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.
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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.
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Wet, the colour looks pretty close.
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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.
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All sanded smooth and polished. Pretty close, but not "perfect".
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