You can grind just the areas getting glass but....but I recommend the entire hull. Like a pc. of mind knowing you found ALL the little faults in the glass.
Thanks KC! I definitely understand the piece of mind with going over the whole hull, I have a few areas I am certainly grinding over and touching up, Woven which is bubbled up and some huge globs of just garbage.
The other thing that really worried me was the rivet holes in the cap. Most of them are at the top if not breaking through the top lip, I definitely want to grind, and reglass these so that the holes are in a stronger part of the hull. Its a blurry image of the cap, but I was trying to get the view into the inside.
So with all those touchups ill probably end up grinding 70-80% of the hull but I have definitely inspected the whole thing.
Yup looks like factory install. Usually when you see that weave of glass, roven woven
it usually indicates factory. I can be dry from not enough resin and resins pools in areas that didn't get worked enough into the glass. Lots of guys show these over pour pools of resin. I had it too and grinded it out to glass over. It's brittle and has no strength.
Sad to me that the factory had this happen so frequently that its showing up in these rebuilds often enough. But I've worked in manufacturing and honestly, its scary some of the stuff that gets through. These pools are definitely getting ground out and reglassed. Ive heard that epoxy resin has strength on its own, not much though. But most of these boats were manufactured with Polyester resin which is exactly what you said, brittle and no strength. I plan on working the resin into the glass so that it fully adheres and its something I can be proud of.
Looking good there Acon... and don't give a hoot what others think about speed. Always comes down to time and money.
Honestly the timeline has been doing ok! Hoping to get a splash this summer/fall at some point; probably late fall lol. Everyone on here has been super helpful so far. Lots and lots of experience thats helping me to avoid some big mistakes.
Cheers everyone! Thanks for following along!
