Will do Mtn paddler.  So far, all I've done is work out two nice dents in the bow with a heat gun.  No problems there.  Just warmed them up slowly inside and out and pushed a little with a rounded dowel rod.  

One thing I've seen many conflicting opinions on in my research is the use of denatured alcohol vs. acetone for the skid plate installation.  The place i bought the kit from said to use acetone in the directions, other sites have said to use alcohol and never acetone as it can melt the vinyl.  Then additional research points me back to the use of acetone as it softens the vinyl to accept better adhesion with the resin.  I plan to use acetone - sparingly.

fyi - i bought the skid plate kit from Northwest Canoe -   (You need to Login or Register
Got the Tandem/Universal kit which comes with urethane resin instead of epoxy for royalex hulls.  Best price for a complete kit that I could find.

The skid plate kit should be here tomorrow, so it'll be a deep cleansing and installation of those this weekend.  Following weekend will be a repaint job.  As long as the weather cooperates anyways.  I'll post progress reports, maybe even pics if I remember to take them.

good luck