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I think I'm going to try the titebond foam canoe trip mentioned above. The bow tank is in good shape and really only needs a little foam...

Thanks!

Yes. I had a similar problem with a Sawyer Charger. The nose had been crunched. Not that bad, but bad enough to allow some water into...

I trimmed the existing foam on my TW Special and glassed over with no decks like Goonstroke. I can attest to Great Stuff style spray...

Yeah you don't want to use "Great Stuff", the stuff is garbage once wet. The Locktite brand is for water tight applications. I'm sure...

Awesome, thanks.

Jffdejongh You really don't want to use spray foam that is an open cell foam... You want a closed cell foam. Most of the spray foams at...

That's a piece of scrap minicell foam I hand cut to make a plug, picture here. When I closed the tanks I left a roughly half inch...

How long ago did you die this repair? I did a little reading and some days the box store stuff isn't great if the skin gets broken...

I just used spray foam from the big box hardware store. I'd be inclined to use fiberglass for the covers, I think it'll be easier to...

That's would certainly save a step if I'm not refilling the bulkhead with more foam. It also looks like you didn't remake the deck...

That makes a lot of sense and was kind of what I was thinking. I think I'll cut back the kevlar a little too make it easier to clean...

I just took the old gunwales off the malecite I bought last fall. There was rot in both ends of the gunwales and I noticed some mouse...