Search results for query: gelcoat repair

However if for instance that same manufacturer has a glitch in their manufacturing process and leaves the entire mold seam unfilled so there is a channel 4-5 mm wide and deep around the entire hull and charges you $4k for a first quality boat and offers to send you free gelcoat to repair your...

several years ago I bought a new Swift Kippawa kevlar fusion, Bill Jr took a great deal of time showing me it was a prototype (first commercial release) with 2 VERY minor flaws- slight bumps in front of the bulkheads where the 2 vacuum ports were, because they were still working on the timing...

I liked mine. It turned easier if it was loaded stern heavy. Tuff-weave can be repaired like fiberglass. If you wear through the gelcoat and into the layup, you can build it back up with fiberglass cloth. Mine had seen some abuse from previous owners. It already had two different colors of...

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...