Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Royalex Crack!
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ayudell |
CanoeStan: "Cannot provide any repair advice, however I own two well used P16's of the same age ( Royalex/AL gunwales) that have always been stored in an unheated garage in northern Illinois. Never have had any cracking problems with either boat. Best of luck with the repairs." It sounds like some do, and most don't. Old Town's response was basically: "You should buy our $100 repair kit". |
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Brock63 |
That actually looks like impact stress crack from either something hitting that rivet point hard when cold or something heavy being sat on top also over that rivet point to be honest. A small crack or chip could have formed years ago and finally let go in the cold of winter when things are more brittle.... I would not stress it too much...the joy of royalex is you dont have to deal with replacing the gelcoat for every gouge or crack you get. Just rolls with punches. Good luck. |
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ayudell |
The boat has never been abused in whitewater. My buddy has a P-16 that we have pinned multiple times in whitewater and paddled through the break on the Pacific. It has dents, but no cracks like this... Has anyone had this kind of a crack? Should I expect more of them to appear? I plan to fix by stop drilling the crack with a 1/8" bit and laying down a layer of glass with West 105 on both sides of the hull. Should I do two layers? |
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kona |
GFlex is the top epoxy recommendation for cold cracks. Lots of info on cold crack repair online. No glass patch needed on outside. Other folks will chime in on whether it’s needed inside or not (I’ve seen several with just gflex, no patch, holding strong). |
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ayudell |
I thought I was safe from cold cracks with the Al gunwales. I'll look into Gflex only, but I'm hoping that Old Town will help me out on the price of their $100 repair kit. |
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MississippiDan |
https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/repairing-a-royalex-canoe-with-gflex-epoxy/ The Georgia Canoeing Association has an article on royalex repair https://www.gapaddle.com/royalex-canoe-repair/ For large cracks the edges may not line up very well. Put small blocks of wood on the inside of the hull. Use wax paper between the wood and the hull so you don't glue the blocks to the hull. The epoxy won't stick to the wax paper. From the outside of the hull and on each side of the crack put a screw through the hull and into the wood. Drywall screws work well. Place the screws about an inch from the crack so you have room to work the epoxy into the crack. After the epoxy cures, remove the screws and fill these small holes. A few small holes will be less noticeable than mismatched edges. Dan |
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