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knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
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Knottybuoyz
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Flight Deck all faired and sanded ready for glass.
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Yours Aye! Rick
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
Nice work Rick!!! Jeff
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That looks very nice!
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
Great looking work Rick!
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
THanks fellas
Taking a few days off for camping just to recharge batteries. Weather looks real good for some large scale glassing next week.
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Taking a few days off for camping just to recharge batteries. Weather looks real good for some large scale glassing next week.
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Yours Aye! Rick
"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
Well this morning started out Ok. First panel of the hard top glassed up. There was no way I could peel ply it myself. Took a little break and decided to do the next section. That was a mistake. The photos are self explanatory.
There was no coming back from the mess I got myself into. The epoxy was kicking off faster than I could get it down. I don't understand, was only about 70 degs and I had less than 5 mins working time with it. I had precoated the ply and tried to lay the glass over top but it went wonky when I tried to position it. After that it was a scramble to try and save it. Made the mistake of leaving a small amount of epoxy in a mixing container on the glass and it kicked off in a real hurry and I was screwed from there forward. No way to salvage this so I ripped it up and tossed it out. