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Repairs on Poly Kayaks
Posted by: krharwood on Sep-28-12 10:01 PM (EST) Category: unassigned

I've recently begun kayaking in a polyethylene kayak. This past summer has created some fairly deep gouges in the bottom from the occasional unavoided rock or stump. I'm beginning to worry about a gouge going right through the hull. Is there a product or procedure that can be used to repair this kind of damage?

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Repairs on Poly Kayaks - krharwood - Sep-28-12 10:01 PM
- Skin grafts - willi_h2o - Sep-29-12 12:41 AM
- I've never had a rock gouge go clear - g2d - Sep-29-12 12:43 AM

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  Skin grafts
  Posted by: willi_h2o on Sep-29-12 12:41 AM (EST)

-- Last Updated: Sep-29-12 12:41 AM EST --

Shave cockpit combing area a bit larger, use the slivers
and a heat gun, presto changeo, no deep gouge hole.

  I've never had a rock gouge go clear
  Posted by: g2d on Sep-29-12 12:43 AM (EST)

through the hull. If you hit an old rebar spike, it might happen. You really don't need to fill the gouges.

If you do hole or tear the hull, there are plastic welder specialists. Ask your dealer or experienced paddlers.

One could try to fill a gouge with 3M two part polyurethane adhesive, or with West G-flex epoxy. But you won't really accomplish much by doing so.

	Skin grafts Posted by: willi_h2o on Sep-29-12 12:41 AM (EST)
	-- Last Updated: Sep-29-12 12:41 AM EST -- Shave cockpit combing area a bit larger, use the slivers and a heat gun, presto changeo, no deep gouge hole.

	I've never had a rock gouge go clear Posted by: g2d on Sep-29-12 12:43 AM (EST)
	through the hull. If you hit an old rebar spike, it might happen. You really don't need to fill the gouges. If you do hole or tear the hull, there are plastic welder specialists. Ask your dealer or experienced paddlers. One could try to fill a gouge with 3M two part polyurethane adhesive, or with West G-flex epoxy. But you won't really accomplish much by doing so.