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Re: Material: Composite kayak repair.
By:Jay Babina
Date: 6/16/2014, 7:46 am
In Response To: Material: Composite kayak repair. (Dan Thaler)

You said" brought me". Meaning a paid repair? A friend? or yours to have?
3 different scenarios.

You can repair that for solid use easily but a perfect cosmetic job is a lot of time and work. Just use fiberglass cloth and epoxy - forget kevlar. It was built out of kevlar so they could make it light and strong. Do as much as you can from the inside, sanding into the cracks and building up layers of glass cloth/epoxy over damaged areas. Ideally you do a small patch, covered by a larger one and a larger one etc. All laid up at once. Look up repairs on the WEST site. Epoxy is the best adhesive and bonding agent for the repair and even for the outside. Use enamel spray paint in cans for the outside final finish. At this point the repairs can be easily done but if someone actually wanted a perfect cosmetic job, the labor and work would far outweigh the value of the boat unless you're doing it for yourself as a fun project.

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Material: Composite kayak repair.
Dan Thaler -- 6/15/2014, 6:45 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/15/2014, 10:31 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 6/16/2014, 1:43 am
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Jay Babina -- 6/16/2014, 7:46 am
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Bill Hamm -- 6/16/2014, 4:04 pm
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A. Edie -- 6/16/2014, 5:39 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 6/16/2014, 7:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/16/2014, 9:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 6/16/2014, 9:15 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 6/16/2014, 10:04 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 6/17/2014, 3:34 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 6/17/2014, 10:07 am
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John Roberts -- 6/17/2014, 6:52 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 6/20/2014, 6:01 am
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A. Edie -- 6/17/2014, 11:01 am