Plastic Kayak Repair / Restore

The never ending question...How do I restore a plastic kayak. Plastic kayak repair has many sides to it. But how to refinish a kayak doesnt have a lot of good answers. Well, here is the best option. Come along as I bring life back to a stained, ugly old kayak.

[FloydCotton-hxjh]

Just wanted to thank you for the informative and entertaining video. I am restoring a kayak I have had in my collection for over 20years. I truly appreciate the help!

[johnfuniciello]

You did a great job with this video. I’m looking forward to restoring my grandfathers Old Town Discovery canoe using this method. I come from the automotive paint polishing world, so I figured this could be done, but no one made a video of it other than you. Thanks!

[alancolchester-hall]

I’m brand new to kayaking. And like you, I want to shine my, 2nd hand kayak. I’d like to get it shiny. Thanks for your video. Massive help. And boosted my confidence. 👍👍

[Tripsurfer]

River king rips class five blindfolded no paddle solo!!!! Such a And thanks for the advice just cleaned up my old wavesport Z

[dangosner]

I just bought a dingy boat, and who’s video should be the first one to come up when I search for how to make it pretty! Thanks, Pete!

[BrandenAllen]

I understood, Skip molded in graphic and serial number. You're not getting scratchs out or removing material, change pads somewhat often. Grits are 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 3000, buffing wheel, 303. Thank you very much for putting this together.

[woofna]

Wow! You're obviously a very twisted and sicko kayak junkie! Can't thank you enough for posting this superb video. What a concept! I've asked around over the years about how to spiff up a plastic kayak and the best I've heard is soap and water plus 303 - which, I gotta say, doesn't exactly get the job done. As soon as I can get my paws on some higher grit sanding pads, the orbital and I are going to town on the underside of my dingy Diesel 80 whitewater boat - just for practice. Then it's on to my wife's Current Designs Sirocco. I'll post some before and after pix. You rock!

[jessewittry]

“Don’t be stupid “ 😂👏👏👏
You made my day👍Nicely done. Shocked at your collection 😮
Well done sir.

[trail]

Great video! I've seen similar results from sanding then using a heat gun to bring back the luster.

[ovrobinson]

That looks genuinely awesome, mate. I'll be doing this on my old P&H Capella. 👍🏼

[frankmartinez]

Great tutorial. Believe it or not I was going to spray paint it with paint it’s supposed to adhere to plastic, but this is so much better.

[peterryan]

Thank you, Peter. I did buy all the sanding equipment you use in this video

[pappycamper]

So... my takeaway is that if I'm not an O-C with a great YT channel, this isn't something I need to do, right? ;-) Good stuff, Pete! For really bad bottom gouges (where a little plastic ridge gets pushed out) I like cabinet scrapers for safely removing that ridge. Razor blades/utility blades dragged perpendicular to the hull surface also work, but not as well. I'd enjoy you leading us through welding plastic rod back into some deep gouges.

[neelsnprayer]

Awesome video, I can't wait to make my boat shine again!!! (Love the slo-mo crazy comment. 😂)

[kevinkestler]

Thanks for this video! The step by step work and tips plys 303 were helpful. Looks great!

[pop]

Nice ! Great explanation and super results. My beater Nomad is getting this treatment. Thx Pete !

[justinjuarez]

Great video. Just got a single Old Town Otter for $40 I'm definitely gonna try this out since it was cheap. And it needs that tlc

[outdoorsdelmarva]

Thank you! for the info....worked perfect on my Perception 13

[crazygrandma]

Loved the video, I got alot of good tips I plan on using. Thanks Pete

[RobBrown]

Nice! Harbor Freight is great source for sanding pads too