Restoring an Old Town Pathfinder, royalex canoe

In this video I restore an Old Town Pathfinder canoe made out of royalex. This is a great little canoe, light weight but also durable. In the restoration process I fix and fill some cracks and holes, the give it a new paint job and refinish and web the seats for a complete restoration.
If you would like to see more stuff like this let me know in the comments below and keep an eye out for this canoe in future adventures.
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[@mikehunt206]

Esquif canoes out of Quebec patented a royalex replacement after royalex was bought out and mothballed, it's called T-formax. Wenonah canoes use T-formax from Esquif aswell. I have heard there's still a few old town discovery's made of T-formax for sale around too. P.S. for those of you wandering like myself, "esquif" is french for "skiff". Lol

[@pigseye2]

Looks great! Thanks!

[@themaineadventure9473]

Thank you!

[@davehumpleby3440]

Greetings from across the pond in the UK. Lovely job you did there. If you ignore the inside patch, it almost looks brand new. I have a Nova Craft Prospector 15 Royalex. Its in great condituon at present but it's good to know it can easily be repaired should the need arise. Thanks for the video and happy paddling.

[@themaineadventure9473]

They are great canoes, thanks for watching!

[@user-nc3qh4cq9y]

When i did my seats i replaced the standoffs they were rotting and splitting I just used dowels and drilled them out on a bench top drill press then used polyuerethane to finish them and used all new fasteners

[@bubbles17866]

I would like to see how to do the skid plates and may also a simple sailing rig.

[@foundry_media]

What kind of paint did you use?

[@themaineadventure9473]

I meant to mention that in the video but I forgot. I used Krylon Fusion, that is what Old Town recommended when I asked them. Mine was the Hunter Green color. Thanks for watching!

[@mr68camero1]

Was the paint semi gloss or matte? Thanks

[@saraalthauser7862]

What kind of paint did you use?

[@themaineadventure9473]

I meant to mention that in the video but I forgot. I used Krylon Fusion, that is what Old Town recommended when I asked them. Mine was the Hunter Green color. Thanks for watching!