http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and
hopefully have an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this
point I'm still working on getting the basic hull shape laid
down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

Does anybody else have a problem with millions of insects
commiting suicide by diving into wet epoxy? Does it contain
some kind of bug pheromone?


DSK wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and hopefully
have an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this point I'm still
working on getting the basic hull shape laid down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

SOP...

I just let it cure then scrape them off before recoating... and try to
remember to close the shop doors next time ;*)

Brian

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Does anybody else have a problem with millions of insects commiting
suicide by diving into wet epoxy? Does it contain some kind of bug
pheromone?


DSK wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and hopefully have
an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this point I'm still working on
getting the basic hull shape laid down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

Brian D wrote:
SOP...

I just let it cure then scrape them off before recoating... and try to
remember to close the shop doors next time ;*)


Shop? At the moment, I'm working in the driveway. Some of
the work gets done in the garage, but I prefer to do sanding
and large batches of epoxy outdoors.

Regards
Doug King

Doug, if you're really serious about this project, you'll capture a few
hundred bugs, cast up some bug-epoxy biscuits and take 'em to your local
materials testing lab for testing the mechanical properties of the
composite. At minimum, they'll be 'involved' in the next sanding step.

Another argument for peel-ply.

Jim



"DSK" wrote in message
...
Does anybody else have a problem with millions of insects
commiting suicide by diving into wet epoxy? Does it contain
some kind of bug pheromone?


DSK wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and hopefully
have an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this point I'm still
working on getting the basic hull shape laid down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

Jim Conlin wrote:

Doug, if you're really serious about this project, you'll capture a few
hundred bugs, cast up some bug-epoxy biscuits and take 'em to your local
materials testing lab for testing the mechanical properties of the
composite. At minimum, they'll be 'involved' in the next sanding step.

Another argument for peel-ply.


They kamikaze into the stuff before I get the peel ply on!

Actually, the ones I *really* hate crawl across the back of
my neck when I've got gloves smeared with epoxy on my hands,
sometimes biting/stinging in the process.... *then* they
dive into the epoxy on the boat...

Oh well, I'll just tell people that not only is the boat
carbon fiber, it's got a higher ratio of organic composites!

Regards
Doug King

The System Three "Epoxy Book" suggests that it's the bug's only chance for
immortality.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Does anybody else have a problem with millions of insects commiting
suicide by diving into wet epoxy? Does it contain some kind of bug
pheromone?


DSK wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and hopefully have
an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this point I'm still working on
getting the basic hull shape laid down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

A few million years from now archeologists will unearth Dougs boat, discover
the preserved bugs, take DNA samples and "Jurrassic Park 10" will be
launched with DSKs running amok instead of dinosaurs.
MMC
"derbyrm" wrote in message
m...
The System Three "Epoxy Book" suggests that it's the bug's only chance for
immortality.

Roger

http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Does anybody else have a problem with millions of insects commiting
suicide by diving into wet epoxy? Does it contain some kind of bug
pheromone?


DSK wrote:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...35692614jGKHEb

The plan is to finish it with 4.5oz carbon fiber skins and hopefully
have
an exceptionally light & strong boat. At this point I'm still working
on
getting the basic hull shape laid down properly, and fair.

Regards
Doug King

MMC wrote:

A few million years from now archeologists will unearth Dougs boat, discover
the preserved bugs, take DNA samples and "Jurrassic Park 10" will be
launched with DSKs running amok instead of dinosaurs.
MMC

OK I confess

You have uncovered my plot to rule the world!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

I'm finally right about something? I've got to get my wife to read this!
MMC
"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
MMC wrote:

A few million years from now archeologists will unearth Dougs boat,
discover
the preserved bugs, take DNA samples and "Jurrassic Park 10" will be
launched with DSKs running amok instead of dinosaurs.
MMC

OK I confess

You have uncovered my plot to rule the world!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King