I did a full restore of my solo kevlar canoe and I'm pretty damn happy about the way it turned out. I was a bit worried going in cause it's a fairly fragile boat and it's probably the most important thing I own in terms of happiness. But it was due for a fix, the resin was pitting, there were some surface cracks and some gouges from heavy use. I was even getting a little worried taking it out. So I removed all the metal parts and then sanded the remaining resin down to the kevlar. Then covered the whole thing with a new coat of fiberglass resin and sanded and sanded and sanded until it was glass smooth. Then I reattached all the metal bits and repaired the plastic decks which were cracking and now it's a beast. There's something very rewarding about fixing something with your hands and now I feel confident if I have any problems with the boat down the road I'm not worried about it anymore because I know I can fix the boat. I know none of you video game loving folks care but here it is for that one canoeist that joins the site 5 years down the road.