Make sure your canoe is fiberglass before using this method. If your canoe is plastic you will need to plastic weld it. Fiberglass won't stick to plastic.
"This stuff smells hateful" lol! No doubt but it works sooo good! Just spruced up my 20 year old 16' prospector and did very similar repairs. You've done a great job on it and I got professional advice before I did mine so some of the comments on this page are pretty outrageous. I was thinking I needed to pain the hull by the supplier said it would add a lot of weight to the canoe. All those scratches are character and good memories brother!
Something that would help to protect the bow and stern from wear, would be to cut a piece of inch and a half pvc pipe in half and use silicone to attach it to the keel. you may need to heat it with a blow dryer to mold it to the keel, but it would provide a wear strip that would be easily replaceable, and would greatly extend the life of the canoe.
Thanks had a little more drips than i wanted but sanding will take care of that, no biggie. I totally agree on carrying this kit, i only used half of this kit so i can store it and use it if necessary on the go and ill get 2 more large patches easy out of it ; )
I did this, based on the video.. The results weren't quite as cleanly finished as yours *but were probably due to my impatience and non labor skills*, but it looks like it is going to work. The process was VERY EASY and the finished product looks to be effective. The steel mesh hardens very well. It didn't require me to drill more holes in my canoe like other fixes. Will report on usage after I trial run it.
Thanks bro for the tips on what to use etc, havnt taken it out yet, gonna paint it and seal it to finish it off beforehand, life is a bit rocky right now, hope to finish it in a few weeks.
Basically, been working in stages, first was to see if i could make paracord fill the seats, then the seat arm fixed, once i knew it was good i stained, painted trim, and patched hull before sanding which is next and a few more things, its getting close haha
looks like you got a great handle on 2 part resin and fiberglass repair kits. A spare repair kit might be a handy item to have when you are away paddling boundry waters
Definetely man their not holes just spots the hull has chipped off, not a big deal i just wanted to put a strong waterproof layer over the weak spots ; )
Wouldn't think spray painting would be a problem at all Mitch. I have a Blue Water kevlar/fiberglass canoe (you can see it on my channel "Northern Lake Adventure", did an awesome 3 day trip in May with it up here in the Great White North . . . which has a gel coat and THAT would be a lot of weight! I would double check this but think spray paint is no big deal. Looking forward to Part 6 Bro!
Oh cool ya i asked a boating friend of mine what i shold use and he told me this stuff, seems to be working pretty good and solid, thanks bro this is new to me and i thought some of you guys would like to see a repair project, most peeps seem to dig the series some are a little jacked up about it not sure why lol anyways I was gonna spray paint the hull, do you think that would add too much weight? the can cant be more than a pound im thinking even if i use the whole thing. Thoughts?
I spread it on most of the cracks and chips, almost all of it has little cracks, ill resin something if its an issue, ill skip what isnt for now i just want it to float haha
Really? : ( that would be a bummer im definetely not up for that, im hoping the rest of it holds out for a while.. we'll see how it goes man thanks for the info!
HAHAHA ya you should of seen me! i put on the first patch and was like OMG i forgot to cut the fiberglass for the other side and the resin in the dish is hardening!!! ahhhhhhhh!! Talk about runnign around like a chicken with its head off!! LMAO crazy antics man im used to rubbing sticks not mixing insane chemicals hahaha Thanks man later ; )
Beest video on how to make the worst fiberglass job ever could happen dome a much better job with very little effort maybe 10 minutes more of your precious time to sand and prep it properly please dont waste your time doing this.
Probably the best video on simple canoe repair. I've done this . It works. Thanks for uploading.
Rosie Dorey Thanks ; )
Make sure your canoe is fiberglass before using this method. If your canoe is plastic you will need to plastic weld it. Fiberglass won't stick to plastic.
Or use Kevlar skid plates
Best video on quick fiber glass repairs I've found so far. Thanks for posting!
Thanks
"This stuff smells hateful" lol! No doubt but it works sooo good! Just spruced up my 20 year old 16' prospector and did very similar repairs. You've done a great job on it and I got professional advice before I did mine so some of the comments on this page are pretty outrageous. I was thinking I needed to pain the hull by the supplier said it would add a lot of weight to the canoe. All those scratches are character and good memories brother!
I watched this video about 5 times before repairing a fiberglass canoe for the first time. Great video.
Thanks, glad it helped
Something that would help to protect the bow and stern from wear, would be to cut a piece of inch and a half pvc pipe in half and use silicone to attach it to the keel. you may need to heat it with a blow dryer to mold it to the keel, but it would provide a wear strip that would be easily replaceable, and would greatly extend the life of the canoe.
