fiberglass repair
I have a 1959 Helton wooden boat. The previous owner fiberglassed below
the water line. This is now starting to peel away at the transom , which is where the fiberglass stops. Any tips on repairing this ? |
fiberglass repair
I do not know how long is your boat?
At this stage there is not much that can be said. You do not know the condition of the wood under the polyester or epoxy resin fibreglass. You can try to strip away the peelings at the transom and find out the humidity of the wood. The other step is to take If the wood is dry you can repair it. If the wood is wet and dowdy you will have to remove the fibreglass, the rot and let the wood air dry before doing any repair. Further testing can done with a humidity tester and core sampling. Once you are dealing with dry sound wood repairing the fibreglass covering is not a problem. The resin of choice is epoxy, not to say that polyester can not do a fair job on a small boat. "mako2006" wrote in message ups.com... I have a 1959 Helton wooden boat. The previous owner fiberglassed below the water line. This is now starting to peel away at the transom , which is where the fiberglass stops. Any tips on repairing this ? |
fiberglass repair
If you get down to the wood and find that its rotten you might look
into using GitRot or System 3's FixRot then rebuilding the wood with one of the Epoxy probucts. System 3 makes one as does Bondo and Evercoat. Jim On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:05:16 GMT, wrote: I do not know how long is your boat? At this stage there is not much that can be said. You do not know the condition of the wood under the polyester or epoxy resin fibreglass. You can try to strip away the peelings at the transom and find out the humidity of the wood. The other step is to take If the wood is dry you can repair it. If the wood is wet and dowdy you will have to remove the fibreglass, the rot and let the wood air dry before doing any repair. Further testing can done with a humidity tester and core sampling. Once you are dealing with dry sound wood repairing the fibreglass covering is not a problem. The resin of choice is epoxy, not to say that polyester can not do a fair job on a small boat. "mako2006" wrote in message oups.com... I have a 1959 Helton wooden boat. The previous owner fiberglassed below the water line. This is now starting to peel away at the transom , which is where the fiberglass stops. Any tips on repairing this ? |
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