Repairing a Royalex canoe- Advice and Repair

[Glenn MacGrady]

I doubt the dent could be pulled or pushed out, but I'm not positive. Never tried anything like that. To smooth it back into shape, you could fill it with auto body putty, such as Bondo, and paint it.

Plastic end caps (decks) of various sizes can be found for sale on the web if you search. For example, here:

END CAP - ABS

ABS plastic canoe end caps for finishing off the ends of gunwales. These will work on a variety of makes and models. We can not be sure end caps will fit without actually trying them on the boat. However, to get as close as possible, Here are some pointers. 1) Notice in the pictures how...

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[mweekes]

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm new to chats like this so I apologize for doing things wrong. I'm ignorant to all of the steps and protocols.
Yeah it was a pretty hard impact. I canoe the Payette River here in Idaho and it has some pretty narly rapids. I canoed the Hoh and Sol Duc rivers in Washington as well this summer. I am working on my skills for whitewater because I want to do the Kootnaei and Selway.
I did try to push the dent out some but I stopped because I didn't know if I would just make it worse and create a crack that would break all the way through. I have read some things about a product called GFlex and I thought I might be able to grind out some of the cracks and fill them.
Are the wrinkles that happened on the sides a problem? Does it make a weak spot or is it similar to a dent in an aluminum canoe? As far as the deck it is pretty much shattered.

 

[Steve in Idaho]

Thanks for all the ideas. I'm new to chats like this so I apologize for doing things wrong. I'm ignorant to all of the steps and protocols.
Yeah it was a pretty hard impact. I canoe the Payette River here in Idaho and it has some pretty narly rapids. I canoed the Hoh and Sol Duc rivers in Washington as well this summer. I am working on my skills for whitewater because I want to do the Kootnaei and Selway.
I did try to push the dent out some but I stopped because I didn't know if I would just make it worse and create a crack that would break all the way through. I have read some things about a product called GFlex and I thought I might be able to grind out some of the cracks and fill them.
Are the wrinkles that happened on the sides a problem? Does it make a weak spot or is it similar to a dent in an aluminum canoe? As far as the deck it is pretty much shattered.

Oh, so it was you who bought that red Prospector.
I was looking at that, but the timing was all wrong for me. I'd take a look at it if you'd like. I'm assuming you're in or near Treasure Valley.