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Canoe rebuild

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I bought a Mohawk made with royalex but it makes some cracking noises in the floor

Wanted royalex for weight/strength but now thinking about bailing on the canoe

Don’t know if I can just sand and paint or if it needs major reconstructive surgery




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Tapeworm said:
Following this

I bought a Mohawk made with royalex but it makes some cracking noises in the floor

Wanted royalex for weight/strength but now thinking about bailing on the canoe

Don’t know if I can just sand and paint or if it needs major reconstructive surgery




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Cracking sound in royalex generally means moisture penetratred the royalex shellnitnsellfnsomewhere and the core is soft and breaking down. Generally will happen in thencenter/bottom of boat wh e re any leaks would settle while paaddling. If real bad, she'll needs to be cut out from inside, core dried out and drilled wother a stop to not drill through core and into outer shell, then holes injected with west system gflex. Once that has finished soaking in gflex, sand, fair, then put a couple a layer of 6oz woven overnit, using gflex as resin.. fair, paint, done.
 
Vtbow said:
Cracking sound in royalex generally means moisture penetratred the royalex shellnitnsellfnsomewhere and the core is soft and breaking down. Generally will happen in thencenter/bottom of boat wh e re any leaks would settle while paaddling. If real bad, she'll needs to be cut out from inside, core dried out and drilled wother a stop to not drill through core and into outer shell, then holes injected with west system gflex. Once that has finished soaking in gflex, sand, fair, then put a couple a layer of 6oz woven overnit, using gflex as resin.. fair, paint, done.
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I was going to type the exact same thing to help out, just saying. I mean, nothing technical or anything there.
LOL - now I know who to ask for canoe questions. Wow, sounds like you have some experience! :)
 
Weldabeast said:
Top left canoe looks awesome
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Thanks. 1902 old town Charles river grade aaa(all mahogany furniture). It's awaiting new stem, some new ribs, a little bit of planking, new cannvas, and a lot of elbow grease.
 
Vtbow said:
Cracking sound in royalex generally means moisture penetratred the royalex shellnitnsellfnsomewhere and the core is soft and breaking down. Generally will happen in thencenter/bottom of boat wh e re any leaks would settle while paaddling. If real bad, she'll needs to be cut out from inside, core dried out and drilled wother a stop to not drill through core and into outer shell, then holes injected with west system gflex. Once that has finished soaking in gflex, sand, fair, then put a couple a layer of 6oz woven overnit, using gflex as resin.. fair, paint, done.
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Sweet

I can knock that out by lunchtime


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Weldabeast said:
I debated what you suggested but ultimately decided to just fix the original..... To close to the holidays to be buying extra goodies....

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All good, totally hear ya! You can always get some of the spay on plasta cote people use on car rims. The make it in all differnte colors. I"m pretty sure it would dampening the sound down quite a bit, and is easily taken off it you hate it.
 
2 layers over the holes and 2 layers over the ribs to try to stiffen everytime back up.....hopefully tomorrow patch exterior
 
You're udoing a stand up job! What paint is the interior?
 
@Weldabeast You and your fine handy work are an inspiration. I have turned down beat up canoes in the past due to work involved; however, after seeing your progression, I may just tackle the job. The best way to learn or improve is to go out and do it right? I am currently looking for inexpensive canoe that requires a little work.
 
gcr0003 said:
@Weldabeast You and your fine handy work are an inspiration. I have turned down beat up canoes in the past due to work involved; however, after seeing your progression, I may just tackle the job. The best way to learn or improve is to go out and do it right? I am currently looking for inexpensive canoe that requires a little work.
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With the internet as a resource of info, some elbow grease, and not being scared to screw up your can do pretty much anything.
 
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