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Stevenson Projects Micro-Cup
Parallax ) writes:
Tonight, got one centerboard box made, ran out of material (3" wide material) for second. Decided not to enclose it before sealing and painting it. Strange that the instructions do not specify painting the inside before enclosing it. On the one daggerboard trunk that I've made I gave the inside surfaces two coats of polyester resin for abraision resistance, just the inside exposed surface, leaving the gluing surfaces uncoated. To help the polyester adhere to the plywood the first coat was put on uncatalysed and allowed to soak in over night before the second catalysed coat was put on. Then the inside surfaces were given two coats of polyurethane liquid plastic for extra waterproofing. This was a winter project so had the luxury of lots of time to allow things to cure. It was also a lower cost alternative to coating the inside with epoxy resin. I reserved the more expensive epoxy to gluing the daggerboard to the boat and sealing the slot with a couple additional coats. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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