"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."

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Thanks for the response. So, I should use a hot air soldering gun?

"Hi, I?ve done several tests with different types of glue, including UHU Por, without getting great results, but the skin was badly damaged and full of tears and cracks. Personally, the only solution I?ve found for deep cuts is to weld it with heat, joining the two parts with a thin gauze and fusing them together. I use a soldering station with temperature control, which must not exceed 245?C to avoid charring the PTE/SEBS. You can still try joining the parts with needle and thread after applying glue, but be aware that the skin will become rigid wherever you apply any type of glue?for example, Attak Gel or another, more expensive product?and the result will be that it tears at the point next to the joint because it?s weakened."

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The command didn?t work for me. I tried running Dino Mite on Windows XP in a Virtual Box and I still got the OCX issue, is there another work around?


edit: Figured it out(used Windows 10)(without Virtual Box).

There are multiple topics about this, but I can't figure out which glue to use to repair a tear in the tail of another Ugobe Pleo I just bought on Ebay (didn't arrive yet).
So, I created a new topic because it was just confusing with all the older topics about this. I already know about Gibbs which should prevent cracks, but it doesn't fix cracks that already formed. Could someone tell me which glue to use? I don't want to ruin the skin even more while using untested glue.

Have you seen any of those on Amazon, or a similar battery?
I can't really find a battery with that spec on Amazon.

I found a very good and very very cheap solution for battery.
I have bought an irobot braava 380 battery:
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005008959335050.html?spm=a2g0n.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.8b76582frptfuU&gatewayAdapt=glo2ita

It has 3 pin. Remove the cells from you old battery and connect this to the old battery plates (red for +, black for -, white for the upper -).
It recharge also with the original charger!
My pleo now stay up from more than one hour!

I hope I have help someone with this.

Bye

Good evening Dawn and Balletmom, I hope you were able to play with your Pleos again. I just found my beloved Pleo (Maris) after several years, still in her sleeping position, but haven't quite found her battery yet, and there's no guarantee she'll wake up after this time. And thanks for the suggestion, Chris.

I just pulled our original Pleo out for our grandson and found the batteries need replacing.  UGH...on a mission now.

Thank you for posting the battery information.  I want to revive our original Pleo for my grandson and realized one of the batteries has corroded.  I will try to order the ones you mention.  I will not be able to solder anything.  Does this mean I can leave the tabs as they are, fold them down, and tape them in place?

Thank you again!!!  I could not even find some overpriced ones online.