So we had a pretty laid back day today and I ended up getting to spend some time working while the kids were napping this afternoon and after bedtime tonight. Before I get into that, here's what I've learned about gelcoat:
1) The solid color stuff really sets up pretty fast.
2) I shouldn't have...
Well, I just couldn't wait anymore!!
I got lucky and ordered some glitter from eBay that matched for the aqua and just picked up some
Fine glitter from Hobby Lobby for the black and silver. I decided to try out the preval sprayers that I had picked up. I ended up thinning everything with...
I took everything out of the back hatch and vacuumed it once more then cleaned with a degreaser and acetone then sprayed a matte black to provide some UV protection to exposed glass. Then I mixed up 32 oz of resin with Cabosil to make some Peanut Butter (more like Vaseline). I had exactly the...
I finally got back to the garage on Sunday night and last night!!!!
Sunday I went through and did some cleanup and hung new 6 mil plastic so that I could sand and grind without covering everything in dust. The plastic I was using was this really thin painters plastic and it was too lightweight...
I'm going to be using poly gelcoat and clearcoat when I finish my build. I failed to ask at the fiberglass shop about thinner. I've seen videos and posts with guys using Styrene as a thinner. I'm going to be using a Preval sprayer. so my questions:
1) Do I need thinner?
2) Is styrene the...
Last night I did a bunch more grinding. I finished grinding down the gel on the outside so I can lay glass down the back as I tie in the splashwell. I did some prep work on the splashwell and repaired one of the bolt hole areas that was weak then laid up some CSM and 1708 to repair the damage...
Ok, so I think I have a problem. I can't stop working on this thing!!
Last night was pretty much "Attack of the Killer Plastic Sheeting". I feel like it was attacking me. When I was vacuuming, it would get sucked in, I would pull it out, then another piece would get sucked. When I was...
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Thanks Rick!
I know the pics are all starting to look the same, but I am actually making progress! I thought I had too much 1708 and too much (5 gallons) resin. Now I'm worried that I'll run out. I've probably got about 1.5 gallons of resin left and no more than 2 yards of 1708. I can...
Last night, I couldn't wait any longer and unclamped everything. I discovered that the bolts were stuck in the resin well so I had to thread them out instead of just tapping them out with a hammer as I had planned. No big deal. I put 2 nuts with a lock washer in between on the end of each...
Kickin Glass and Takin Names!
My buddy came over last night and we got the transom fitted nicely. We trimmed up the edges to get a nice fit then laid down some peanut butter and and bedded it down. We smoothed it out and made some nice fillets then tabbed it in with some fiberglass tape and...
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I know this is out of order, but I wanted to go ahead and start thinking about this step as well. I'm going to have to repair the area where I cut the hull open. I know gelcoat and metal flake suck to work with, but I'm willing to give it a good try.
So first, I've added some pics of...
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So, here's the progress I've made on the transom grinding. I'm just taking it in chunks. Grinding just gets tiring. Anyway, I'm thinking that I may try to re-gelcoat the whole back end or at least the hull not the cap so that the color mis-match won't be as obvious.
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Well apparently Photobucket says I've maxed out my bandwidth on my account this month. Who knew that was a thing? I'll try to update them with embedded pics.
Well, here's the latest.
After waterproofing the boards, I added 2 large bolts to help be align once I started gluing since I...
I had a bunch typed up then the browser crashed. So here’s the short version.
I sanded the outside some more, cut the template for the new core and applied a waterproofing coat. Out of everything, the template has proven to be the most frustrating and difficult due to the contour of the...
