Re: [Paddlewise] coat (of many colours?)

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 12:23:43 -0500
At 08:28 AM 1/5/00 -0700, Shawn W. Baker wrote:
>Phil Torrens wrote:
>>So it looks like I may have to re-gelcoat my venerable old kayak 
><<snip>>
>>1.Grind/dust/buff off the old gelcoat with a drill attachment and sanding 
>disks.
>
>Check one of your local paint stores or rental shops to see if they have
>any random-orbital sanders for rent.  It would be well worth $10 or 15
>to use one of these babies to sand off your old gelcoat.  They really do
>a nice, smooth job, while still sanding qretty aggressively.

I splurged on a Porter random-orbital sander when I started building my
Northbay.  I think I paid just over $70 for it.  I haven't used it a lot so far
but it seems to do a really good job.


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