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  1. J

    1990 C-Hawk 18 rebuild

    Picked up a piece of 3/4” Coosa, made the template for the transom. I’m gonna see if my poly tent around the boat will get me up to 65°+, if not, guess I’ll be on hold till temps come up.
  2. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    The vendor I bought it from, says the fibers are bonded with powder, so styrene based product isn’t needed. Thanks
  3. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Wow, best prices I’ve seen,thanks
  4. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Thanks for the info, will do. Yeah, I still have gelcoat in the bilge area, and the sides of the hull to clean up. I’ll keep an eye out for that, thanks
  5. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Spent the morning getting the bulk out of the transom, still have more to go. The area where the motor mounts, it’s getting pretty thin, but I still have exposed CSM (pic) keep going till it’s pink or day light comes through, lol? I plan on putting two layers of 1708 on the inside, before I...
  6. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    That’s what is steering me towards epoxy. I’ll be fiberglassing in the garage over the winter
  7. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Seems to work pretty good, I already had dust and debris in the bag, so couldn’t judge how much was going into the shop vac. I was grinding for about 45 min, with this ending up in the 5 gallon bucket. I only had the hose near were I was working, still plenty of dust in the boat that ill vacuum...
  8. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    I just made one using the 5gal bucket, this morning, plan on putting it through the rigger this weekend. I’ll let you know how it works out
  9. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Just made a pre filter ( cyclone) for the shop vac, it’s suppose to catch a lot of debris before it gets to the shop vac, and clogs filters and fills the bag. Also bought a new hepa filter for it
  10. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Will do, the core is out of the transom, so this weekend I’ll get everything ground down and cleaned up.
  11. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Well said, I don’t even respond to people that come across like that.
  12. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    I’m using an angle grinder with a 40g flap disc and a Mikita 1-1/8” belt sander. It gets to the pink pretty quick. In the pic, I was just knocking down high spots were the stringer was bedded. Just finished pulling the core out of the transom last night, gonna be doing some serious grinding...
  13. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Lol, could always silicone a piece of lexan over the hole, and sell it as a glass bottom boat
  14. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Lol, time to break out the tyvek suit and respirator
  15. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Thanks for taking the time to write that, much appreciated. I have been leaning towards poly, mainly due to cost, heck that’s what the boat was built with 33 years ago. Thanks again
  16. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    Thanks for the info, leaning towards poly due to cost, heck, the boat was built with it 33 years ago, and this is the first rebuild. I have a couple electric heaters I can put under the hull to warm things up
  17. J

    Poly or epoxy, not sure what to go with?

    I’m redoing a 1990 Chawk 18, stringers transom and obviously the sole. I’m in the process of removing all the old core material and plan on using ACX plywood. This is my first restoration and have no real experience with either, beside small repairs. I’ve heard not to use poly if it’s below...
  18. J

    1990 C-Hawk 18 rebuild

    Decided to block her up, now the dirty work begains
  19. J

    1990 C-Hawk 18 rebuild

    I’ll probably go your route, and just support it the best I can. Thanks
  20. J

    1990 C-Hawk 18 rebuild

    Hello all, I picked up a 1990 Chawk 18 this past spring as a project boat. The below deck fuel tank was shot, transom was wet and debonding, the deck core was saturated. The stringers don’t seem to bad, but I want to raise the deck 1-1/2”, so it self bails, so I plan on redoing them as as well...
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