"William R. Watt" wrote:

purveyors of moulded plastic kayaks expect purchasers to pay thousands of
dollars for surperior performance over long distances.

Huh? Are there really any high performance plastic kayaks costing
thousands of dollars? My take is that with a plastic kayak you give up
performance in exchange for durability and low cost.

yet the salesrep I
asked about repairing scratches said to ignore them. seems silly when
people are paying high prices for paddles to reduce the paddling effort
while their hulls take on the skin resistance of porcupines. sadly I've
watched staff toss rental kayaks about like firewood. at the evening
demos I've been frequenting they drag them across the sand, and effective
abraisive. plastic boats may not break from this type of handling but
they sure get sctratched up.

Which is the point of a plastic kayak. You can beat it up, scratch it
up, and otherwise abuse it without feeling bad about it. A 5%
performance hit? I couldn't care less. If I was performance oriented,
I wouldn't be paddling plastic.

Getting back to the topic at hand, I have no idea how to do touch-up
paint. I doubt I'd bother. Maybe a bit of fine grit wet sanding would
help....or maybe not...

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//-Walt
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// "Fair and Balanced"