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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #30 on: June 22, 2018, 06:48:53 PM
My 17 foot boat is rated for 400lbs or 182kg.  Are you over that?  :D

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #31 on: June 22, 2018, 06:57:15 PM
Nice work Def!  I bet it's really satisfying to sand those patches down.  You're making me want to scour my local craigslist for "mechanic's special" boats! 

As to your original question, I'd personally go with a nice bright cherry red gel coat.  I think the color under the oxidation on your boat is fantastic.
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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #32 on: June 27, 2018, 06:02:33 PM
I've done a lot of sanding and resin work, and so far I am not seeing any reason to paint it.  The patches have smoothed out nicely and all of the cracks have been filled and sanded smooth.  I am giving serious thought to polishing it up as is and giving it a nice clear coat.  I think this boat has earned the right to display it's scars proudly, and fixing it up doesn't mean hiding it's past.  I think that wearing it's scars openly and cleanly allows the boat to maintain it's character.

And yes, it also preserves it's pink color.  :D

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #33 on: June 27, 2018, 06:04:32 PM
Good choice :tu:
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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #34 on: June 27, 2018, 09:50:01 PM
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Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #35 on: June 27, 2018, 09:55:00 PM
Looks very good, a good clearcoat will make it almost like new

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #36 on: June 28, 2018, 12:40:28 PM
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on June 22, 2018, 06:48:53 PM
My 17 foot boat is rated for 400lbs or 182kg.  Are you over that?  :D

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Fortunately not, but I'm sure that's what the boat can carry....no the rating for missing a step and a foot going through a thin wall  :facepalm:

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #37 on: June 28, 2018, 12:49:33 PM
Well there's your problem... not many people spend a lot of time going for a walk in a kayak.  Usually you just sit down....

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #38 on: June 28, 2018, 02:19:49 PM
 :rofl: :tu:

Some say.......he wears 17ft kayaks for shoes  :cheers:

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #39 on: June 28, 2018, 02:35:40 PM
And that he only gets 10 km out of each pair....
Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #40 on: June 28, 2018, 02:39:31 PM
........on a good day with even roads  :rofl:

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Re: Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #41 on: June 28, 2018, 02:46:19 PM
I was somewhere in my early 20's and the son of colleague and friend of my dad occasionally went fishing with us, he was gifted a small fiber glass row boat.....actually cause for much excitement.

He fixed up the boat a bit and the day arrived that we loaded it on the back of my half-tonne pickup.....set for some fishing.

Everything went well until I tried to get in.  the moment I put weight on my foot in the boat there was a cracking noise......and that was that for the boat  :salute:

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Thinking about painting my kayak....
Reply #42 on: June 28, 2018, 03:04:21 PM
I use this formula called 303 aerospace protectant,  I called the company last year and confirmed that they only make one type of protectant but put the stuff into different types of bottles for various applications.  I swear by this stuff, it is basically sun protection for my Kayak.  I wipe it on once in a great while and my kayak still looks brand new after 15 years in the sun. Last time I got it on Amazon under the auto application name, 15 years ago when I purchased my kayak it was only available at the marine stores 4x the price.


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