I seem to be having a run on composite canoe repairs. 4 of the 5 repairs that are in right now are all NEW canoes!! Transportation damage is usually more of a risk that damage from use.

Poor storage is the biggest cause for canoe damage.

This one is an Evergreen that had a pretty bad gelcoat fracture. Step one is to grind off the bad.

Then mix up the colour. I've been waiting about 6 weeks for Evergreen to ship the original colour gelcoat, but they are notoriously slow to do this sort of thing. I can't wait any longer.

Wet, the colour looks pretty close.

The gelcoat dried slightly off colour. Part of the problem is that the yellow pigment I have has the slightest amount of black in it. I hate having to match colour when the pigments are not pure.

All sanded smooth and polished. Pretty close, but not "perfect".