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Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bottom
By:David Reid
Date: 2/16/2002, 10:48 pm

Hi,

I have an Endeavor with a cut in the bottom. I wish to remove the varnish to reach clean epoxy, add a kevlar bottom, and smooth it over with epoxy pigmented with graphite. My question is how best to reach the clean epoxy without either trashing the topsides and cutting in to the fiberglass? I am thinking that I should mask off the areas that I don't want to affect,and use a chemical stripper of some sort, assuming that it doesn't attack the epoxy. Do I need to run this one by WEST? Thanx, David Reid

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Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bottom
David Reid -- 2/16/2002, 10:48 pm
how big is the cut?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/17/2002, 5:14 pm
Re: Strip: repairing cut bottom, adding kevlar bot
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/17/2002, 9:49 am
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david -- 2/17/2002, 9:26 am
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LeeG -- 2/17/2002, 9:07 am
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Pete Rudie -- 2/17/2002, 2:28 am
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Shawn Baker -- 2/17/2002, 12:49 pm
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Pete Rudie -- 2/17/2002, 1:33 pm