Minor Rudder repair

[Brian Mikiten]

Newbie to the class here. I have a spare rudder that has some leading and trailing edge chips and minor de-lamination. I was going to use white epoxy (West System) and sand and fair it back to original but wondered what the original construction was on this. It doesn't look like gelcoat because of the de-lamination and lack of surface bonding. It's only about 6" x 1" total wrapped around the edge. This is a backup but I'd like to get it repaired. TIA

[Steve Shaw]

Marine Tex or its equivalent, are meant more as fillers and not as much of a bonding agent.  Stick with a good quality two part epoxy in a 3:1 or 5:1 mixing ratio with proper fillers.  Don't worry about what it looks like, worry about it performing.