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I have an old fiberglass White canoe. Some of the same repairs necessary. Thanks for this excellent video.
Thanks had a little more drips than i wanted but sanding will take care of that, no biggie.
I totally agree on carrying this kit, i only used half of this kit so i can store it and use it if necessary on the go and ill get 2 more large patches easy out of it ; )
I did this, based on the video.. The results weren't quite as cleanly finished as yours *but were probably due to my impatience and non labor skills*, but it looks like it is going to work. The process was VERY EASY and the finished product looks to be effective. The steel mesh hardens very well. It didn't require me to drill more holes in my canoe like other fixes. Will report on usage after I trial run it.
Did it stick? I did this but they all peeled off old town boat even after hearing with torch.
This is the worst dig fiberglass job ever I'm not sup it didn't work out for you guys wasnt even keyed first@@christopherrichardson6092
Thanks bro for the tips on what to use etc, havnt taken it out yet, gonna paint it and seal it to finish it off beforehand, life is a bit rocky right now, hope to finish it in a few weeks.
Basically, been working in stages, first was to see if i could make paracord fill the seats, then the seat arm fixed, once i knew it was good i stained, painted trim, and patched hull before sanding which is next and a few more things, its getting close haha
looks like you got a great handle on 2 part resin and fiberglass repair kits. A spare repair kit might be a handy item to have when you are away paddling boundry waters
Cool glad to hear it, im enjoying the work looking forward to it on the water ; )
Definetely man their not holes just spots the hull has chipped off, not a big deal i just wanted to put a strong waterproof layer over the weak spots ; )
Wouldn't think spray painting would be a problem at all Mitch. I have a Blue Water kevlar/fiberglass canoe (you can see it on my channel "Northern Lake Adventure", did an awesome 3 day trip in May with it up here in the Great White North . . . which has a gel coat and THAT would be a lot of weight! I would double check this but think spray paint is no big deal. Looking forward to Part 6 Bro!
Nice. Enjoying the series.
Oh cool ya i asked a boating friend of mine what i shold use and he told me this stuff, seems to be working pretty good and solid, thanks bro this is new to me and i thought some of you guys would like to see a repair project, most peeps seem to dig the series some are a little jacked up about it not sure why lol anyways
I was gonna spray paint the hull, do you think that would add too much weight? the can cant be more than a pound im thinking even if i use the whole thing. Thoughts?
just bought same kit tonight thanks for the video
I spread it on most of the cracks and chips, almost all of it has little cracks, ill resin something if its an issue, ill skip what isnt for now i just want it to float haha
Really? : ( that would be a bummer im definetely not up for that, im hoping the rest of it holds out for a while.. we'll see how it goes man thanks for the info!
You could have put some putty filler with your epoxy to fill the holes. Have you sanded it adter so surface remains smooth ?
Cool Mitch, ...good work! ...Have a fine Day my friend. Sepp
i wanna see the out-takes and gag reel!!! hahahaha. great job, dude.
Dave
that was an excellent back and forth pouring motion. A+ 2:15 to 2:30
I was wondering if you performed the repairs on your canoe in the order that you released the videos? Just curious, thanks : )
im glad you saved that Canoe. nice work on that Repair. did you get to take it out yet ?
What a mess.
The patches look good but will the holes hold? I hope they will. Thanks Mitch. Jim
Cool ill check that out thanks
Thanks Sepp appreciate it my friend, im not a big fan or used to using these crazy chemicals haha Nasty stuff!
HAHAHA ya you should of seen me! i put on the first patch and was like OMG i forgot to cut the fiberglass for the other side and the resin in the dish is hardening!!! ahhhhhhhh!! Talk about runnign around like a chicken with its head off!! LMAO crazy antics man im used to rubbing sticks not mixing insane chemicals hahaha
Thanks man later ; )
Thanks bro me too! Im a bit out of my element using this industrial waste type poison haha but im getting on ; )
i did take it and shot 3 vids so far, the 2 new canoe vids and maine trip part 2
; )
If you wanted to paint it after, would you sand where you patched it? and what kind of paint would you use?
This is part of a series, i did paint it after.
no sanding, its a down and dirty canoe haha performs awesome too!!!!
Yup ill sand them after it dries.
Great job. "smells hateful!" awesome, that stuff does stink. Cb
Thanks, lol indeed it does!
haha figured ; )
Wow i hoping it never comes to that lol thanks that would be solid haha
Beest video on how to make the worst fiberglass job ever could happen dome a much better job with very little effort maybe 10 minutes more of your precious time to sand and prep it properly please dont waste your time doing this.
I meant PAINT the hull lol.
hahaha now THAT would be an AWESOME vid LMAO!!!!!
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