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Re: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak
By:Sean
Date: 9/21/2009, 8:27 pm
In Response To: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak *Pic* (Malcolm Schweizer)

Funny thing, a buddy at work came to me asking about such a project. His father's strip canoe was badly blistered so he pulled off the glass. He's got a bunch of questions most of which I answered with "yes, resin IS that expensive."

What concerned me is that he has patches of resin still on the cedar. I'm afraid the resin's harder than the wood so sanding it is risky. What is the SOP in such a case? Does acetone loosen the bond at all? Or should sound resin just be roughened up and re-glassed over?

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Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 12:07 pm
Re: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak
Sean -- 9/21/2009, 8:27 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/22/2009, 7:50 pm
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Sean -- 9/22/2009, 8:03 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/23/2009, 7:49 pm
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george jung -- 9/23/2009, 1:32 pm
Re: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak *LINK* *Pic*
Hugo Varotto -- 9/18/2009, 2:36 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/18/2009, 7:41 am
Re: Strip: Repairing badly damaged kayak------WebK *LINK*
Hugo Varotto------WebKitFormBoundaryITMK3QyPjl2N+o -- 9/18/2009, 8:33 am
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John Bolding -- 9/16/2009, 9:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/17/2009, 8:07 am
Here's the kayak once sanded and bleached. *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 12:13 pm
Re: Here's the kayak once sanded and bleached.
george jung -- 9/18/2009, 6:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/19/2009, 8:21 am
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Deano -- 9/17/2009, 11:48 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 9/16/2009, 9:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/17/2009, 8:04 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/18/2009, 7:36 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/16/2009, 1:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 9/16/2009, 2:43 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/16/2009, 8:50 pm