Alaska Raft and Kayak

your paddle sport experts

+1800-606-5950
401 West Tudor Road
Anchorage, Alaska 99503

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In-store purchases include shipping to Alaska.

 

We will be completing orders by telephone to assist in obtaining the best shipping price and method for your purchase. Please place your order to receive a confirmation call from our sales department. During your call we will provide a total sale amount, including shipping. You may provide details by phone, and will be sent an invoice reflecting your choice of payment: PayPal, Credit Card or Check/Money Order.

Thank you for your business! We look forward to being of assistance to you.

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Alaska Customers:

Please note! Website pricing is NOT the same as our in-store pricing.
Our webstore reflects prices without shipping. Shipping is calculated at time of payment.

When purchasing from our physical store, shipping to Anchorage (products not manufactured by our shop) has been included. 

Website ordering is not a feature we offer but we would be more than happy to process your order over the phone.

 

For Boat Owners

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REPAIR LINKS:

 

How to Add Thigh Straps to Your Alpacka
Now that Timmy J., author of “Alaska Whitewater: A Guide to Rivers & Creeks In The Last Frontier” has rolled his Alpacka, which you can see on YouTube, it seems that everyone wants to roll their Alpacka. The easiest way to accomplish that slick maneuver is to add thigh straps to your Alpacka. This article will lead you through that simple process.
 Inflatable Boat Fabric Chart or What Fabric is my Boat Made of?
 
 
In order to buy the right adhesive and repair fabric for your inflatable you need to know what fabric the boat is made of. The chart below is broken down into the two basic fabric types; plastic and rubber. By plastic I mean Coolthane, PVC, Urethane, Vynil, and the like. Rubber includes, but is not limited to; EPDM, Hypalon, and Neoprene.
As for adhesives; I like to use StaBond UK-148 or Clifton LA-4009 for plastic boats, and Clifton FA-1030 or FA-4844 for rubber boats. Here at Alaska Raft and Kayak in Anchorage we stock StaBond UK-148 for plastic fabrics and Clifton FA-4844 for rubber fabrics. Both of these adhesives are excellent two part glues. For instructions see my article in Fish Alaska Magazine; A Patch in Time, Field Repair of Inflatables.
Now, the disclaimers.
Number 1: Not all boats are either/or (plastic or rubber). Some manufacturers have built inflatables out of both fabrics, and some manufacturers have built boats using both types of fabrics at the same time! Incept started out making rubber boats, but most of their production today is plastic. Northwest River Supplies makes rubber boats for the most part, but lately have been offering some urethane coated nylon inflatables (Bandit and Rascal inflatable kayaks, and the Revolution Series cats and rafts) and plastic drop stitch inflatables (GigBob). Let’s not forget Zodiac; Zodiac usually makes either plastic boats or rubber boats (the Grand Raid Series), but they have made boats using both types of fabric at the same time (necessitating the owner to have both types of adhesives and both types of fabrics in their repair kit)! Most of these boats were made in the late 70’s through the 80’s. Thankfully they have left that practice behind for the most part.
Number 2: This list is by no means complete. If you have a boat not on this list please let me know.). Or if you have a boat on the list with a different Coast Guard Designator please let me know. Please give me the manufacturer’s name, the model name (or number), and the first three letters of the serial number (the Coast Guard Designator). Your help in developing this list will be greatly appreciated.
 
Plastic Boats                                                                       Rubber Boats
Common Names and                                                        Common Names and
Coast Guard Designators                                                Coast Guard Designators
 
