Search results for query: gelcoat repair

I've owned both Phoenix and NW Solo. Phoenix is a river boat that does pretty well on lakes and NW Solo is a lake boat that does pretty well on rivers. I agree that NW Solo tracks better but I don't care about that...Phoenix obeys the paddle. I paddle upstream on rivers so Phoenix lacks the...

Thanks for that Nick Not sure exactly how I came to think that epoxy formed a wax but more than likely from some friends that worked extensively with poly resin 40 +or- years ago, and I must have just attached the idea to epoxy in my alleged mind. Wherever i got the false idea, it included...

Swift seems to have made their reputation on perfection and they charge accordingly. Perfection takes a lot of extra time. If I was buying a new canoe from Swift I'd probably expect perfection too. Or I'd expect a discount if it wasn't. Other manufacturers are still building canoes that look...

Nova Craft "How to" article with embedded YouTube video on DIY Gelcoat Repairs. https://www.novacraft.com/blog/gelcoat-repair/

Is that a gelcoat or a resin coat? Gelcoat is usually harder thicker and more durable but less flexible and more challenging to repair. If it is a resin coat I would thoroughly clean hull with dish soap and hot water. Then wipe down with MEK substitute, or Acetone sand with 120 or 150 and...

Epoxy is sensitive to uv degradation. Polyester is also, which is most obvious with chalky gelcoat. I've got a bunch of semi neglected unfinished epoxy projects that have been sunburned. I've consulted the West Systems techs, and have been told that its best to grind it all off for a 100%...

I may have given the wrong impression of the state of the paint my canoe's bottom and what I want to do. The bottom paint is still quite pristine with just a few cosmetic scuffs and shallow scratches on the paint. However, there is one deeper gouge where I scraped to a halt on a submerged rock...

Mike, the gelcoat boats aren't mine, I was just answering a question from Clint. I agree though, I wouldn't consider removing gelcoat. SG - I'm only doing small repairs and laminating new glass to small areas. The entire boats might get a coat of resin to seal the kevlar, but that's up to the...

@dogbrain This is different from the skin coat Wenonah that you have but, I am interested in this thread. Here is why. I purchased 2 Wenonah canoes last year (Solo Plus and a Whisper). Both have a gelcoat. Both have what I think is really bad spider cracking along with gelcoat flaking off in...

no worries Mark, I thought the canoes in question were gelcoated and just sharing my 2 cents on epoxy repairs over polyester as it were. :) As fer RAKA UV I use it a lot, very happy with it on all points. My Northwind is UV RAKA on the deck.

Thanks Deerfly. These boats are skin coat, not gelcoat. It got confused up above when someone asked about gelcoat boats, but hopefully your comments will help them out. The skincoat boats are essentially just fabric and resin with no other coating. The resin erodes over time due to UV and normal...

This rebuild is mostly on ice until epoxy friendly temps return, but I did step out this morning to chisel off that blob of bondo. Cracked, crusty Bondo doesn't care about the cold (single digits F). Here's the bow before I got started. Here's a second before picture, note the...

Hello all, New member and new to canoeing as well. Ever since I was small I loved Canadian canoes and very recently I found one I could afford (I'm dutch and they're pretty rare in the Netherlands, if you find one they're usually very expensive), mine cost 400 euro. All I could find under...

without closer examination it's hard to say if the fibres are damaged the white could just be stress marks in the resin, you'd need to look closely for "fuzzed" or parted strands, if the strands are intact you could just sand down to the material and recoat it for a cosmetic repair. If there are...

Thanks @Clint My Min3 is made from their Tuf-weave with gel coat that I bought new. I don't want to have to be repairing the gel-coat. I love it on the deep/wide east Texas rivers like the Neches or Sabine. But I don't want to tear up a boat that I spent that much money on. I took my...

(I deleted your duplicate thread.) Rainbow Boatworks was Dan Wing in Vermont, who made mostly flatwater and whitewater racing canoes in the 1970's and 1980's, often custom canoes. Probably was out of business by 1990 or so. So this is an old canoe. If this is a racing canoe, it may or may not...

I think SGz has the right of it about the gunnel breaks, when you go across the grain like that, there is little strength if you try and glue/epoxy the break. I did notice that theses gunnels appear to be screwed on and in this case it makes then easier to remove. I also noticed they have some...

So yesterday I ran my trusty Merlin II directly into a barely submerged boulder. I think I just need to sand the impact area a bit to make sure anything loose comes off and then repair with epoxy or clear gelcoat. I have some clear gelcoat on hand and epoxy is easy enough to get. If I use...

My thanks to all of you for your thoughts. Mike - thank you for the generous offer. I may take you up on it but for now I'll just say thanks. I parked the boat since I have others I can use and I wanted to think about the repair. I have some nice outings planned in the next week but hope to get...

Those are interesting new lay-ups. I kinda wish Bill didn't say "super cool looking" over and over. I do think the basalt innegra is a good new technology since it has "memory" that can allow a boat to pop back into shape after the hull deforms after a big impact. One thing I'd still wonder...