“Fast Fix” Repair Tape

“Fast Fix” Repair Tape FARM HOME Miscellaneous Jim Ruen Lanesboro Minn : “When the aluminum shaft on my 20-year old Stihl weed trimmer snapped I hated to toss it out I had used it with chain heads circle saw blades and half a dozen different string heads It was versatile and tough “I considered several options to mend the break but nothing made sense until I saw a box of FiberFix at a local hardware store The fiber tape impregnated with a specialized resin was introduced on the TV show Shark Tank by the inventor a college student named Spencer Quinn “The product claims of ‘Hardens like steel’ sounded too good to be true but the $9 99 price seemed worth the gamble “FiberFix is available in 3 different sizes I went with the widest 4-in tape It came with plastic gloves some vinyl wrap and a small piece of sandpaper “FiberFix is nontoxic but it’s messy That’s why they include the gloves The sandpaper is used to roughen up a smooth surface for a better grip “Following the directions in the box I submersed the FiberFix in lukewarm water for about 10 sec squeezed out excess water and began wrapping the tape over the break The first 2 turns were loose with the remainder tight I wrapped about 5 layers directly over the break with others overlapping to cover about 4 in to either side of the break “Once all 60 in of the tape was used I smoothed the surface and distributed the resin by rubbing it with the gloved hand I then wrapped the tape tightly with the vinyl strip and left it for about 5 min “By the time I took the vinyl off the FiberFix felt about as hard as steel I reattached the arms and throttle control while easily trimming away a bit of excess FiberFix tape that was in the way “Although there aren’t many weeds to trim in Minnesota in February it appears to be a good fix It certainly beats spending several hundred dollars on an equivalent new trimmer ”

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