[Noisebridge-discuss] Shapelock at Noisebridge? Quick dirty way to fix Polypro?

Gian Pablo Villamil gian.pablo at gmail.com
Wed May 4 17:53:51 UTC 2011


I have some Shapelock at the space, but Sugru is probably better.

Even better, if you have the punched out part of the hole, would be to
epoxy some fibreglass cloth to the inside, spanning the hole, and then
epoxy the punched out bit to the cloth, from the outside.

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
> Is there any Shapelock at Noisebridge I could possible use to fix a
> punctured hole through my bike suitcase?
>
> The hole in question is maybe 5 - 8 mm wide, punched through the front
> of this suitcase...
>
> http://shop.samsonite.com/Samsonite-FLite-31-Upright/dp/B0001FF9VO
>
> I have about a day to fix it. Was thinking about just sticking some
> Shapelock in there to patch it up temporary, with ducttape over and
> under it for some sort of mostly water tight seal.
>
> As it turns out I do have the punctured out part of the hole. I'm
> wondering how much does polypro shrink when heated? If too much then I
> suppose the only solution is to buy some polypro welding rods and fix it
> that way.
>
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> Rubin Abdi
> rubin at starset.net
>
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