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Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
By:Justin
Date: 11/26/2014, 12:39 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight (Mike Bielski)

I did something similar to my Petrel on a sharp rock - admittedly it had only a single layer of glass.

I just sanded it smooth, put a long patch over the rip, then another layer of glass over the football - but that was only for better resistance in the future.

However I added stone powder to the fill coats, which is barely visible as a slightly hazing of the glass, but should increase the abrasion resistance by 25%. It's hard to be sure, but since then it does seem to be much more scratch-resistant, although I haven't done anything dramatic yet :)

Just a word of warning, though, I tried the same thing on the Aleutesque I'm currently building, only with silicon carbide, and it made the fill coat close to opaque, so I would recommend stone powder. I got mine (for free) by wandering in to a company that makes grave markers and monuments.

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S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight *PIC*
howard -- 11/26/2014, 9:58 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
george jung -- 11/26/2014, 10:41 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
howard -- 11/26/2014, 11:06 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Mike Bielski -- 11/26/2014, 11:40 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
howard -- 11/26/2014, 11:44 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Mike Bielski -- 11/26/2014, 11:47 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Justin -- 11/26/2014, 12:39 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight_stone pow
dave koslow -- 11/26/2014, 1:32 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight_stone pow
Justin -- 11/26/2014, 1:53 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2014, 12:46 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Mike Bielski -- 11/27/2014, 11:29 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/26/2014, 9:15 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
daveg -- 11/27/2014, 1:38 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Marc Upchurch -- 11/27/2014, 8:38 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
george jung -- 11/27/2014, 9:45 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
howard -- 11/29/2014, 10:09 pm
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Paul Davies -- 11/30/2014, 3:08 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
daveg -- 11/29/2014, 9:46 am
Doug G - appology - maybe
Marc Upchurch -- 11/29/2014, 11:47 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
daveg -- 11/30/2014, 12:23 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
daveg -- 11/30/2014, 12:30 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
Bill Hamm -- 11/30/2014, 12:51 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
daveg -- 11/30/2014, 12:56 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
george jung -- 11/30/2014, 10:12 am
Re: Doug G - appology - maybe
Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2014, 1:10 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
Jay Babina -- 11/27/2014, 9:01 am
Re: S&G: taking a kayak to a knife fight
wanderfalk -- 11/30/2014, 12:59 am