Deck coating / Turned complete restore

[ahmincha]

Re: Deck coating / Turned complete restore

Thanks gt I did watch that awhile back great sound track you added and did plan on revisiting it before I do mine now I do not have to search

 

[ahmincha]

Re: Deck coating / Turned complete restore

Csm on top and half way down the sides when that dries I will do other side

 

[ahmincha]

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fuel tank bulk heads one coat csm

 

[Woodonglass]

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Hey, what happened to all dem dere Air Bubbles!!! What's up with Dat!!! You gettin better or sumthun!!!!

 

[ahmincha]

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The flats look pretty good the small 1x cross boards have there share of air bubbles. But I figured where they are placed and being as the originals had nothing I am not going to get nuts over it

 

[ahmincha]

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fuel tank strap Plywood the fuel tank will sit on

 

[Woodonglass]

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You're really layin down the glass today!!! Go Man Go!!!!

 

[ahmincha]

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Yeah I lied a had to grind the glass off the cross braces I just cant get them tight radius's. Now I see why the factory didn't do them haha

 

[Woodonglass]

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Are you tuggin and pullin the glass to loosen it up a bit before you try to lay it over the radius?

 

[ahmincha]

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No I forgot that trick you told me about I will try it again tomorrow Thanks again

 

[ahmincha]

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I have this in spots on my dried fiberglassed pieces its not as bad as it looks in photo I super zoomed. These are the gas tank bulk heads that will be tabbed in with 2 coats of 1708 over it. What is the cause and in this instance can I go over it or does it need redone. It is not raised

 

[Woodonglass]

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I don't say this very often to newb's but...More Resin!!!! It's dry on top. Maybe due to over rolling it.
Let's review.
Coat the wood with resin. Once it's Tacky Re-Coat with resin and then lay the mat on top of the wet wood and roll the mat into the wet wood starting from the middle and work towards the edges. I like to use a bubble roller to force the resin into the mat from the bottom up and work out air in the beginning. I then use a short nap roller to roll additional resin into the mat from on top again from the middle out. Once the mat goes Clear I stop. No more rolling necessary. No more figeting. Nada!!! Done!!!
I'd roll a thin coating of resin on that and call it good.

 

[GT1000000]

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I agree with Woody, looks too dry...if you can pull up that corner I see in the upper left...I would guess it isn't sufficiently protected against water intrusion...
Hopefully it is no too much real estate that is like that, but it seems to me that it would definitely be a candidate for being redone...
If it is only a section of it that looks that way, you can just grind the bad away and re-do that section only...
Follow Wood's procedure^^^^above and you should not have any further issues...
Oh and don't feel too bad, I have had my share of "Failures to properly laminate"...all due to errors on my part...
Carry On!

 

[JASinIL2006]

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That's what mine looked like when I wasn't wetting out the wood sufficiently before applying the glass. In my case, I think the wood sucked up the resin and left the voids. I started letting the resin soak in more, in some instances lowering the %age of MEKP to slow down the curing process so the resin could penetrate, and it stopped doing that.

 

[ahmincha]

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Thanks gt yeah its only about 2"x2" section ill grind that out redo Looks larger then it is I super zoomed so you guys can see better.
Thanks jas I know you guys are right I will slow down a little and let the resin soak in better. I was actually wetting it out with resin and basically adding my csm trying to go to fast

 

[ahmincha]

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Good news is these came out better then the small ones so I still got some forward progress

 

[ahmincha]

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Had to cut fuel tank board down for height Now I just make it with floor but nowhere to bolt my straps to plywood fuel floor Will front to rear straps be sufficient any better ideas I am at a standstill till I work this out

 

[ahmincha]

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What do you guys think of brackets from above

 

[NicoPags]

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Would look great with the straps over top. I must say I'm just coming across this thread and I've taken many great pointers from you folks. Will you fabricate some way to still have access through the deck?

 

[ahmincha]

The lines in red represent the cross braces that carry the deck. Would sandwiching blue foam strips under them work to hold the fuel tank in