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Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 9/22/2015, 8:55 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak (John Bell)

I wonder if I do a decent job of simply refinishing the boat (epoxy/glass/varnish), if I could resell her to break even or even make a little money.

Unfortunately, making money on a project like this is unlikely. Just getting cost of materials back can be hard. Stripping the boat down and refinishing it is a big project, with a fair amount of material expense. I would look at it as a potentially interesting challenge where you will learn a lot. You should be able to sell it for more than you paid for the kayak.

If that way of looking at does not work for you, you could just do a quick and dirty rehab. Sand out the places where the glass has broken/worn away and spot repair them. Then give the whole thing a good sanding and a quick revarnish. It will look nice, but not fabulous, and it will be usable and will be more appealing to a potential buyer. Sell it for a reasonable price.

Since most of the potential buyers don't understand the difference, the price difference you could easily get between a full restoration and a quick rehab probably would not be that great, but the time and material you put into it would be a lot less with the quicker rehab. The uninformed public is usually not willing to pay the premium for the more difficult procedure.

You can clean it up a bit and sell it easily as a pretty kayak to anyone who wants a cheap kayak, or you do the full treatment on it, then try to find someone who needs a beautiful, noncompetitive K1 and is willing to pay extra for the privilege.

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Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 2:38 pm
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Paul -- 9/21/2015, 3:13 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 3:24 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 4:01 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 9/21/2015, 5:28 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 5:34 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 5:36 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/21/2015, 6:47 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 10:41 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:16 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/21/2015, 5:58 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 6:49 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/21/2015, 6:58 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:22 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2015, 7:00 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 7:35 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/21/2015, 7:54 pm
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John Bell -- 9/21/2015, 8:04 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 2:01 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 9:17 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:27 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:41 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:30 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 4:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 7:12 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/21/2015, 10:24 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:21 am
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Etienne Muller -- 9/22/2015, 5:05 am
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Paul Sylvester -- 9/22/2015, 7:17 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:27 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 7:53 am
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scottbaxter -- 9/22/2015, 8:42 am
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 8:54 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 8:55 am
Re: Strip: Renovating 19-Foot Strip-Built Kayak
John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 9:11 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 12:59 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 1:28 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 2:05 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 2:28 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 9/22/2015, 3:29 pm
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John Bell -- 9/22/2015, 3:50 pm