Hi PeterO, The West System website has a tip sheet for patching damaged plastic boats, but the result is structurally sound but "not pretty" patches. They include scraping/sanding and flame treating the plastic then laying up a fiberglas patch. I haven't tried this yet as I haven't managed to sufficiently trash my plastic boat, but I have it bookmarked ready for the day... www.westsystem.com/webpages/epoxyworks/16/plastic.html Jennifer > Q1. A friend has badly scratched his linear polymer > kayak in a forced > landing on an oyster covered rock. Its aesthetic > only but he's a navy man > and takes great pride in his boat. Can any one > advise how to repair such > scratches? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover http://greetings.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Q1. A friend has badly scratched his linear polymer > kayak in a forced > landing on an oyster covered rock. Its aesthetic > only but he's a navy man > and takes great pride in his boat. Can any one > advise how to repair such > scratches? I've heard of some paddlers around here who have filled in gouges and deep scratches using the poly sticks (P-sticks) sold for the same purpose for downhill ski soles. You melt and drip into the gouge, or iron it in. Seems to me it would take a fair degree of craft skill.... *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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