Pam, West System Epoxy resin with the slow or fast hardner will work fine. Soak the crack with unthickened epoxy the best you can for a few minutes, and then work some thickened epoxy in there. Clamp it down lightly, wipe up the excess and let harden. With epoxy for the repair, you can still use anything you want for the finish: oil, epoxy, or varnish. I seal my GPs with a coat of epoxy, let harden, sand fair smooth, and apply another coat of epoxy. Then after that hardens, I wet sand lightly with 600 grit and then a wet green pad for the right grip texture. Before the finish though, I put a 1.5 inch wide strips of carbon fiber or fiberglass across the tips to reinforce them. More info is here: http://www.rollordrown.com/kayak/woodgp.html Duane Southern California *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 04 2011 - 20:25:42 PST
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