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Port Hull Start -
When I bought the boat, the boat had been run aground at full speed, and the bottoms looked like this. To s
Port Hull Start -
When I bought the boat, the boat had been run aground at full speed, and the bottoms looked like this. To start out the project, I sanded the hull bottoms with 80 grit paper and took about 50 percent of the previous work off to...
Date: 01/01/2003
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Starboard Hull Start
Date: 01/01/2003
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Kevlar -
My orignal plan was to add Kevlar to the bottoms since I was redoing the bottoms, I figured I would make them bomb p
Kevlar -
My orignal plan was to add Kevlar to the bottoms since I was redoing the bottoms, I figured I would make them bomb proof. If I did it again, I would try the Kevlar again, but the probelm with Kevlar is if you break through the...
Date: 03/15/2003
Views: 1546
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Kevlar1
Date: 03/15/2003
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Kevlar2-
After doing the Kevlar and epoxy bottoms, and having them fuzz up, I tried to repoxy the places where the Kevlar bro
Kevlar2-
After doing the Kevlar and epoxy bottoms, and having them fuzz up, I tried to repoxy the places where the Kevlar broke through the epoxy, but it made the whole bottom of the boat really irregular, so I ended up sanding the kevlar...
Date: 03/15/2003
Views: 1495
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Dagger Boards before-
the leading edges and trailing edges of the dagger boards where damaged before I bought the boat so I f
Dagger Boards before-
the leading edges and trailing edges of the dagger boards where damaged before I bought the boat so I filled and fared the daggerboards with westsystems epoxy and filler. After getting the dagger boards the shape that...
Date: 05/16/2003
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Rudders before-
One of the rudders had the hold done hole ripped out, so I filled that with the Epoxy filler and then filled
Rudders before-
One of the rudders had the hold done hole ripped out, so I filled that with the Epoxy filler and then filled in all the misc dings and repairs, and sanded the rudders with 80 grit
Date: 05/16/2003
Views: 1306
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Boards and Rudders second side-
One thing about spraying gel coat is if you can get a gun so that you spray the object flat,
Boards and Rudders second side-
One thing about spraying gel coat is if you can get a gun so that you spray the object flat, you can really load up the gel coat and it won't run, plus the su help cure it fast.
Date: 05/16/2003
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Second Coat- I sprayed the thick second coats of gelcoat about 15 min after the first coat. By the time I finished the first co
Second Coat- I sprayed the thick second coats of gelcoat about 15 min after the first coat. By the time I finished the first coat of gelcoat, and then cleaned the gun and mixed another batch, the tiiming was perfect.
Date: 05/16/2003
Views: 1570
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Finished Hulls - After spraying the second coat, I let it sit about 10 min and then sprayed the entire sprayed section with Ple
Finished Hulls - After spraying the second coat, I let it sit about 10 min and then sprayed the entire sprayed section with Pledge to seal in the gel coat and alow it dry properly. I was skeptical about using pledge in place of PVA, but it worked like a
Date: 05/16/2003
Views: 1426
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Hulls Finished- Day after spraying the gel coat was rock hard and well cured, and smelled lemon fresh!
Date: 05/16/2003
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Almost done - all I need to do is sand the old gel-coat to better blend the new to old gel coat. I sanded the hulls after this
Almost done - all I need to do is sand the old gel-coat to better blend the new to old gel coat. I sanded the hulls after this picture with 500 grit wet paper. I will next buff the hulls with compound and then wax it good.
Date: 05/16/2003
Views: 1419
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