"I use a hot air rework station and soldering iron; I use needle and thread to sew the tear (if the surrounding skin is not worn out), then I use the soldering iron at about 250?C to weld the two parts by inserting the tip between the two stitched edges, taking care not to burn the thread holding them together. Having some spare skin from a second Pleo, I use small pieces of it to cover the weld. Hot air on the mounted skin is not recommended because there are internal parts that risk being damaged, especially the wires.
You can use adhesive medical gauze instead of the skin?something like a bandage, but not exactly. That melts at around 100?C, so it?s better to lower the temperature first and then go over the edges of the gauze/bandage with a higher temperature. The aesthetic result is not the best, and the elasticity of the repaired spot is also lost, but I haven?t found another method.
In any case, it all depends on these factors:
Whether the skin is removed from Pleo or still mounted and fully sealed.
Whether the skin already has many worn-out areas.
What kind of result you want to achieve.
I also looked for a way to recreate the worn-out skin parts myself, but I couldn?t find an inexpensive solution?though expensive ones exist, such as creating a positive and negative mold and using materials like Dragon Skin. But the results are still uncertain, and the material is too expensive.
I hope all of this is helpful to you. Bye."
Tradotto da IA
