Mend it

[Red Childress]

I finally ordered 2 bottles from eBay today.

2 bottles (1oz. each) should help me restore about 2 dozen swimbaits that are laying in the bottom of my "rubber bucket" (behave yourselves gentlemen). I have a few Invader tails that will need major surgery as well.


Have any of you used it before??

[Anzomcik]

I use that stuff alot. For the most part it works great. There are times that it seems it does not glue, so i put more on it. That seems to fix it. What has worked for me is I put enough glue on the cut to make the cut grow (it is like it tears the rubber more) Then hold it together, it seems like a long time, a minute or so. Once the glue set it was like it never was cut.

[catchandrelease]

It looks pretty cool. Really expensive though. I melt my stuff with a wand lighter. I would assume the Mend It is much better. Let me know how it works Red.

[Red Childress]

I will probably be able to restore a dozen or so Mag Dawgs/Curly Sues/Invader tails so the 20.00 will be well spent as long as it works. The video (and message board reviews) have all been very positive.

The lighter thing just did not do the job for me in certain situations. I will post results in a few days.

[SportJet120]

$10 an ounce, I'll try some considering what large soft baits cost.

[suskymusky50]

Red, I use a small butane torch and an old kitchen knife to mend my soft plastics. I have had good luck with this method. All that is needed is to heat the tip of the knife blade and pull the blade through the cut. You know its done right if it smokes a little. The torch works to re-attatch tails too. So far, I haven't had any of my "welded" rubber joints fail. Hope this helps.

[muskihntr]

Its awesome stuff, while its not cheap, the amount of money a small bottle has saved me in baits is well worth it. The butane torch method works good too but I like the mend it process better

[Red Childress]

Thanks for the replies fellows. The acquisition of said item is complete and ready to be put to the test.

[Red Childress]

Just restored about 300 dollars worth of rubber baits this morning and used just over 1 ounce of Mend-It. I paid 10.00 per ounce on Ebay. This stuff works as advertised.

Sounds like a great deal in my book!

[catchandrelease]

What if you only want to do one at a time? Do you think the bottle would close and easily open again? It would be a waste of money if it got stuck like the caps on super glue tubes.

[Red Childress]

It is super easy to pull of the dried excess........really super easy. I have been working on 17 Shallow Invader tails (on top of the 20 or so Dawgs/Phantom tails/Stalker tails/Swimmin Joe's/Kickin Minnows) during the Eagles/Skins game and all have been repaired with most being shredded right at the joint and then ripped about an inch to 1.5" toward the tail. Heck, if I can get just one more fish or one more full day's fishing on all the repaired stuff, it is still a great investment............This stuff is amazing.

[catchandrelease]

How do you think it would work on hollow belly frogs (like Spros)?

[Red Childress]

If it is rubber, it will work. It dries transparent too.

With areas under a little stress (the Shallow Invader tails always tear right where the plastic plug goes into the tail), you may want to hold it tight for a couple of minutes just to make sure the bond is complete. Otherwise, you can just pull the tail off the bait, mend and then rejoin after 7-10 minutes or so.

[Red Childress]

Just a heads-up............

You guys who might be purchasing this product in the future, try ordering it in the glass bottle container. The stuff I got last year worked great but it dried up on me over the winter. Called the owner (Will) and explained the situation and he is sending me 2 new bottles. There was a problem with the plastic containers keeping the Mend-it "fresh". The new packaging in the glass bottles has fixed this problem.

[SportJet120]

If Mend It is like most bonding agents it should be stored in the refrigerator.