A friend came to me today with a 1 1/2 inch hole and 4 inch gouge in the front of his kayak from hitting ice chunks while paddling near tidewater glaciers. I have never worked with kevlar. The Kevlar seems intact but wrinkled, dented and leaking. The fiberglass over it (that was) is pretty smashed and partially gone.

Can I dry it out, sand and taper the edges, fill in with thickened epoxy, and lay fiberglass patching right over it?

Do I need to do anythig special to the Kevlar to insure a good bond?

Thanks, Randy