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Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Aug 28, 2011 9:48 am
by varmint1
YDOC462 wrote:Man that looks great! Looks like u knew what u were doing! U had that varmit in the water yet?

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I only knew what I was doing because of this GREAT FORUM and GREAT MEMBERS that dont mind answering questions, thanks guys! Yeah I had the Varmint out at the lake the last time I was home, still tweaking on it. :up:

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Aug 28, 2011 9:52 am
by Hippie459MN
varmint1 wrote:I only knew what I was doing because of this GREAT FORUM and GREAT MEMBERS that dont mind answering questions, thanks guys! Yeah I had the Varmint out at the lake the last time I was home, still tweaking on it. :up:
PICTURES!!! Glad t hear ya got it on the water. :up:

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Aug 28, 2011 1:57 pm
by varmint1
I made some more progress today, didnt get much done yesterday, had to bring my children to the Circus. Started off by dry tabbing in the inside of the stringers, then dry fitted the core,bedded them in and sealed them up.
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filled all voids around transom with cab-o-sil
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tabbed transom
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Pictures are out of order :thinking:

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Sep 01, 2011 5:04 pm
by YDOC462
Looking good man!

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Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Sep 01, 2011 8:45 pm
by 77viper
YDOC462 wrote:Looking good man!
Yep I agree :up:

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Feb 25, 2012 9:36 am
by varmint1
A question to anyone who has done more glass work than me. Do I need to grind the glass that I already have already laid before I glass anymore, since the last time I worked on it was in August. Patrick

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Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Feb 25, 2012 10:07 am
by 77viper
Yes just a light grind to get the fibers on the top.

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Feb 26, 2012 10:39 am
by VultureNo2
Looks good. You're getting there. Bill :up:

Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Feb 26, 2012 12:38 pm
by varmint1
Thanks Bill, hope to get some more work done on it as soon as I get back home

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Re: '82 Vandal Floor and Recore

Posted: Feb 27, 2012 5:54 pm
by alaskastreamin
Looking good there. :up: Nice clean work!!!

One thing I noticed that might help. "prime" the wood with resin and let dry before you glass to it. If not, the wood will soak in the resin and pull it away from the fiberglass. You will know this is happening if you see white spots appear after it dries. This also applies to the Balsa. (seals the end grain)
I actually add a "splash" of acetone to allow it to penetrate the wood deeper. You can double the hardner for this part if you want.
Keep the pictures coming. We ALL like pictures. :mrgreen: