Keel Guard experience??

I have a bit of a rash on my boat keel and was thinking of trying a keel guard of some type/brand. Anyone have any experience with these????
If so please note the brand and overall happiness with the product.
Thanks

I don't recommend KeelEasy adhesive strips. They are expensive and do not hold up well.

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In my experience, those plastic strips don't hold up well. I've used G/Flex with success:

https://www.westsystem.com/specialty-epoxies/gflex-650-toughened-epoxy/

That stuff is kind of pricey--if you want something cheaper, a lot of people have reported good results with J-B Weld.

 u can order different thickness helicopter blade tape if you really want to save ur plastic. Aka polyurethane protective tape. It’s not cheap but it would save some life.  I always thought about laying a clean strip and applying a thick coat of JB weld on the keel.  Cheap enough to do and would save the keel....

I use KeelEasy. It does a fair job of protecting the keel. If you apply it correctly with a heat gun and roller, it can be fairly sturdy. I had one on my old Revo 13 since 2010 and performed well. I installed one on my new Revo as well. If I think there's something better out there that doesn't look like crap I would switch in a heartbeat. It's very pricy for the amount of stuff you get.

I have keel guard and works GOOD
Hull must be CLEAN when applying for good adhesion
Cheaper than fixing hull

 The keel is one of the easier places to repair on a plastic boat.

This was a bit more than rash and is now close to bomb proof.
Projects like this are good practice for when you have to repair an area that isn't as accessible, like a scupper pillar.

Plastic repair is just part of kayaking.

I used keel easy on my yak, and  also added a layer of jb weld on top of it. It has been close to 2 years since I applied it. So far I haven’t had to re-apply.

Jb weld that shit.  It's cheap, It will hold up
For years and years and you'll kind of forget you
Ever had this problem

I have the same problem, I took a boat epoxy and put it on there, let it cure, then put a fiberglass resin minus the fiberglass and put it over that. The boat resin is flexible but soft, the fiberglass resin in more abrasion resistant.
My kayak is 10 years old and still kicking, its seen hundreds of days of fishing and even fallen out of the back of a truck, i have tried ever possible fix. This seems to be working for now and working pretty good.

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K.

Take a look at this.



I made one for my kayak, it was totally easy! So far so good it seems to be doing the job. The only thing I might change would be the tape. Right now it’s holding but if it comes off I’m switching to Gorilla Tape.

I did the same thing with pvc. I guess Im not the only one to figure this out. I cut a line down a large diameter piece of pvc and left it in the oven for until it was pliable and then rant it out to my kayak and held it against the keel until it cooled solid and match the shape of my keel, using oven mits of course. It was hot! I then coated the inside of the thing with some epoxy and attached it to the kayak.