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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2022 1:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:36 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Use some Bondo then paint it to match. If it works on cars, it should work on turtles.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:49 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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Use some Bondo then paint it to match. If it works on cars, it should work on turtles.


Bondo does not work as a glue....only as a surface filler....even cracks on a vehicle have to be welded first then Bondo placed on TOP.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:20 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Try thermal concrete. Dr. McCoy used it successfully to patch a hole cut in a horta by a phaser.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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Use some Bondo then paint it to match. If it works on cars, it should work on turtles.


Bondo does not work as a glue....only as a surface filler....even cracks on a vehicle have to be welded first then Bondo placed on TOP.


Guess I should have used a smiley face - it was a joke. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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Super glue.


Fiberglass resin and cut the matting material to fit. (Dont put it all over, just the crack line, about 1 inch, on either side of crack. I have done several that I have been able to return to the wild.


Sounds like the right approach.. http://www.anapsid.org/shellrepair.html

Trully terrible that someone might have done that deliberately though. Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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bigdog1962 wrote:
Use some Bondo then paint it to match. If it works on cars, it should work on turtles.


Bondo does not work as a glue....only as a surface filler....even cracks on a vehicle have to be welded first then Bondo placed on TOP.

Can you weld a turtle shell? Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 5:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Clearly a job for Snapper-on tools…
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

All joking aside.
Is there an update on the turtles condition Calvin?

There were a couple of good recommendations early on in this thread, for the shell repair.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:56 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

I know , to my despair, I bet on one to beat a hare…

I also know I am now a pauper…. Because of its turtley, Tortola , torpor.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 6:08 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Off to rehab

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:26 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

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Guess I should have used a smiley face - it was a joke. Very Happy


Now I feel guilty about my Turtle Wax joke.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

third one this year
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

My boys and I have stopped several times to put turtles across tge road in tge direction they were heading. The last time was a big snapper, the hard stop blew out a rusty brake line in my BIL' Landover Disco. Cost him a small fortune, I had the AAA card for the tow...
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Oh that poor little box turtle.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:54 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Got some jb weld and some fibre glass tape
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:50 am    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

The center ridge on that shell is their spine, are you sure that the cord isn’t severed? Does it appear that the hind quarters are functioning? If not, put the poor thing out of it’s misery.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 1:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

No VW needed in picture. Boxer engine iS VW content.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Turtle shell repair Reply with quote

Rear end working fine, may need an alignment soon . Time will tell.
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