Building Supplies

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    Building Supplies,  Reviews

    Marine-Tex Review: Rapid Set Repair Epoxy for Emergency Repairs

    The skeg box in my NDK Explorer sea kayak is made from plastic and glued in the boat. There’s no fiberglass protecting the outside edge. Instead, NDK/SKUK just covered the exposed plastic edge with a layer of gelcoat. Although gelcoat takes abrasion well, it fails in impact and really needs fiberglass under it for any strength. Before my last expedition, I noticed that the gelcoat was wearing off the skeg box and the plastic was actually fractured. On its website Sea Kayaking UK actually offers repair advice for this problem, so it’s not entirely rare. The problem was that the repair involved cutting out the broken plastic and replacing it…

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