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Seeking: help
By:Shannon
Date: 1/25/2009, 5:00 am

Hi i am about to get hold of an old kayak that has a few repairs needed on it and im hoping that someone can help on the best way to fix these.

[1] The bow point has a hole where it was clearly rammed into a rock. The hole is about 5 cm in diameter.

[2] The kayak was made in two halfs and then joined by some method. Then the owner finished the job by using a sealing tape around the full circumference of the kayak. The tape needs replacing and underneath it where it has worn away there are chips out of the fibreglass. Theses would be about 1 mil deep.

[3] On the bottom of the kayak there are some small cracks ,and There are also two farily large chips of about 6 cm in diameter and about 1 mil deep.

What is the best way to fix the joining and the cracks.
thanks for your help

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: help
Shannon -- 1/25/2009, 5:00 am
Can you post pictures of the kayak and damage?
Robert N Pruden -- 1/27/2009, 11:40 pm
Re: Seeking: help *LINK*
Dave Houser -- 1/26/2009, 9:02 am
Re: Caution
Charlie -- 1/25/2009, 1:02 pm
Re: Clarification
Mike Scarborough -- 1/25/2009, 9:08 am