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03/04/2019 09:02PM
I just got my first used Kevlar canoe and it needs some patches. Patch kits seem really expensive but I was wondering if anyone knows if this Kevlar on Amazon would be what I need to fix my canoe?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CV6GQL1/?coliid=I2RECL7P74Z65Q&colid=17FIVNLIR97RQ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CV6GQL1/?coliid=I2RECL7P74Z65Q&colid=17FIVNLIR97RQ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
03/05/2019 05:01PM
You'd be better off just getting a yard of fabric & specially-sharpened scissors from Sweet Composites or one of the other boatbuilding sites.
If you're close to MSP then stop by Northwest Canoe, he'll sell you the supplies you need too.
I'd be hesitant using random Kevlar off of Amazon, the link you shared doesn't state whether it's Kev-49 or Kev-29. 49 is for composite applications, 29 is ballistic (like, bulletproof vests).
Depending on your damage regular woven fiberglass might be better, and as others have pointed out, fiberglass can be sanded. Kevlar fuzzes.
If you're close to MSP then stop by Northwest Canoe, he'll sell you the supplies you need too.
I'd be hesitant using random Kevlar off of Amazon, the link you shared doesn't state whether it's Kev-49 or Kev-29. 49 is for composite applications, 29 is ballistic (like, bulletproof vests).
Depending on your damage regular woven fiberglass might be better, and as others have pointed out, fiberglass can be sanded. Kevlar fuzzes.
When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"
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