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    Cleaned up the Daytona crash gearbox today Seems to nice to paint again I wonder how the clear coating would stand up to the harshness of marine salt, humidity and moisture or whether should just paint it the aluminium epoxy colour ?
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    Like a jigsaw puzzle when you start stripping the guts out of the boat At some point it’s all got go back together
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    merry Christmas everyone boxing day here in Melbourne, chilling out after the big meal yesterday time to get into boat started ripping out motor, transmission and Z-drive had to push boat back out garage , with motor coming over bow, plenty of dust to clean up
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    need to wrap the CSM/Biaxle over the side caps to seal the gurit board, and then rough sand
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    managed to pick up a boat dolly for US$65, need to be widen and length slightly and add few more caster wheels put on, another US$150 will see it right
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    22c in Mt Martha today mowed the lawns and then into boat blended and sanding the rear cap /deck transom part where it was built up coming along nicely, need a little fill to fill pores of biaxle cloth, but expected that. However the profile seems to be okay
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    back into work and travelling last week, the borders of Victoria open, in car driving 1000kms up over border into NSW, i feel like Mel Gibson in Braveheart shouting FREEDOM Anyway back to boat picked up new set of 280 k-plane bottom plates for US$150, what a steal, was thinking of playing...
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    sanding and shaping the port gunwale and cap. After the sanding was thinking its starting to look like it should be there now managed to get most of the gunwale and cap sanded up to where the passenger seat/screen starts working now of the inside of the boat where the hatch would sit should...
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    Rear Deck: sanded the rear deck which was glassed last week need a skim of filling as texture of the biaxle cloth is rough
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    Busy weekend on boat took the hatch off, so could finish grinding filled some blemishes in glass drilled holes in each compartment of the hatch using 1" hole saw filled with GP330 2 part foam repositioned the core that was taken out and PB back into hatch levelled off and sanded needed a...
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    Buxmj Thanks, I don’t know whether I planned it this way or it just evolved However due to COVID and no international travel have been getting a few things sorted. anway it’s something different and learning a few skills as we go Cheers Brett
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    1.5 hrs to mix, lay smooth out the laminate Glad that’s finished Temperature on the rise today expecting 30c Happy with result Some smoothing around edges to take place and will need to skim the surface with microcell mix to fill the glass as it will be. A little rough to take the 2 pak...
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    Up tomorrow morning early to lay the last laminate on rear deck 2300x900mm 225 CSM / 612 grm biaxle Short on peel ply Will have to make it work
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    scott, was thinking I might paint the boat first yes getting closer
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    Dug out a little of the foam in pouring holes wetted the inside with acetone, mixed up PB, filled hole with PB, push in plug which was cut out, recess a little deeper than the surface and then fill with PB All good Now to clean up the laminate and prepare for another layer of csm/biaxle
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    Drilled the holes 3/4” dia to pour foam in Decided to stay with 2 part pouring foam GP330 as want to use something made for this purposes Seems the builders foam pa led in aerosol can needs to have moisture sprayed on layers to activate and saw this being impractical especial in deep pour to...
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    Drilled the holes 3/4” dia to pour foam in Decided to stay with 2 part pouring foam GP330 as want to use something made for this purposes Seems the builders PU foam in aerosol can needs to have moisture sprayed on layers to activate and saw this being impractical especial in deep pour to get...
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    POLYURETHANE FOAMING HULL have been using GP330 PU 2 part foam sub floors, http://media.erapol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/files/products/foams/Rigid/GPFoam/Ecofoam%20GP330.pdf This achieves density of 33- 40kg/M3, and 90% closed cell, and compressive strength of < 200 KPA. Have filled in rear...
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    this afternoon managed to laminate 300grm CSM, and 612 Grm Biaxle cloth needs a little filling will lay another laminate of 300 grm CSM/ 612 grm Biaxle then not to sure whether I should fill the cavity with foam to increase rigidity of the rear deck a little more work, but at this stage it...
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    more grinding, filling, gluing, laminating starting to now take shape
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