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Fiberglass repair of a sailboat question

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Pale Bear

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Minnesota
Pardon me from getting away from aircraft, and going to watercraft, .. but I think that this could apply to planes as well.

A friend of mine has a small sailboat, and it's leaking in the area where the keel goes through the bottom. I haven't seen it, yet, but my guess is that it's weakened & bruised in the corners of glass from the keel working side to side during use. Let's say that's it.

I have EZ-Poxy, glass cloth, & microballons. Is it as simple as scuffing & cleaning (alcohol or acetone?) the surrounding areas and having at the leaky area with the EZ-Poxy, ect?

I would find an obscure place on the boat, to test this stuff, first.

Thanks much.
 
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