[Paddlewise] Royalex Repair

This may seem like a dumb question from someone with my email address, but
hey, what can I say?  My Momma didn't have no plastic experts for kids.

Some of you I know paddle canoes, as well as kayaks.  I have a three or four
year old Mad River Eclipse canoe made of Royalex.  Unfortunately, I believed
the hype about Royalex being a good material for white water paddling.
Result: rips in the outer fabric.  These are several inches long and about a
half inch of the fabric has pealed away in some places.  I see "repair kits"
on the market, which seem to include a cute little section of sandpaper, a
little piece of what looks like fiberglass cloth, some resin, a putty knife,
etc.  Very nice, especially at north of $40.  I can't determine from what I
have seen what the resin is that they use in these kits (could be they don't
want you to know?).

So, my question is, has anyone repaired this stuff?  And with what?  I'd
love to be able to just use some of the epoxy resin and various forms of
cloth that I keep in my shop.  But I'm concerned that this material might
not bond well with it.  Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed.

TIA,

Mark Lane
(P.S.  They don't make sailboats out of Royalex <g>.)

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