Hey
I'm not having a good month, I had a great paddle the other day, finished up and in my wisdom decide to carry my boat across rocks by myself. I slipped.
The Boat took a whack and I cracked fiberglass. The split is right on the seem that joins the upper to lower deck. I have it temporarily water proofed with flowcoat on the inside.
Any suggestions / hints for self fixing this? Fixing the gelcoat is no hassle, I'm new to fiberglass work.
So, I dropped my glass boat :-|
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Re: So, I dropped my glass boat :-|
Brian feels your pain. He got his glass boat fixed (stern job and it was a great fix). I have pmd the persons number.
Re: So, I dropped my glass boat :-|
Hi Ivan, if you want to fix it yourself, I would suggest the following:
- clean the surfuce from the inside (using sandpaper and mini grinder)
- use Epoxy resin to apply a piece of silk or kevlar tape from the inside (tape should be much wider that the cracks...)
- remove the old black tape that is cracked as shown on your photo (using mini grinder)
- use fabric tapein black (you can buy them in Home Focus) stick it into the crack (again, using Epoxy resin)
- Once it is dry, apply the gelcoat on the top.
If you have any further questions, or something is not clear, let me know.
Pawel
- clean the surfuce from the inside (using sandpaper and mini grinder)
- use Epoxy resin to apply a piece of silk or kevlar tape from the inside (tape should be much wider that the cracks...)
- remove the old black tape that is cracked as shown on your photo (using mini grinder)
- use fabric tapein black (you can buy them in Home Focus) stick it into the crack (again, using Epoxy resin)
- Once it is dry, apply the gelcoat on the top.
If you have any further questions, or something is not clear, let me know.
Pawel
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Re: So, I dropped my glass boat :-|
Thanks a million Pawel
That dremal I bought is getting great use lately
Where would I get 'silk tape' or 'kevlar tape' - boat store ? or the interweb?
I'll go looking for the bits I need and might have a question for you.
That dremal I bought is getting great use lately
Where would I get 'silk tape' or 'kevlar tape' - boat store ? or the interweb?
I'll go looking for the bits I need and might have a question for you.
Re: So, I dropped my glass boat :-|
Hi Ivan,
Any marine store , i,e Viking, i-kanoe (Dublin stores).
Good luck and if you have any questions, just give me a shout
Pawel
Any marine store , i,e Viking, i-kanoe (Dublin stores).
Good luck and if you have any questions, just give me a shout
Pawel