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Filling polyester pull holes


Bobthebuilder

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I'm building a skin on bamboo frame kayak.  She's fully skinned and ready to paint; but I have a dilemma.

 

There are pull holes - particularly at the tips of the stems.  Probably I pulled the fabric too tight prior to ironing. [On the plus side there are relatively few wrinkles!! ]

 

I have read where lexel caulk can be used to fill pull holes.  So now I am thinking of sequence of events.  One Kudzu post said lexel before you paint.  But another Kudzu post said the thinned first coat of paint will assure a consistent look to the interior of the kayak.

 

So I am thinking of lexel between first and second coats of paint.  Is that a good idea? Or is lexel prior to  painting necessary to assure adhesion of caulk to the fabric?

 

Thanks -- Bob

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Either or a combination of both will work. In the class we have to deal with this and I fill have them fill the holes be for painting. After a coat of paint we usually find at least a couple more the paint will not fill so we add a little more before the seconomy coat. So either will work.

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