So my wife and I were kayaking in the Ross Lake Wilderness area of Washington State last week and I had a small accident on the trip (an incredible trip that I highly recommend). I was distracted while close shore, fully underway, and fully loaded (the kayaks probably had eighty pounds of gear in them). I looked forward just in time to watch as the stern nailed, and I mean really nailed, a partially exposed but mostly submerged rock. The long and short was the boat did fine, but a portion of the keel was scraped through to the wood.

It was a small area of exposure, about an inch, and I sealed it with air mattress cement. Remarkably the sealant worked very well and it held up all the way to the end of the trip.

So now it is time to make a real repair and I'm taking this opportunity to add a layer of glass tape along the keel line. To this point the bottom has been just a layer of 6oz cloth.

My question to you all here is, what applicator do you all like to use for this type of work? I've done repairs before and found dripping to be an issue as I use a slow hardener.

Thoughts?