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Paul Oman

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"Sal" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have just been given an older mohawk 16' canoe. It's in great shape
apart
from some scratches and several large patches where the gel coat has come
off and the fiberglass has been exposed. Its chopped mat layup so i think
that means its polyester? Anyway - whats an economical way of repairing
the exposed mat sections? Should I just get some epoxy and paint it on and
sand it flat and repeat until its all flat and in line with the remaining
original gel coat? What about painting it? do i need special paint,
surface
prep? and how expensive is it to piant? since its an older boat it's not
worth putting that much money into it..

Sal

"prime" the repair spots with solvent thinned epoxy. That
"patch/fair" those spots with either an exterior putty or
thickened epoxy. Now prime the entire hull with more solvent
thinned epoxy. Especially over those patch spots if you used
putty. Then paint with a quart of enamel from the hardware store.

paul oman
progressive epoxy polymers