Hmmm...are you catching Chris's ideas? :)

I'm thinking that vacuum bagging might be the trick for our solid glass/CF/kevlar/whatever blades.

Lay up the fabric/epoxy. Caulk around the perimeter of the blade/form. Lay down a piece of nylon, then paper towels or maybe some polyester fiberfill batting, then a piece of visqueen.

Thank you for explaining it in such a way as to be do-able with readily accessible materials, Chris.

Shawn

> I have used vacuum bagging while covering paddle blades with fiberglass
> and for other uses. I never used it on a kayak. I use a small electric
> vacuum pump that was made for taking air samples during asbestos removal.
> It was made to run continuously and has a small jar for catching liquid
> and a pressure regulator. For peel ply I use nylon taffetta fabric found
> in any fabric store. As an absorber I use paper towels and those plastic
> brillo pads to equalize the pressure throughout the bag. For bagging
> material I have used polyethelene sheeting, I think 4 mil. This is sealed
> with caulk or folded and sealed with binder clips. I vacuum bag the paddle
> blades to get them light and to help the glass to stay up against the
> sometimes tight curves of the back of the blades.