new build GT Cruiser 23
Re: new build GT Cruiser 23
Get a good random orbital sander and it will allow you to attach it to shop vac. Get a heavy-duty shop vac and dust gone. Brands of sanders such as Bosche and Porter-Cable work well with a vacuum. Tom
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If you want to splurge the dedicated sanding vacuums that clean their own filters are pretty sweet, my shop vac would loose effectiveness as the filter clogged. Using bags in your shop vac can help a bunch too for less money.
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The most used tool in my build was the shop vac. I burned an old one out and went and bought the best one I could find.
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Do you have a 4.5 inch grinder? If so these https://www.amazon.com/Mercer-Industrie ... p_0_t&th=1 will really move some glass. But I warn you the are weapons of mass destruction. Go with a light touch until you see how fast they move material.
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I went through 2 x vacuum cleaners and 3 x orbital sanders for my build!
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Well, how are things?
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Well I finally escaped captivity from the aoudads.
The radious are fixed and I started removing fiberglass. Do I need to remove every speck of the improperly applied fiberglass? I used a sanding wheel on my angle grinder very carefully.
The radious are fixed and I started removing fiberglass. Do I need to remove every speck of the improperly applied fiberglass? I used a sanding wheel on my angle grinder very carefully.
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Remember, the cleaner you work with your fiberglass lamination, the less fairing you will have in your future. That being said, if you are going to re-glass those seams then I would, at a minimum, grind out any glass that didn't get fully saturated or any air pockets. Might want to consider grinding it all off and starting with a clean slate. (I know that is easier said than done because sanding/grinding sucks!!!)
Good luck!
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Good luck!
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What Reid said. No air pockets on hull bottom up to dwl. No air pockets bigger than say a half a dime on the sides above dwl.
If you can press on it and tell there is a void; grind it.
If you can press on it and tell there is a void; grind it.
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Hi guys.
Thank you for the advice. I’m going to keep sanding carefully to remove all of it. I’m glad it wasn’t more.
Thank you for the advice. I’m going to keep sanding carefully to remove all of it. I’m glad it wasn’t more.
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