Anyone repair carbon fiber?

[DFBrews]

Anyone repair carbon fiber? I broke my fancy paddle board paddle last week and need to get it fixed. Thinking all it will take is cutting out the split portion of tubing and splicing in a new piece

[fportmen45]

Pic?

[DFBrews]

Here is the split its about 6" long

[fportmen45]

Depending upon how far the shaft goes in, I'd fiberglass it. Cheap, easy, light.

[Irving]

I might try contacting the manufacturer first. They may have good customer service for fancy stuff. Did you do that pushing off of shore?

[Ridge]

Carbon fiber can't really be patched and return to full strength, because it's strength comes from being long strands the whole length, woven together.

[Kraven251]

What Ridge said, once CF has been compromised anything done to it may repair visible damage but not have near the strength. The other problem with CF is once it has cracked there are also micro-fissures that often form which will in turn create additional points of failure that are not easily detectable until it breaks.

[Duman]

Duct tape....

[StagLefty]

Gorilla tape !!

[jhood001]