> Good advice. The first sea kayak I owned I bought from a guy who had oil > canned it in big surf near Cape Flattery. The manufacturer had made a > "repair" on the underside of the deck ... which I peel off with a putty knife > (!!) ... and within a month or so, aside from a re-do of the deck repair, I > had to re-do the hull deck seams in the central third of the boat, and remove > and replace the "deck putty" which held the cockpit to the deck. I wonder, what can be seen in such a case with a flashlight from inside hull - darker shade, indicating that putty has been applied? (this is often obvious in a normal, i.e. reflected, light). Though, there isn't much reflected light under deck in a dark winter day, or in a garage... *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 22 2005 - 13:39:32 PST
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