Category Archives: Building Supplies

Reviewing the good and bad for building boats.

Marine-Tex Review: Rapid Set Repair Epoxy for Emergency Repairs

Kayak on ice pan.

The skeg box in my NDK Explorer sea kayak is made from plastic and glued in the boat. There’s no fiberglass protecting the outside edge. Instead, NDK/SKUK just covered the exposed plastic edge with a layer of gelcoat. Although gelcoat takes abrasion well, it fails in impact and really needs fiberglass under it for any [...]

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Review: A Comparison of System Three MetlWeld and WEST System for Metal Bonding

Sailing canoe with parts made from MetiWeld.

When Charles E. Campbell built his he found out that many of the small metal parts he needed for the rig weren’t available, so he had to make his own. In the process he tried System Three’s Metlweld.

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