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Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
By:TOM RAYMOND
Date: 1/3/2008, 1:19 pm
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair (Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K)

I like this idea better than the others, a hard patch in the crack may fix the problem but it may make it worse. The epoxy will be harder than the wood, and if the wood shinks the epoxy won't, and you will at best have a new crack to fix and at worst have a 2 piece paddle. Without glassing the blades, a wood plug will last way longer.

Tom

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: Paddle repair
fred graus -- 1/1/2008, 10:08 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
Ken Sutherland -- 1/2/2008, 9:13 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/3/2008, 9:42 am
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
TOM RAYMOND -- 1/3/2008, 1:19 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
fred graus -- 1/5/2008, 10:42 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
Brian Nystrom -- 1/2/2008, 7:41 am
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
fred graus -- 1/2/2008, 6:36 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/1/2008, 11:11 pm
Re: Epoxy: Paddle repair
fred graus -- 1/2/2008, 6:34 pm
use warmed epoxy
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/2/2008, 8:54 pm