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Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 5/7/2016, 10:52 am
In Response To: Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"? (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

What I am really looking for is a good solution for kayak interiors. Refinishing a kayak exterior is really not very hard, but the interior is a really a hassle. Since it does not get as much UV exposure an epoxy that handles a good bit of UV for awhile would be a nice solution.

I don't understand.
You are referring to the interior of a sea kayak? I can see the problem with 'no-skirt' semi-canoe style kayaks, but the interior of my sea kayaks just don't get much UV exposure. When paddling, the sprayskirt/spraydeck shields the cockpit interior; when transporting, there's usually a cockpit cover snapped over the opening. I store my boats in a shed.

That said, I generally use an opaque coloring agent (black iron oxide) in the epoxy on the cockpit interior, but that's for cosmetic reasons, not UV protection. In the compartments, I add white pigment (System Three) to make the inside lighter - I got tired of missing small items in the boat ends.

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Mike Bielski -- 4/15/2016, 12:21 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/15/2016, 1:22 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 4/15/2016, 8:32 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/16/2016, 8:34 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/17/2016, 12:06 am
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fadedred -- 4/17/2016, 9:50 am
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Mike Bielski -- 4/17/2016, 10:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2016, 8:19 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy
fadedred -- 4/22/2016, 12:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/22/2016, 12:17 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Shawn Jones -- 5/4/2016, 12:20 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
dave koslow -- 5/4/2016, 3:56 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Shawn Jones -- 5/6/2016, 1:24 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Bill Hamm -- 5/6/2016, 12:49 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
jaybabina -- 5/7/2016, 7:17 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/7/2016, 9:49 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
JohnAbercrombie -- 5/7/2016, 10:52 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/8/2016, 9:29 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Etienne Muller -- 5/8/2016, 12:18 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2016, 9:21 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2016, 11:16 am
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy "UV-stabilized"?
Mike Bielski -- 5/7/2016, 6:23 pm
Re: Epoxy: AdTech Epoxy
Nick R. -- 4/15/2016, 2:17 pm