Used materials & costs:

 

Below is a list of the materials I used and their prices, all in Euro’s (a euro is almost a dollar nowadays).

 

Wood:

 

2 sheets Okoume exterior plywood (WBP) 6mm, 250 x 122 cm

70,00

4 fir battens 27 x 44, 270 cm (for rubrails)

14,16

 

 

Epoxy & glass:

 

3 x WEST 105/206 A-pack resin+hardener 1.2 kg

92,25

WEST pumpset for A-pack (reusable)

19,00

WEST Colloidal silica filler 60 gr

8,50

2 x WEST Glass tape 10 m x 100 mm (170 gr)

26,00

2 x Plastic squeegees

3,60

Wooden stirring sticks

2,10

Thinner

2,99

 

 

Paint:

 

All paint I used were leftovers from my last boat

0,00

 

 

Small stuff:

 

Sandpaper, disposable brushes, rollers, rollerpans, rubber gloves, plastic cups & spoons, paper towels, etc.

 

38,00

 

 

Paddle:

 

broomstick 170 cm

3,49

set of anti-dripping rings (from canoe-shop)

5,00

(rest of paddle made of leftover plywood, epoxy, tape etc.)

-

 

 

TOTAL:

Euro 285,-

(a new, simple polyester kayak will cost at least 450 euro!)

 

 

 

 

 

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