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Repair fiberglass
I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
area to repair on the hule. Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ? I have never play with this material. Thank you Sylvain |
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Repair fiberglass
Sylvain Sirois wrote:
I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large area to repair on the hule. Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ? I have never play with this material. Sylvain Caution! Glass clad wooden boats can be a nightmare. If the wood got wet, you will probably need to replace it. Poke the wood with an awl to help judge it's soundness. Polyester doesn't stick to wood as well as epoxy does, but even epoxy will not help a boat with soddon, rotton wood. The material is like snot. Sticky, noxious, snot. You should wear rubber gloves and old clothes. Do not 'whip' air into the mix. You will need some experimentation to get the hang of adjusting the mix to allow for additives, sunlight, temperature, humidity, and thickness effects, which make the goo harden more quickly than you might expect. West sytems epoxy manufacurers publish a book with repair hints, available at places that sell west sytem products. Read it. It mostly applies to polyester resin, too, except for catalyst / hardner ratios. Caveat emptor! Good luck. Terry K |
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"Sylvain Sirois" writes: I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large area to repair on the hule. snip I would not touch this deal, period, end of report. It is heartbreak, waiting to happen. -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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Repair fiberglass
I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood log.
I have not found root. Sylvain "Sylvain Sirois" a écrit dans le message de ... I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large area to repair on the hule. Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ? I have never play with this material. Thank you Sylvain |
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Where from Sylvain, MTL here
Pierre "Sylvain Sirois" wrote in message ... I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood log. I have not found root. Sylvain "Sylvain Sirois" a écrit dans le message de ... I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large area to repair on the hule. Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ? I have never play with this material. Thank you Sylvain |
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Repair fiberglass
La Côte-Nord; Baie-Comeau.
Sylvain "Pierre" a écrit dans le message de news Where from Sylvain, MTL here Pierre "Sylvain Sirois" wrote in message ... I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood log. I have not found root. Sylvain "Sylvain Sirois" a écrit dans le message de ... I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large area to repair on the hule. Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ? I have never play with this material. Thank you Sylvain |
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