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Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/26/2008, 8:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull (Brian Nystrom)

: While you can't sand Kevlar, you can scrape it with a sharp scraper. I prefer
: carbide scrapers for working with composites, as they hold an edge well.

: There is no problem with gelcoat bonding to Kevlar.

What I meant was it's difficult to get a mechanical bond with polyester gelcoat and kevlar since you can't sand it and it's not all that great of a glue so chemical bonds tend to be unreliable.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Doug Manfred -- 6/25/2008, 9:55 am
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Bill Hamm -- 6/26/2008, 12:44 am
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Brian Nystrom -- 6/26/2008, 8:30 am
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Bill Hamm -- 6/26/2008, 8:33 pm
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
John Van Buren -- 6/25/2008, 10:28 am
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Bill Hamm -- 6/26/2008, 8:31 pm
Re: Material: Gelcoat repair on kevlar hull
Doug Manfred -- 6/25/2008, 6:01 pm