Re: [Paddlewise] Fiberglass First

-----Original Message-----
From: John Winters <735769_at_ican.net>
To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Fiberglass First


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barbara Kossy <bkossy_at_igc.org>
>To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Date: June 22, 1999 2:38 PM
>Subject: [Paddlewise] Fiberglass First
>
>
>(SNIP)
>
>
>> I guess a downside of fiberglass is that it's impossible to
>>recycle, and now they can make kayaks out of old milk jugs, and recycle
>the
>>old kayaks into new kayaks.
>
>
>Actually a company now offers a device that can chop up your glass boat and
>pulverize it into a filler that they can re-use in fiberglass laminates.
>They had not much luck with Kevlar and Spectra though but they plan to work
>on it.
>
>It didn't seem economically practical at this point but with time, who
>knows.
>
>Cheers,
>John Winters
>Redwing Designs
>Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
>http://home.ican.net/~735769/


It is extemely rare that a fiberglass kayak would need to be recycled except
maybe to the next owner. Maybe some should be ground up but few ever see the
landfill.
Matt Broze

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