Doug, For the high wear locations, (such as keel lines) you may want to try using graphite powder mixed with a good quality marine epoxy. I have used the West System with good success, but I am told MAS is supposed perform a little better. I have found the hull is much more abrasion resistant on all of my home built kayaks. After you have used the epoxy you will never want to use the polyester resins again. :) Jim I may even BC'N Ya - will be on Vancouver Island in a few weeks. > Does anyone use > any other product? > > 2. Excessive keel-line wear (usually near the stern) - I will either > use thick multiple layers of gel coat fill (thick stuff), or add cloth > impregnated with resin, then perhaps top off with gel coat fill. Does > anyone do it differently. I know one fellow who uses the thinner gel > coat resin, and works it right into the cloth, rather than using the > clear resin with the cloth. Any thoughts? > > 3. There was a discussion a while back, with reference to a product one > could apply to the wear points on the rear keel area. Anyone remember > the name of the product. It wasn't part of the normal fiberglass repair > product "family". > > *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 15 2000 - 07:31:56 PDT
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