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/ ***************************************************************************
you could re-gelcoat it... can be fun ;-) but if you needs LOTs of work, a pro may be a better choice... mark On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, 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/ > *************************************************************************** > > #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. --Benjamin Franklin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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