 
Alpacka/URA AB Inflatables/XWF
AIRE/AIR Achilles/ACH
Batello American Camper
Bombard/XDCSE Avon/AVB, GR-AVB
Coleman/CNP Boston Whaler/BWC
Conquest/PSA Campmaster/NSCL
Dave Scadden Pontoon Craft Campways/CMPR
Dewey’s Cook Inlet/CN-XOMC Campari
Explorer Capri
FishCat/OCG, OCT Caribe/EMD
Gary King (Alaska Series)/KR-WSZ, WSZ Colorado/CMPR
Habec/CN-XOMC Demaree Inflatable Boats/DIB
Incept/HRB Dynos (Dynous)/TOY
J.W. Outfitters Goodyear
Jack’s Plastic Welding/DQY Grabner/AT-GRA
Jumbo/FR-XDCC HALCO-69
Kingfisher Hurricane/ZSJ
Maravia/MRV, MCI Hyside/SRNBR
Maxxon/CN-XQMV, XQMC, XQMV Inflatable Boat Center (IBC)/WYK
Mercury/KR-USA, USA Incept/HRB
NIAD/NFL Innova
Nova/API Lancer
Odyssey/KP-XP, KR-XPZ, XPZ Legacy/POV
OMC/EXPE, XDC NESCO/NSCF
Omologato Battello Eurovinil Northwest River Supplies (NRS)/DIM, WSI
Outcast/ AIR, OCS Metzeler/LPM, MKH, OS, PM, TAL
Prestige Inflatables/PSA Momentum/BZA
Quicksilver/USA Motomar Floating
Radhail PTJ (by Plasteco Milano S.p.A.) NAME UNKNOWN/ASG
River Otter NAME UNKNOWN/SES
Sea Eagle/LES Nautylatex Mirage
Sevylor Novarania/PKD
Silver Streak Odyssey/TOY
SOTAR/WWQ Polaris
Star/XEQL, XEQN, XEQR ProAdvantage/POV
Stearns/XOSA Riken/BZA, RQD
Storm Rouge Inflatables/RGE
Titan/HUS Somewhere On A River (SOAR)/SIML
Valiant/VALF Sunrunner/FRB
Vanguard (Venture Series)/XVYPE Toyo/TOY
Walker Bay/FWVAA T.R. Sillinger/MJUL
Water Master/OEI Udisco
Water Skeeter Uniroyal
West Marine/WMPB, WMPD Vanguard (Advantage Series)
Whitewater Manufacturing/WWQ Ventura
Wing Inflatables Wilderness Trails
Wood River Yukon Inflatables/YUK
Xtreme/CN-CIMDX Zeppelin
Zebec/KR-WSZ, WSZ Zodiac/XDC, etc (model number is needed)
Zodiac/XDC, etc (model number is needed) Zephyr

Stabond Instructions

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Two Part Gluing

Repairs

  • PVC Plastic
  • Urethane
  • Can be used to bond PVC to Hypalon and other rubber products.

Materials Needed
StaBond
  • Stabond and Accelerator (Item# 1903)
PVC Cleaner
  • PVC Cleaner (MEK- Methyl Ethyl Ketone) (Item# 1912), or Toluol (Toluene) (Item #1920) – see recommendation below.
Roller Rasp
  • Roller Rasp or roller (Item# 1990)
NRS Pennel Orca Material - 1100d 6
  • Your patching material. See Repair > Material on our website for all our patching material options.
  • 180 grit sandpaper (optional)
  • Lint free towel
  • Pencil
  • Container with lid (Margarine tub works well)

Recommended

  • Work in a well ventilated area (garage or shady area works well)
  • Use a respirator and chemical resistant gloves (i.e. Nitrile gloves).
  • Eye protection
  • See container for further precautions.
  • Use methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) to clean any urethane or PVC materials and use toluene to clean any hypalon or synthetic rubber materials.

Preparation

  1. All contact/gluing surfaces must be thoroughly buffed, using a sanding wheel, 150 or 180 grit sandpaper, or a roller rasp. Just buff the fabric shine off; don’t rasp down to the threads.
  2. Cut patch, rounding the edges.
  3. Clean the buffed surfaces with recommended solvent, using a lint free towel.
  4. Trace area of patch (extending 2″ from all sides of the damaged area) with a pencil.

Mixing Adhesive with Accelerator

Prepare your glue, mixing at a ratio of 10 parts glue to 1 part accelerator in a container that has a lid. Keep the glue covered while not in use.

Application

  1. Both surfaces to be joined must be coated with adhesive.
    Note: The surfaces to be joined must be dry prior to applying adhesive.
  2. Apply one thin, even coat of adhesive to each surface.
  3. Wait until the first coat of adhesive is dry-approximately 10 – 30 minutes depending on conditions. Use the “knuckle” test – touch your gloved finger to the glue) You should be able to feel adhesion without your knuckle sticking.
  4. Apply a second thin, even coat to each surface. Wait until the second coat has an even, tacky finish (surfaces should not be visibly wet). Use the knuckle test again to gauge the optimum surface condition for joining the surfaces. Time will be 5 – 10 minutes. Don’t allow the layer to completely dry.
  5. Immediately press both sides of the fabric together and apply pressure to the entire glued surface using a roller, rolling from the center out. This forces air bubbles out and meshes the two fabrics together. Use a lint free towel to wipe up excess glue.
  6. Complete drying time takes approximately 24 hours.
  7. Be careful when rolling up a repaired boat for storage. Make sure drying is complete.Note: Year round use of 303 Protectant is recommended between uses, and before storage of your inflatable.