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Here's the kayak once sanded and bleached. *Pic*
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 9/16/2009, 12:13 pm
In Response To: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak *Pic* (Malcolm Schweizer)

After sanding and bleaching it looks almost as good as new. There are a few dark spots here and there, but this is just the first sanding, and I believe all will come out after finish sanding. This is the wood dry. It looks amazing when wet out. As I was washing it down with the bleach and water solution my heart jumped. It looked amazing. The lighter strips are pine, which I kind of regret because the pine darkens with age, but the bleaching really brought that back. If I had to do it again I think I would go with yellow cedar instead of pine. Anyway, I will post progress reports and look forward to the re-launching of Pyxis, which was named after the constellation that makes up the compass needle in the constellation Argo if any of you know your astronomy. I thought since a kayak looks like a compass needle it was a fitting name. I may rename her "Phoenix" once this is all done!!!

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Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 12:07 pm
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Sean -- 9/21/2009, 8:27 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/22/2009, 7:50 pm
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Sean -- 9/22/2009, 8:03 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/23/2009, 7:49 pm
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george jung -- 9/23/2009, 1:32 pm
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Hugo Varotto -- 9/18/2009, 2:36 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/18/2009, 7:41 am
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Hugo Varotto------WebKitFormBoundaryITMK3QyPjl2N+o -- 9/18/2009, 8:33 am
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John Bolding -- 9/16/2009, 9:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/17/2009, 8:07 am
Here's the kayak once sanded and bleached. *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 12:13 pm
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george jung -- 9/18/2009, 6:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/19/2009, 8:21 am
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Deano -- 9/17/2009, 11:48 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 9/16/2009, 9:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/17/2009, 8:04 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/18/2009, 7:36 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/16/2009, 1:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 2:43 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/16/2009, 8:50 pm