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Peel ply question
Help me please guys, I'm just about to lay up a hull with two layers of uni-directional cloth and epoxy and I want to lay peel ply over it. My problem is that I have very little experience with laminating, confined only to repairing the occaisionally holed dinghy after being too stupid. I have just done the initial layup which called for six layers of woven cloth in the keel area, in preparation for the full hull layup. I didn't want to try to do the entire layup in one go because I would not have enough help (I think) or experience to do it all. I would also have a relatively small area to put right if I botched it up. That was a good idea as it turned out. So I laid up the cloth and epoxy, and laid on the peel ply. It looked really nice until I came back a day later and saw that it had transformed itself from a nice smooth oval of cloth to a picture of the North Sea on a bad day. More wrinkles than an elephants trunk. Which means more work sanding I suppose, but what bothers me is that I tried REALLY hard not to stretch the peel ply as I brushed it smooth, but I guess I must have done. I need to do the full layup on the hull now, but I'm worried that I'll botch it again and it's gonna look really bad. Any tips from out there? Can you not brush the damn stuff at all? I did put more epoxy on than I needed in fear of not having enough. Would that have had an effect? If so, When do you know that it's just right? Thanks in advance, Pete |
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