Post #815190 by hang10tiki on Sat, Mar 8, 2025 11:48 AM

Also, I was recently asked to repair a broken Kayak paddle that was in 2 pieces, a great friend of ours lost this brother years ago in an accident and his paddle was recovered. I met him a few times and he was a great guy. It was an honor to be asked to repair it, not for use, just a display. I don’t know the 1st thing about how to fix it, but, let’s get started.

So to connect the 2 pieces I inserted a round metal file I’ve had and used for sometime. You can see it here.

Next I will fill in the missing areas with epoxy. When I noticed that it was to thin and just dripped out the other side I used wood sanding dust from my shop vac to make the epoxy thicker. It helped, somewhat. I used painters tape on the underside to help hold the thicker mix in place. (I assume I’ll just sand off the tape later.) This may take several applications of the thick epoxy to fully fill in the missing areas.

[ Edited by hang10tiki on 2025-03-08 11:53:33 ]