If it's structually sound you could sand it (wear a mask, gloves and collect the dust) and then paint it with epoxy paint. That ought to work. Techie types here may give you a more involved answer, but I think that's the gist of it. Barbara At 08:29 AM 6/23/99 -0500, Natalie Wiest wrote: >With all this discussion on effects of wear and tear on kayaks, has anyone >brought a fiberglass kayak back to un-scratchiness once the gel coat layer >has worn down and glass is exposed and fuzzing? > >My antique whitewater boat, epoxy resin, doesn't leak a drop and >structurally sound after 25 years (haven't paddled whitewater continuously >in the intervening years, but just couldn't part with my old friend), is >getting white around the muzzle, underside, seams etc. Should I candle the >fuzz to try to burn it off, paint with what kind of paint? No whitewater >in its immediate future but probably a lot of flatwater streams, rivers and >bayous as I've got to have something to float me as my 8 year old daughter >insists she wants to learn to paddle and roll my Eddyline Falcon 16 >(fiberglass). > >Natalie >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > > Sea Kayak Italy http://www.seakayakitaly.com tel. 650-728-8720 fax 650-728-8753 bkossy_at_igc.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 07:29:32 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:09 PDT