After removing all the rope, handles, pads and other fittings, I spent a total of 72.00 on replacement parts. I needed one seat pad, one set of thigh brace pads, plastic rivets, handle clips, elastic cord and rope. Everything else I managed to salvage by scrubbing or running through the laundry a few times. It…
Tandem
Clean-up and spit-shine
Years of use leaves scratches, dings and dents. I wanted to at least get rid of some of the dings and deeper scratches so I tried a couple of ideas that I saw on YouTube. I’d already tried re-melting and fixing the the hole with heat, so I used the heat gun to soften the…
The heat is on!
This was the patch that was previously done. I thought I’d try to improve it a bit. I looked online and many of the examples had smaller patches and used colored plastic “rod” to match the boat. This patch was originally done with a laundry bottle. I worked the patch a little with a heat…
Where do I start?
If you haven’t read it yet, please read the back story about The Tandem. It will explain a lot. This is what it looked like after it thawed out. This one was rough. duct tape to re-enforce the holes of the knee bracing. The ropes had been retied several times. It was clear that these…