Search results for query: gelcoat repair

...close there are some possible spots of concern. Thus far I have watched a few repair videos on "Me"-Tube and searched a bit for gelcoat repair kits with intent to find a color match for this hull which is called "Sand". NOTE: This is a fibreglass boat. My questions are... Should I just...

2007 Hemlock Peregrine for sale. The canoe is in good general condition but needs some TLC: gunwales and decks need a good oiling, the hull needs to be cleaned up, the tip of the stern deck need a small repair and there’s a small gelcoat defect above the waterline (in fact above the tumblehome)...

Use epoxy. Easier to work with, much stronger, predictable and does not smell. I just repaired a kevlar Canadienne with a new supplier. I used US Composites out of Florida. S glass and epoxy worked wonders. In the warm weather of summer, the medium fast gave me plenty of time to work with...

I’ve done gelcoat repairs, but nothing close to what I see in your pictures. My first reaction is to ignore it and keep using the canoe as is. looks like Ike you’ve gotten lots of good use out of that boat. Sometimes they just wear out. Mark

The reason I wrote that the catalog specs “listed” the weight at 65lbs is that I have never encountered a 17 foot glass and woven roving canoe that weighed as little as 65lbs. A lot of catalog speced weights are suspect. OK, gel coat is not paint. Gel coat is a thick resin applied in the mold...

...section they invite you to call them to discuss damage. If your spider cracks or deep gouges expose fabric then you follow the gelcoat repair instructions and if not you just keep paddling. If any parts of the boat have become soft then you have structural damage which can be remedied with a...

I have finally gotten all the pieces and have been sanding for a couple days. This is an older canoe of unknown make. It is incredibly light and I have a feeling may be kevlar. How do I tell? I know it has a layer of fiberglass sheet all along the bottom (kind of like a skid plate) and it...

I recently repaired a kevlar OT Canadienne. While I was patching and grinding, I added a 2 inch and then a 3 inch roll of epoxy saturated s glass on the stems. Then I painted the old gelcoat. The canoe looks pretty new for being built in 1989. The vulnerable fore and aft stems are protected and...

First let me say I think you should absolutely swap your NW Solo for a Trillium. I sold my NW Solo and recently test paddled a Trillium and it is an awesome boat that turns way better than the NW Solo, cruises more effortlessly and feels more responsive and playful all the time. Cool boat for...

Thanks, Guys. I put in a good weekend and got quite a bit of work done. I pressed filleting wax into the space where the flange and the parting dam met the plug. Ive never used the soft filleting wax before, but it worked well. It is more fragile than plasticine clay, but easier to smooth...

...quite match this older boat, so even though the repairs are visible, the hull is perfectly smooth. I didn't care about seeing the gelcoat repairs at the time, but now that I'm selling it I probably should have. Minimal wear on the stems, so it doesn't have those fugly skid plates. This may...

Micah, My issues with past gelcoat repairs were with getting a color match. Using clear gelcoat would be worse because you need to chip out all that old gelcoat around the spider cracks which will show the underlying fabric. There are some good youtube videos that show how to do this. If you...

I was away on vacation for a week, but am now back at it. I marked all the low spots and holes with a paint pen, then applied body filler (bondo) to each one. Then I block sanded each bondo repair, and sanded the entire thing with 180grit on the DA sander. The duratec primer/surfacer is...

I went about dismantling the plug this evening. First, I unscrewed it from the strongback and laid it down in the grass. Then, with some help from a hammer, I was able to remove the forms and keep the shell mostly intact. It 's somewhat floppy, and it cracked and groaned when I sat in it, but...

So today I've just shoved off for an upstream paddle with the dog so I turn the boat and start powering upstream and wham (more like KRUNCH KRUNCH) I drove the boat into a big piece of barely submerged concrete. I was totally daydreaming. The sound was not good. So it looks like 3 little holes...

Cathy, the BlackLite is much stronger and tougher than you might imagine. I think you'll have 3 challenges and none have to do with the strength and durability of the boat. First you will wonder how such a light boat could be so strong and tough. Second you may freak out because scratches show...

...a Makita sander but need to figure out if I need a polisher. In addition to 20 years of scratches the boat also has my first ugly gelcoat repair after I casually ran over a stick that turned out to be submerged concrete. Then as I was putting away the snowblower for the season it rubbed...

I'm in the process of attempting gelcoat repair on my placid flashfire, trying to follow instructions provided by Placid Boatworks: https://youtu.be/ljlghfoDwyA Hard to tell from the pictures, but if the underlying fabric on your canoe is not broken and it is just gelcoat chipped off then...

Some good news, and some not as good news: Good news: I'm finished fiberglassing. And happy about it. Good news: The mold released just fine from the plug, and has a great shiny tool surface. Not as good news: Im going to have to do a little repair on the mold. I finished laminating the...

...that require different applications, and I (may be wrong) think that some can air dry. And other than white I have not seen many DIY gelcoat repairs that really color matched. Back when I didn’t know what I didn’t know I used polyester resin (and glass) from the auto store. This stuff...