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Well, I feel like I fucked it up. At least I learned some things, such as I need a better soldering iron.
I watched a guy solder TPE on YouTube (https://youtu.be/dXNDtc5_-yM)) and he showed that 200°C was a good nonsmoke, melting point for TPE. My soldering iron wheel wouldn’t go all the way down to 200 for some reason, it’s more at 225°C. I figured it wouldn’t be a massive problem. I cleaned and disinfected the area, stuck the flat solder tip into the tear, and upon contact it started to smoke and melt a bit too much too quick. I panicked a little but finished melting the two sides before squeezing them back together. The repair Is ok, it could be a lot better. It looks like it will hold but it doesn’t look good. I tried to smooth out the extra TPE that squeezed out from the tear. The people in the videos I watched did a far better job of it. I feel like if I had extra TPE I could do a better job. I now have a headache from the TPE smoke.

I let everything cool down and went to clean the hip again before putting it away and what do you know, a small tear formed to the left of the exit hole. This time I said fuck it and used a glue to see how it would hold. It repaired well but doesn’t look good and has hardened, which is to be expected.

The big question for me at this point is, should I try to return the hip? I don’t think it should be tearing up like this, I’ve only used it two times and I’ve been very gentle with it. I bought it off Amazon and I don’t know the usually process for returns of something like this, especially after I’ve “repaired” it. I guess I could just say fuck it and use it till it falls apart, but I feel like it’s a waste of good money. It’s particularly upsetting because I haven’t heard anyone else having problems with the Puni Ana DX like this.