Re: [Paddlewise] Abused kayak

From: Lorraine&Dennis <Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Abused kayak


> Great stuff that epoxy.
>So for the lay person.....Should we consider epoxies interchangable with
>standard polyesters for general boat repairs?
        The general folk wisdom appears to be to use whatever the boat was
made of in the first place but if you don't know for sure, use epoxy.
        It also appears true that you can always stick epoxy onto older
epoxy or polyesters, but polyesters will not stick to epoxies --  something
to do with the surface characteristics of the cured stuff.
        Could be true.  I had a decked C-1 someone had tried to repair with
poly resin and I was able to remove it with my fingers and a good pull.
Replaced it with FG & epoxy resin, never had a problem again.
JP

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