Repairs to Carbon/Kevlar kayak or canoe


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Hi 
Please could you recommend a product for 

1. general patching of carbon or carbon/kevlar kayaks
2. applying a new gel coat to carbon or carbon/kevlar kayaks

I've been told that for a tough gel coat you can mix a polyester resin with a polyester gel coat 50/50  - is this something you would recommend?  If so, is it the same hardener used for gel coat and resin?

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Matt (Staff)
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Hi Jez,

If spraying's not an option and it's for the ongoing protection of the boat rather than bringing it up to a full glossy appearance then I think painting epoxy on would be a good way to go. Epoxy will bond better to whatever it is that the boat is made from than polyester would and if it's on the underside then we don't need to be particularly worried about UV protection so I'd suggest our Epoxy Coating Resin. You'll need to key-up the surface first (like we do in the video) and then your two options for the finishing of it would be to either pulling a release film tight over it or flatting and polishing it afterwards.

Matt Statham
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