square of pvc and bolted it to the inside underneath the hole.  Sure, it doesn't look great, but it's solid and there's no way it's leaking.  I'll post up some pics when I get a chance. 

Good luck and post some pictures of what you end up doing.  It's really helpful to have documentation of these kinds of issues on the forums.

Thanks rawkfish. Some pics would be really great! I'm glad yours worked out, it gives me faith that I can get this to work too. Did you use nuts and bolts or just some coarse thread (or self tapping) stainless screws?

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Thanks rawkfish. Some pics would be really great! I'm glad yours worked out, it gives me faith that I can get this to work too. Did you use nuts and bolts or just some coarse thread (or self tapping) stainless screws?

I used #8 fine thread, counter sunk, flat head stainless bolts with fender washers and nylock nuts.  I'll try and get some pics up soon.

Thanks rawkfish. Some pics would be really great! I'm glad yours worked out, it gives me faith that I can get this to work too. Did you use nuts and bolts or just some coarse thread (or self tapping) stainless screws?

I used #8 fine thread, counter sunk, flat head stainless bolts with fender washers and nylock nuts.  I'll try and get some pics up soon.

Awesome, I've got those at work.

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If it were me, I'd just redrill out the mess and reinstall a flush Scotty mount back in there. 
It'll look like you meant for it to be there. 

Otherwise, take a shiny piece of 1/8" thick aluminum plate and mount it in such a way that it covers the entire area topside, rather than under.  This way you don't have to have a Gooped looking repair job.  Where you bolt through it, add stainless pad eyes on top, and fender washers below.   Give you a couple places to tether pliers, a rod leash, car keys, etc....

Then slap a Slayride sticker on it, for some MoJo.   

Fish will love it!   

If it were me, I'd just redrill out the mess and reinstall a flush Scotty mount back in there. 
It'll look like you meant for it to be there. 

Otherwise, take a shiny piece of 1/8" thick aluminum plate and mount it in such a way that it covers the entire area topside, rather than under.  This way you don't have to have a Gooped looking repair job.  Where you bolt through it, add stainless pad eyes on top, and fender washers below.   Give you a couple places to tether pliers, a rod leash, car keys, etc....

Then slap a Slayride sticker on it, for some MoJo.   

Fish will love it!   

Nice idea about the plate, but I might just make the plastic sheet big enough to match the top plate and bolt them together with 6 bolts to sandwich the kayak, then Goop both sides.

But, It won't be too visible since its inside the bottom of the net pocket. I'm not worried about what it'll look like. It's an older Revo and its showing its age. I think the bottom plate support should work fine.

I might have to take the T13 to GS6 instead of the Revo.

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If it were me, I'd just redrill out the mess and reinstall a flush Scotty mount back in there. 
It'll look like you meant for it to be there. 

Otherwise, take a shiny piece of 1/8" thick aluminum plate and mount it in such a way that it covers the entire area topside, rather than under.  This way you don't have to have a Gooped looking repair job.  Where you bolt through it, add stainless pad eyes on top, and fender washers below.   Give you a couple places to tether pliers, a rod leash, car keys, etc....

Then slap a Slayride sticker on it, for some MoJo.   

Fish will love it!   

Nice idea about the plate, but I might just make the plastic sheet big enough to match the top plate and bolt them together with 6 bolts to sandwich the kayak, then Goop both sides.

But, It won't be too visible since its inside the bottom of the net pocket. I'm not worried about what it'll look like. It's an older Revo and its showing its age. I think the bottom plate support should work fine.

I might have to take the T13 to GS6 instead of the Revo.

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You know me, I'm all for excuses to throw metal at a fix.    And when you go with metal, you get to pimp it. 

In all honestly, where that fix is it isn't a high stressed area due to all the curved material around it. 

Just 100% Gooping down a topside panel made from the bottom of a bucket would work for at least a couple of days after.................. forever.   

Get R Did and bring that Revo down to GS6.  What else needs repaired/prepped on it prior to GS6?

The rudder needs some work, loose lines and its a bit wobbly where the rudder pivots up and causes it to stick when I try to raise the rudder sometimes. I still haven't upgraded the fins or rudder. Need to get a spare rudder pin. Change out the Scott Flush mounts on the gunnels. For some reason the previous owner thought it was ok to not have the caps on the bottom of the flush mounts:o. Also need to install a puck for the transducer. I'm hoping to have it all done tomorrow night after work and take it out on Sunday. I might still bring the T13 as a spare

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First I'm sure some one will disagree with this but I've got an old lil blue kayak it was used when I got it and had holes in place's it never should of, almost sank the first trip out,well it did but I had duct tape. Anyway, I cut plugs and backers out of old plastic bucket's drop them in hot water and flaten them out the use a Hot Glue Gun (more Plastic) and fill the holes and patch Quickly, This has work for me and the kayak still dosn't  leak I use the hot glue to spot test where I want to mount things, if you don't like it it's easy to remove.and you can find scrap plastic About the same grade as kayaks in almost any close color.all a Hot glue gun is ,is a plastic weld stick. oh yes it's easy to burn yourself be careful..

G/Flex epoxy made by West Systems works good.  I purchased some from England Marine.

+1 yaksurf

+1 yaksurf

+2  what they said.

For a one-sided structural repair or a sandwich, I think I'd substitute G-flex (on a properly prepped surface ) instead of goop or even weldment for that matter.  I've only done a small repair with G-flex, but I was pretty impressed.

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=6033.msg62451#msg62451

In all honestly, where that fix is it isn't a high stressed area due to all the curved material around it. 

I  dunno,  you hang a downrigger off that puppy I'd bet you could find some stresses then. 

Whatever you do, it really should be sealed with a Slayride sticker to insure a proper seal and mojornity.