Rubbery surface

[hiluxman]

I've been asked about patching some small holes in a rubber playground surface.

Any ideas, info... on who can do it...can I do I'd n if so where can I get it.

Biggest hole is 600mm by 600mm and smallest are 100mm by 100mm

 

[JD450A]

I've been asked about patching some small holes in a rubber playground surface.

Any ideas, info... on who can do it...can I do I'd n if so where can I get it.

Biggest hole is 600mm by 600mm and smallest are 100mm by 100mm

Tyres and super glue

 

[Smiffy]

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[V8Druid]

used to have a customer who did this sort of rubber chip thing ... both in mats and weirdo/dedicated shapes ... made him a lot of moulds for the tiles and we often got a bunch of rejects as kneeling mats - were real comfy.... wish I'd kept a few ... looked like tarmac on one face and smooth the other ... sadly he's long gone or could ask Alec for some tips.

 

[kabin man]

I've been asked about patching some small holes in a rubber playground surface.

Any ideas, info... on who can do it...can I do I'd n if so where can I get it.

Biggest hole is 600mm by 600mm and smallest are 100mm by 100mm

Ive repaired loads over the years. £80 or so gets the crumb and binder for about 2 m2 worth or there abouts.
What i have done quite a few times (if in a play area) is rather than have random patches that stick out,is to cut the holes with a stanley into shapes and maybe use a different colour repair. Where i removed some items and posts,i drew footprints over the raggy holes and filled them with a contrasting colour.
A bigger area i turned into a compass and so on.. May be worth floating it as an upsell and making a job of it.

 

[hiluxman]

Ive repaired loads over the years. £80 or so gets the crumb and binder for about 2 m2 worth or there abouts.
What i have done quite a few times (if in a play area) is rather than have random patches that stick out,is to cut the holes with a stanley into shapes and maybe use a different colour repair. Where i removed some items and posts,i drew footprints over the raggy holes and filled them with a contrasting colour.
A bigger area i turned into a compass and so on.. May be worth floating it as an upsell and making a job of it.

Thanks for the info. Is it hard to do and where can you get the stuff from?

This particular customer doesn't give a monkeys on looks, its a make safe situation, they want to get the playground re opened ASAP.

Although they have asked us to rip out some new tarmac and flags they have had done because it looks like a dogs dinner...which I admit it does but according to the contractor doing it, its satisfactory

 

[DaveDCB]

@Giles had someone do some iirc?

 

[Gunners]

The stuff I've done in parks is called Rhino mulch. Its simple enough to do especially in small patches, but buy a cheap trowel, barrow and bucket and write it off with the job!

 

[doobin]

The stuff I've done in parks is called Rhino mulch. Its simple enough to do especially in small patches, but buy a cheap trowel, barrow and bucket and write it off with the job!

You forgot to mention 'wear gloves'!

Company down the road from me do this, I hate having to do any sort of welding on their tools. The slightest bit in a weld area is like trying to weld underseal, and it's a total nightmare to remove cured stuff prior.

 

[Gunners]

You forgot to mention 'wear gloves'!

Company down the road from me do this, I hate having to do any sort of welding on their tools. The slightest bit in a weld area is like trying to weld underseal, and it's a total nightmare to remove cured stuff prior.

Then Ill be getting their number off you and they can do it next time I have to!

 

[doobin]

Then Ill be getting their number off you and they can do it next time I have to!

Playsafe Playgrounds.

 

[Giles]

gcl in chesterfield will supply materials

firm i used was from Manchester did a good job but watching them very easy to do

 

[hiluxman]

gcl in chesterfield will supply materials

firm i used was from Manchester did a good job but watching them very easy to do

I've used gcl in the past for grass grids so had a chat with them and sorted me out with what I needed for the rubber crumb. They wanted to deliver at a cost of £50 so I said "I don't think so, I'll come to you"

Anyway....conclusion is it was definitely straight forward.

Everyone said you need a forced action mixer, I don't think they could grasp how small an areas I was doing. So I'd decided on drill and whisk like plasters use. It worked a treat.

I'll put a picture up of the result. They didn't want to pay the difference for the coloured surface (seems that's where the cost is) so they opted for black.

 

[Giles]

Yeah coloured is expensive compared to black, we’ve the little belle tub mix for small lime jobs and a lot use them for resin.

Shame for the cost of a bag of yellow not to match it

 

[bobthebuilder]

I've used gcl in the past for grass grids so had a chat with them and sorted me out with what I needed for the rubber crumb. They wanted to deliver at a cost of £50 so I said "I don't think so, I'll come to you"

Anyway....conclusion is it was definitely straight forward.

Everyone said you need a forced action mixer, I don't think they could grasp how small an areas I was doing. So I'd decided on drill and whisk like plasters use. It worked a treat.

I'll put a picture up of the result. They didn't want to pay the difference for the coloured surface (seems that's where the cost is) so they opted for black.View attachment 50258

can you sieve a bit of yelllow dye powder on it ?so it blends ?

 

[Giles]

can you sieve a bit of yelllow dye powder on it ?so it blends ?

The colour is from yellow crumb so it’s 3d

 

[hiluxman]

Yeah coloured is expensive compared to black, we’ve the little belle tub mix for small lime jobs and a lot use them for resin.

Shame for the cost of a bag of yellow not to match it

All 4 areas were different colours, hence the decision to go for black on them all rather than match each.