Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

[TripleJGraffis]

Are you adding cabosil to the PB?

https://www.amazon.com/Fasco-Epoxies-Cabosil-Silica-Thickener/dp/B0756L83XR

You will find poxy will flow downhill so may need to keep working it.

Yes. I added about a cup of cabosil to a cup of resin. Wanted something a little thicker to help stay put while glassing on a vertical surface. What do you think about the whiter spots on the 1708 vs clear spots? It's all dry and rock solid. Is it still good?

 

[kcassells]

IDK..? I just always like it clear, that tells me I'm good. Sometimes you get a bad pc. of glass. I explain it off that the "Cat pissed on it."
Always work the top down.

 

[tpenfield]

The woven roving looks fairly dry. When you are using fiberglass cloth (WR or Biaxial) you want the resin to really soak in. Thickened resin makes it more difficult to do so.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

The woven roving looks fairly dry. When you are using fiberglass cloth (WR or Biaxial) you want the resin to really soak in. Thickened resin makes it more difficult to do so.

Would you say it is still ok as is, and do better with the next layer or do I need to get rid of it?

 

[tpenfield]

Would you say it is still ok as is, and do better with the next layer or do I need to get rid of it?

If it is solid and has no voids, I would just make good on the next layer.

In terms of wetting out fiberglass, this is what you are looking for (clear). Below is some biaxial cloth, bonding the top of a stringer to the underside of a deck. You can see right through the cloth.

 

[Drivewayboater2]

If it’s your first layer I’d probably start over. You need a good bond to the boats original polyester. Hope that makes sense It really should be saturated and clear when doing layers. Just like the picture that tpen posted.

 

[Drivewayboater2]

That said if you start chipping away at that layer and it seems to have a good bond you may be okay.

 

[kcassells]

Well... those are the answers you don't want to hear. Ahhh you already knew it though or ya wouldn't have asked. And good for you, we've all been there.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

I tell ya what......Rent just got jacked up 200.00. That's an increase of 400.00 in 3 years. Having extra money to spend on this boat just got even more difficult.

 

[garbageguy]

.. extra money...

That's always been funny

 

[TripleJGraffis]

That's always been funny

It's a tough world out there in the job market. I can not speak for everyone else, but fortunately for me....my job pays well, so after budgeting all my bills, I still have a chunk of "fun money" to do whatever I wish without it impacting my financial obligations. Some of that fun money now needs to go towards rent.

Time to find a house soon....I would rather pay that much to own. I might eventually have to focus on that and take my mind off the boat for a while.

 

[kcassells]

As with me LIFE gets in the way as well as many others.
The great part is the boat is there always waiting for you. Cover and protect it if it ends up sitting for awhile.
I can see you are too determined not to finish off this ole gal. :}

 

[TripleJGraffis]

As with me LIFE gets in the way as well as many others.
The great part is the boat is there always waiting for you. Cover and protect it if it ends up sitting for awhile.
I can see you are too determined not to finish off this ole gal. :}

Nah......She's not going anywhere...Might take a while.....but you are spot on!!! She WILL hit the water one day!!!

 

[redneck joe]

If your boating money doesn't interfere with your living money, you are doing it correctly.

 

[aspeck]

Dang, an increase of $400 in 3 years… most of my rentals are barely more than $400 a month and haven’t gone up in YEARS!

 

[TripleJGraffis]

If your boating money doesn't interfere with your living money, you are doing it correctly.

I gotta thank my better half for that!!!! I am a late bloomer, but was taught about 2 years ago how to budget in a manner that really works well for me and I have been able to save up a good chunk of money since, on top of having fun money to play with as well!

 

[TripleJGraffis]

Dang, an increase of $400 in 3 years… most of my rentals are barely more than $400 a month and haven’t gone up in YEARS!

Can I rent from you???? Landlord is claiming that he's only doing it to match the rental prices within the surrounding neighborhood. I think it's BS....It's a choice to raise the rent.....Not a legal obligation. But this is also the same guy who told me 3 years ago that he was charging me less for rent than what he was paying for the mortgage.....So I'm not too sure what to think, aside from the fact that if I am paying 1400.00, I would rather own the house.

Anywho.....we're going off on a separate tangent here.....Back to the boat.

 

[kcassells]

BS

 

[kcassells]

Yup agree.... just do your thing. Get that boat going. :}

 

[kcassells]

1966 MFG Rebuild

Went over this morning to add some csm over those engine mounting holes and all the other holes from that metal plate. I kinda wanted the ozzy out the back to make some PB rivets but with so many holes I would be chasing and dripping PB all over my feet. I forgot to get another board for the...

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