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I put in a bit of pigment so it would be easier for be to locate the epoxy plug through all the glass that going on soondborecky wrote:Great build.
Why is the fill for the transom plug green? I see you used fiber glass strands but that should not make the epoxy green...
The fillers in the plug are milled fibers, chopped glass, and a little wood flour
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After stitching up the hull on Friday we "tack weld" the panels together. We started by brushing epoxy (neat epoxy) in the gap to seal the end grain of the plywood. We then used mix of epoxy/wood flour to fill the gaps. A heavy duty zip lock bag makes this a fast job.
After the epoxy cures we removed the zip ties and most of the screws. Then with a grinder we knocked off off the messy spots and put a very rough edge on the joints. A grinder saves a lot of time vs. a sander at this point, just be careful not to go too far
With the 6" DA sander and 80 grit paper we round off the joints to tight radius.
The next step is to glass the entire bottom. I want to do it all wet on wet in one work period - so it will probably have to wait until Thursday or Friday when we have more time. I am guessing it will take two of us 3
hours from start to finish.
Anyone want to come and help with some epoxy work
After the epoxy cures we removed the zip ties and most of the screws. Then with a grinder we knocked off off the messy spots and put a very rough edge on the joints. A grinder saves a lot of time vs. a sander at this point, just be careful not to go too far
With the 6" DA sander and 80 grit paper we round off the joints to tight radius.
The next step is to glass the entire bottom. I want to do it all wet on wet in one work period - so it will probably have to wait until Thursday or Friday when we have more time. I am guessing it will take two of us 3
hours from start to finish.
Anyone want to come and help with some epoxy work
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