Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
By:scottbaxter
Date: 9/22/2014, 10:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak (howard)

I sanded it out on both sides and it appears to be stain only no rot so the question is cosmetic and effort at this point. I couldn't find any oxalic acid in town so I tried Clorox which only helped a little. My hunch is the oxalic acid could make a big difference and may be worth ordering. On the other hand cutting it out and replacing it may be faster than waitng for the acid to come in. I would stagger the 3 strips and the end result may be less noticeable and possibly not much more effort. I do like working with basswood and I think it would be a very easy repair. To be honest I kind of like the stain if the whole kayak was stained I would probably jut leave it.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Rotten Kayak *PIC*
scottbaxter -- 9/21/2014, 11:43 am
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2014, 12:12 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
scottbaxter -- 9/21/2014, 12:45 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2014, 1:45 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
george jung -- 9/21/2014, 3:12 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2014, 12:26 am
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2014, 10:26 am
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
howard -- 9/22/2014, 9:30 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
scottbaxter -- 9/22/2014, 10:03 pm
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Bill Hamm -- 9/23/2014, 2:08 am
Re: Strip: Rotten Kayak
Marc Upchurch -- 9/23/2014, 7:30 am
Strip: Design Feature!
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/23/2014, 10:00 am
Re: Strip: Design Feature!
scottbaxter -- 9/23/2014, 10:24 am
Re: Strip: Design Feature!
george jung -- 9/23/2014, 12:36 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature!
scottbaxter -- 9/23/2014, 1:41 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature! *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/23/2014, 3:50 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature!
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2014, 12:51 am
Re: Strip: Design Feature! YES
Marc Upchurch -- 9/23/2014, 1:53 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature! YES
george jung -- 9/23/2014, 3:27 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature! YES
scottbaxter -- 9/23/2014, 8:57 pm
Re: Strip: Design Feature! YES
Bill Hamm -- 9/24/2014, 1:01 am
Re: Strip: Design Feature! YES
scottbaxter -- 9/25/2014, 8:16 pm