Epoxy repair kit?

[DoubleEnder]

I have a little dinghy, lightly built of clinker spruce. Generally in pretty good condition but I will need to do a few jobs. Some old screw & nail holes will need filling either with little dowels or epoxy and filler. And there are a few non-structural chips, gouges, dings etc that I am going to fill with thickened epoxy rather than dutchmen, or scarfing in timber. I'll also need to reglue a couple of joints.
So I am looking for a small epoxy kit, as well as appropriate fillers. Any recommendations - especially for a 'wood coloured' filler?
Thank you

 

[Boathook]

West do small kits and blue gee? used to do colour pigments.

Could also try adding some wood dust for the colour, especially the dust from bits you have sanded down or cut.

 

[PCUK]

Avoid repairing with anything GRP. Stick to traditional methods if you want to keep the boat looking original rather than “patched up”. Cascamite is still an excellent wood glue in the more traditional sense.

 

[oldbloke]

Last time I bought some, Easycomposites were quite a lot less expensive than West. As boathouse says making your own wood flour is easy and cheap.

 

[justanothersailboat]

I've not tried on a wooden dinghy yet, but on other woodwork, filling things like screw holes with grain-aligned plugs of matching (ish) wood - rather than dowels - turned out to be easier than I thought, looks better and wears well. I bought "tapered plug cutter" bits for a drill (best with a stand) and you just pepper a bit of scrap with it and then chisel the resulting plugs off. They always fit exactly (still get glue, but it matters less) and shave off flush nicely with a sharp chisel. Expansion matches the surrounding wood.

 

[Neeves]

For wood flour take saw dust and mill in a domestic electric coffee grinder. Clean coffee grinder before use, or chuck first batch you mill (and after - or you may be banned from using said coffee grinder again).

Jonathan

 

[Ian_Edwards]

G-Flex make small kits of thickened epoxy. The two components come in tubes, and it's easy to mix small quantities. I find it a lot less messy than using West or Easy Composites. As the name and marketing blurb suggest it supposed to be more flexible than conventional epoxy, which can hard and brittle. It's probably a better match for wood.
As others have said, wood dust is ok to use for a match to the existing wood.

 

[DoubleEnder]

G-Flex make small kits of thickened epoxy. The two components come in tubes, and it's easy to mix small quantities. I find it a lot less messy than using West or Easy Composites. As the name and marketing blurb suggest it supposed to be more flexible than conventional epoxy, which can hard and brittle. It's probably a better match for wood.
As others have said, wood dust is ok to use for a match to the existing wood.

That looks just the job. Thank you

 

[Boathook]

G-Flex make small kits of thickened epoxy. The two components come in tubes, and it's easy to mix small quantities. I find it a lot less messy than using West or Easy Composites. As the name and marketing blurb suggest it supposed to be more flexible than conventional epoxy, which can hard and brittle. It's probably a better match for wood.
As others have said, wood dust is ok to use for a match to the existing wood.

Is this stuff made by West systems ? Does seem good, and I wonder how long an open tube will last.

 

[Ian_Edwards]

Yes, it's made by West.
I have a kit on board, it's been open for at least 2 years, and I use a little now and again, last time in March 2024.
I think that when you screw the caps back on the tubes, you seal them to prevent air and water from getting in. This seems the help the epoxy stay usable for longer.