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I can take a while to get your head around. Epoxy is made from 2 part: resin and hardner. Alone they are not useful. Mix them together in the right proportion and the resulting mix will harden to a plastic - epoxy. Just mixed, its a bit runny, like thick paint. But it hardens. You coat your ply with...

I dont think you can really paint over graphite. Probably doesnt matter which you do first. I taped off the bottom and did the graphite first.

There was another thread where "white graphite" was discussed. I am wondering if it is a good alternative to the regular black graphite. It would be nice to be able to tint it to get different colors. I know its hBN - its not really graphite I guess, but perhaps has similar abrasion-resist...

but...dont worry about recutting things. Your not really that far off. Start with the bottom panels - loosen the ties, put something between them so they can't overlap - like a common nail. Stitch, but leave it loose with gaps - you can tighten later. Then go the hull panels. Just tighten things a l...

thats right.....better yet, put something between the panels to force a small gap.. a nail with a head so it wont ball thru...a cable tie..doesn't matter. You can also use a 1" PVC pipe (or so) under the panels to and held by the stitch to help keep the panels lined up. There are a number of pe...

really, hope it just pops off over time. Vinegar wont do anything if its already cured I dont think. You might be able to coax (and I dont mean calbe) it off with a razor blade if its not inclined to stick real well.

I think I was doing something like 3-4 heaping teaspoons to 9 oz of epoxy. I dont know if the 20-30% target is by volume or by weight...I was just winging it. I also added a scoop or so of cabosil to keep it from running down the sides of the hull. The graphite doesn't thicken at all really.

Great thread. Beside building more boats, I have a new objective - being able to lay fiberglass like that! Gonna have to find a helper, my 8 yr old isnt going to be up to that...takes longer than 5 minutes.... :roll: Question Joel - There was another thread where "white graphite" was discu...

I think you need to add an update link for the GV10. I am finally looking at the plans I bought a while ago. Sheet 8 (US plans) have 2 dimension fixes needed: 1) the one listed here - the 11 1/8 dimension (note too that the vertical height overall Evan listed in this post has a typo in the dimension...

You can get alot of info just by posting on the forum. Many people here are very active. Just shout out what you need to get started and you will get lots of input.