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Restoration of old fiberglass ww kayak
By:Pete
Date: 7/16/2001, 9:51 am

I am a scoutmaster of a boy scout troop. We are getting into flat and ww kayaking. I put the word out for kayak donations and recieved this boat in response. It's a Lettmann Mark IV design, hot racing model circa 1974 or 1975.

It's yellow deck, orange hull, The boat has seen a great deal of heavy duty IV and V whitewater action through the years, but has been stored in the garage for the past several years. Epoxy (Polester?) resin over kevlar and glass. The resin is wearing out/shrinking and the fiberglass is at the surface. It is hairy. What is needed to re resin/gel coat this boat to make it usable again.

Thanks for your help.

Pete. Scoutmaster T-889

P. S. I have been drooling over the beautiful wooden kayaks for some time

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Restoration of old fiberglass ww kayak
Pete -- 7/16/2001, 9:51 am
Re: Restoration of old fiberglass ww kayak
!RUSS -- 7/16/2001, 2:39 pm
Re: Restoration of old fiberglass ww kayak
Jay Babina -- 7/16/2001, 11:57 am