Disintegrating Caption help!
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:34 pm
I now consider myself a "beginner/Intermediate" canoe fixer. I'll defer to the experts on this one.
This Dagger caption takes on enough water when paddled to challenge the notion that it "floats." It was purchased for (literally) $30 and may be worth that. I would like it to MOSTLY not leak, and maybe last as long as it can, and hopefully put up with a little abuse, because I'd like to use it for decent tandem runs if I can get this somewhat fixed. That said, some mild leaking and a functional boat would be okay.
There was a identical but inefective patch on the other side. this patch leaks, but I think I can squirt some goop under/around it, it's holding. the crush/gouge in the forground needs to be patched (any ideas?)
This is the one I have no idea about. Under the seeping patch i pulled off is a huge area of hole/rot/delamination/acorns&pebbles. Sections of the ABS seem brittle. A triangular area from the hole, along the chisel to the end of the handle, and back along the chine is all delaminated, and it is raised up .25-.5" from the underlying foam.
this hole pokes through to the inside, and I think that vertical seam on the right seeps, too.
Soooo, do I fill this whole thing with epoxy? How much of the outer layer do i cut away? should I just try and make it water tight and not worry about re-bonding everything?
I have G-flex, but I might need a cheaper filler for that area, it's probably 14" by 12" by 6". the hole itself is probably ~5x5"
Thoughts?
This Dagger caption takes on enough water when paddled to challenge the notion that it "floats." It was purchased for (literally) $30 and may be worth that. I would like it to MOSTLY not leak, and maybe last as long as it can, and hopefully put up with a little abuse, because I'd like to use it for decent tandem runs if I can get this somewhat fixed. That said, some mild leaking and a functional boat would be okay.
There was a identical but inefective patch on the other side. this patch leaks, but I think I can squirt some goop under/around it, it's holding. the crush/gouge in the forground needs to be patched (any ideas?)
This is the one I have no idea about. Under the seeping patch i pulled off is a huge area of hole/rot/delamination/acorns&pebbles. Sections of the ABS seem brittle. A triangular area from the hole, along the chisel to the end of the handle, and back along the chine is all delaminated, and it is raised up .25-.5" from the underlying foam.
this hole pokes through to the inside, and I think that vertical seam on the right seeps, too.
Soooo, do I fill this whole thing with epoxy? How much of the outer layer do i cut away? should I just try and make it water tight and not worry about re-bonding everything?
I have G-flex, but I might need a cheaper filler for that area, it's probably 14" by 12" by 6". the hole itself is probably ~5x5"
Thoughts?