> The issue is not the Kevlar. It's the epoxy resin. Sunlight degrades it. > Probably true for polyurthane also. One of the reasons for Gel-coat. I only have to add, you got the choise between epoxy and polyester Gelcoat. A racing boat producer here uses the better epoxy Gelcoat. Because its stronger and could be more heatetd, but after 2-3 years the colours lost there qualtiy. Another producer uses the cheaper polyester Gelcoat and his colours are great, even after years. But the kayak donīt like to be heated and there might be other problems as well. bye Jochen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 01 2001 - 09:59:27 PDT
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