Propellerhead
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Nov 15, 2013
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looking good. however are you going to paint it prior to final assembly?
Thank you! And definitely. I'm mocking things up right now. I'll take everything off to paint it.
looking good. however are you going to paint it prior to final assembly?
Looks like we sort of in the same neck of the woods. I'm putting my 6 in tonight. Sorry to hear about the filler, that is really weird. I have seen it shrink ever so slightly from heat, but that isn't noticeable unless you have it painted.....and is a very very small amount. The only time I have seen it crack is when it is flexed a lot! Maybe too much harder or just bad filler? Where did you get the tie downs by the way?
Boats looking good. I'm getting ready to start my project i'm a little south of salt lake how did you go about getting your resin from 3d art? Just call or walk in? Aso did you get your glass local? I've been researching and looking around it seems kinda hard to get with out a huge shiping fee.
I understand your thinking on the oak for the MM's but..in actuality laminated plywood is a better choice. Hopefully that is White Oak and not Red oak. White Oak has Tanin in it and is much more water resistant than red oak
Question PropHead, Why are you glassing the side panels? How are you going to stretch and attach the vinyl? It will pretty difficult to drive the staples through the glass.
I had used automotive "vinyl roof" adhesive (DAP Weldwod "landau top" Contact adhesive) on my last customer project because the seat structure was entirely fiberglass...worked very good, but was a serious PITA!!
Prop, I agree something is better thing nothing. I if may, the trouble with just resin, is that is very brittle with out the csm. heat and cooling contraction alone will crack it. I would suggest Wood on glasss's "old timer formula" it works very good for water proofing.
See post #2 in this thread for the formula. http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat-...-interior-wood
Here's another thread discussing the use of the formula: http://forums.iboats.com/forum/boat-...timers-formula