If you're using lauan and polyester resin, you haven't been listening.
I see bowling in your future.


"Andrew Butchart" wrote in message
. ..
For my current project - a Stevenson's Weekender - I'm very close to being
able to put on the sides. To avoid crawling around inside the boat
coating
and painting, I'm wondering about doing that before I put the sides on.
I'll mask off where the glue joints will be during a trial fit. The sides
will be 1/4" luan coated with polyester resin (no fiberglass on the
inside).
I'll fiberglass the outside after assembly.

My concern is whether the resin will be able to take the bending after it
sets up, or will it crack? Has anyone else tried to do things this way?
I
don't really want to crawl around inside the cabin breathing in fumes
trying
to do the coating.

--
Andrew Butchart

Jim Conlin wrote:
If you're using lauan and polyester resin, you haven't been listening.
I see bowling in your future.




That's right!

You should be using aluminum and a MIG setup. What!?! You can't afford
that?!? Well, I guess you have no business building boats, then! You're
only permitted to build a boat if you have the wherewithal to use
nothing but the finest and most expensive of materials. That's why we
all drive European luxury cars and never THINK of buying a box of store
brand cereal.

LOOK. We all know that okume/epoxy (or whatever) is a better choice than
luan/poly. There's ALWAYS a better option than the way you're doing it.
It's about what you yourself are satisfied with, along with what you can
afford.

I drive a 23-year-old toyota, I buy food with the same name as the store
I buy it in, and I build small boats out of whatever's cheapest.

Also, I do not bowl. I'm too busy messing about in my (apparently)
non-waterworthy vessels. Which have yet to fall apart, leak, sink, or rot.

YMMV,

Chuck

Unlike boats, when a car fails, you can usually get out and walk.

"Chalatso" wrote in message
...
Jim Conlin wrote:
If you're using lauan and polyester resin, you haven't been listening.
I see bowling in your future.




That's right!

You should be using aluminum and a MIG setup. What!?! You can't afford
that?!? Well, I guess you have no business building boats, then! You're
only permitted to build a boat if you have the wherewithal to use
nothing but the finest and most expensive of materials. That's why we
all drive European luxury cars and never THINK of buying a box of store
brand cereal.

LOOK. We all know that okume/epoxy (or whatever) is a better choice than
luan/poly. There's ALWAYS a better option than the way you're doing it.
It's about what you yourself are satisfied with, along with what you can
afford.

I drive a 23-year-old toyota, I buy food with the same name as the store
I buy it in, and I build small boats out of whatever's cheapest.

Also, I do not bowl. I'm too busy messing about in my (apparently)
non-waterworthy vessels. Which have yet to fall apart, leak, sink, or rot.

YMMV,

Chuck

Jim Conlin wrote:
Unlike boats, when a car fails, you can usually get out and walk.


Sufficient and properly distributed floatation goes a long way toward
easing my mind. That, and several years as a lifeguard, should save me
if my canoe sinks out from under me in the three-foot-deep backwater
where I fish for bass.

Yes, if I were building boats for use in more difficult/dangerous waters
than the Ohio River and its tributaries, I would definitely invest in
better materials. I can completely understand and appreciate the point
you're making, and it is a valid one.

Chuck