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. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 05 2000 - 09:26:43 PST
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