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[choppinczech]

Low viscosity.

 

[choppinczech]

Here's their 3 different thicknesses.

I use the medium viscosity for bonding, and the low viscosity for laminating glass.

 

[fletcherson]

Here's their 3 different thicknesses.

I use the medium viscosity for bonding, and the low viscosity for laminating glass.

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Thanks for the lesson! I was confident that you had the knowledge. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress on your project! I was reading an article on a different forum and the author mentioned mixing a powder in to form a putty, which he used to fill. He basically said to round over the corners, then Build them back up with this mixture prior to banding the edges with glass fabric. I believe his reference point was on boat repair. It seemed to be overkill for my intent. Any thoughts?

 

[fletcherson]

Low viscosity.

Fortunately I did order low viscosity, multi purpose epoxy. I didn't realize the difference. Lucky for once!

 

[choppinczech]

I was reading an article on a different forum and the author mentioned mixing a powder in to form a putty.

Yeah, it's milled fibers. I use it quite often. Great for building inside radiuses.

It looks like flour. Mixed with resin, it'll make a real nice putty or filler. Mix up the resin and catalyst first and add scoops of the filled fibers till it's what you're needing.

 

[Vince]

Thanks for the suggestions! I think I'm gonna just seal it with fiberglass resin, sand it and prime it.

I know on boats that the rear transoms are fiberglass covered and in the center where the motor mounts is marine plywood. So yes I'd cover it all with fiberglass.

 

[hulkamania]

 

[choppinczech]

Good stuff.

Vacuum bagging is so cool.

 

[hulkamania]

We are looking into vacuum bagging some of our parts

 

[fletcherson]

I was thinking the same. I've seen u tube vids of home brew vacuum bagging, not overly complicated. Those transomes are a dramatic improvement over the traditional plywood and fiberglass method. I have a bass boat that needs redone right now, I doubt it gets done by me, I don't have the energy I once had.

 

[choppinczech]

We are looking into vacuum bagging some of our parts

Hulk, have you seen this Smooth-On reusable silicone parts bag?

 

[hulkamania]

Yes I have seen that before. Very cool. we have did a lot of research and even went over the Ranger Boats and watched them doing vacuum bagging also.