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The transom repair saga update
Finished layering on cloth and epoxy. I had to use a bit of fill to
get the right level where the outdrive sits against it. Did that part way through and then added more cloth over it. Several thin strips along the bottom as well to thicken that corner. In this shot I've sanded it and gotten it ready to try to get some gelcoat on it. To control the level around the opening I have stapled a small piece of scrap board at the bottom of the opening. If you look carefully there is also a couple small screws below that. The heads of the screws are 1/8" above the surface. http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesgangnc/gelcoat1.jpg In this shot I have smeared some gelcoat on and covered it with my "mold". The bottom edge is stapled to a board and you can see I have a piece of wood holding that against the edge. The clamp holds it down at the level I set with the scrap board and the screws. http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesgangnc/gelcoat2.jpg Results were a little disappointing. I'm definitely going to have to do a fair bit more filling in. I expected some wrinkles because of the wax paper but it looks like I did not have enough gelcoat in the middle of each side. At least from this point I've established a half way decent bottom edge and enough of a surface level to work the low spots up to. The area where I had the screws to set the level did come out well and that's the most important point since the outdrive will sit on that. Next I'll mix up some more gelcoat and trowel it into the low spots. http://home.earthlink.net/~jamesgangnc/gelcoat3.jpg |
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