"Graham" wrote in message
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Well, springtime is upon us and my thoughts are focusing on the open
water. How's everyone else lookin'??

I want to install kneeling pads in my canoe and I'm looking for
advice. The boat material is Kevlar and the pad material that I
already have is Ensolite foam (that blue closed-cell stuff you get in
a roll as a sleeping pad). I'd like to know how to cement the Ensolite
to the Kevlar??

Thanks ahead for any and all advice.

Naturally, Graham

I hope the "blue stuff" you're speaking of is not the old ensolite but the
newer material that lasts longer and is less susceptible to UV (can't think
of the name at the moment). I use the blue $6 pads REI sells as sit pads
(1/2 inch thinkness). I glue 2 pieces together with contact cement to get
some real padding and then use just a little contact cement at the corners
when I attach them to the boat. I finish the edges with duct tape so I can
remove and replace them after they've worn. At one time I used contact
cement over a wide area and glued them to the boat, but that was such a pain
to remove I stopped doing it. Removing duct tape residue from the boat is so
much easier!

Good luck.