Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Epoxy: filling voids in hacth lip
By:Jim
Date: 1/31/2002, 11:04 am
In Response To: Epoxy: filling voids in hacth lip (sage)

: I have a few large voids on my hacth lip. Should I fill these with : a.
: epoxy.
: b. epoxy and microballs.
: c. epoxy and silica.
: d. somthing else?

: Sage

I used epoxy with cabosil, wiped it around with a squeege. As a bonus it filled the little gap between the deck and lip nicely. The silica mix leveled easily without sagging and shouldn't require much if any sanding. It matched the 6-7 layers of glass and epoxy ie sort of milky colored, not that much is visible under the gasket anyway. Haven't tried micro balloons but should if color would be close should work as well.
Jim

Messages In This Thread

Epoxy: filling voids in hacth lip
sage -- 1/31/2002, 10:41 am
Re: Epoxy: filling voids in hacth lip
Jim -- 1/31/2002, 11:04 am