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Material: gelcoat?
By:joaquin
Date: 1/6/2002, 6:16 am

Good morning america...
Iīm reading Hansonīs excellent book SEA KAJAK TOURING, X-mas present, and come across the term gel coat finish on fiberglas kajaks.
What exactly is this gelcoat and can you use it on the conventional epoxi finish of a S&G kajak. Is is better than varnish?
Thanks Joaquin

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Material: gelcoat?
joaquin -- 1/6/2002, 6:16 am
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John Monfoe -- 1/7/2002, 5:04 am
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Pete Rudie -- 1/6/2002, 2:18 pm
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Dick Kirschbaum -- 1/8/2002, 1:04 pm
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John Monfoe -- 1/9/2002, 8:07 am
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bill -- 1/6/2002, 10:35 am
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Rob Macks -- 1/6/2002, 7:29 am