Canoe Makeover 

This is a very nice and timely video...THANKS!!...I have a solo13 royalite that is 25 years old...the royalex looks like it will last forever if you take care of it. I haven't considered painting yet...but might in the future....I have found that Gflex epoxy binds to the hull incredibly well for those not sure about the JBWeld...and as far as krylon fading....I painted my old town royalex with krylon 3 years ago...hasn't faded yet....so I wont hesitate to use it if I do paint my Mohawk...and I agree...this canoe is my favorite of anything I own. 13 feet...32 pounds...and glides through the water.

The right tool makes life a lot easier, so a claw hammer for a scraper is strange. You are dead nuts right about 220 grit paper on a random orbit sander. Real boat paint from companies like Pettit or Interlux will look a lot better , last longer and add value to your boat. If you are going to all the trouble to sand and prep the hull, you don't want rattle can paint fading in a year or so. One quart will do a whole canoe with a bit left over. Heat gun will smooth out the wrinkles in the keel guard and make it lay flat without cutting it. Heating the keel guard actually makes it stick better as well.

Evening brother, lot of love there 👍. You get out, what you put in. Hope you're well an staying positive. Atb Andy 👍😁😎🇬🇧

Great job well done thanks for sharing cheers

Well done

How has the paint held up?

I recently bought a 32 year old Royalex canoe (Mowhawk Challenger 14' solo) that has spent a lot of time out in the sun. There was a lot of oxidation damage to the outer ABS layer. I didn't want to paint it since once you paint something you have to continually paint it. I think I found the best way to refinish it. I wet sanded it with 440grit wet/dry paper by hand and then with 1000grit. It was easy and removed all the oxidation and was smooth as a baby's butt. I went over it with 2 layers of Armorall letting that sink in a cure nicely and then a top layer of 303 UV protectant. It looks almost new.

I've searched dozens of royalex "repair" videos on RU-vid and yours is the one that makes the most sense. I just inherited (Aug 14, 2020) a Mohawk Intrepid 16 that's in decent shape but has what looks like the same gouges and dings that yours had. Thanks for recommending the JB water weld. I just have one question however. Is there a reason you chose Krylon over Rust-Oleum? Excellent video! I'm looking forward to getting started on my refurbished.

Wow, so timely! Ive got a mad river royalex in red. I am in the process of changing the wood gunwales. I too will change the color to green. More of an olive green for waterfowling. JB weld can repair anything, however I wasnt sure if it adhears well to royalex. (i gues it does). The keel strip is a sweet addition. Thank you for the video, great job, and be proud of it!

Dickey's BBQ! Oh yeah!

thanks so much - didn't know I could repaint royalex. Heard you could use linseed oil to get colour back, but a full paint job with good marine paint would be infinitely better.

Would love to have a canoe and some pleace cool to use it :)

Ummmm, thanks for….. nothing. Not one thing on the painting part, which isn’t that the purpose of the makeover. 1) what paint and 2) how did it get applied.

Great video. Do you think this can be applied to a polyethylene canoe?

"keel strips" are called Skid Plates. The "front and back" of a boat are called Bow and Stern.