Cracks in canoe gelcoat

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George Reily - 10 Mar 2007 02:48 GMT

Hi, I just purchased a 24 year old fiberglass canoe for cheap. I have
repaired two holes with west systems epoxy and plan to paint with
interlux brightsides linear polyurethane. My prob is as I started to
sand one of the holes I repaired with the orbital sander, there has
appeared several other star shaped cracks in the gelcoat. There is a
bit of flex in the canoe hull where these showed up. Do I have to
grind them out and epoxy or will the poly paint act as a sufficiant
coating for calm river and lakd use? Thanks

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Brian Nystrom - 12 Mar 2007 13:25 GMT

> Hi, I just purchased a 24 year old fiberglass canoe for cheap. I have
> repaired two holes with west systems epoxy and plan to paint with
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> grind them out and epoxy or will the poly paint act as a sufficiant
> coating for calm river and lakd use? Thanks

See my comments in the kayak hull repair thread.

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George Reily - 21 Mar 2007 19:22 GMT

Thanks

>> Hi, I just purchased a 24 year old fiberglass canoe for cheap. I have
>> repaired two holes with west systems epoxy and plan to paint with
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>
>See my comments in the kayak hull repair thread.

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Boat Forum / Building / March 2007

Cracks in canoe gelcoat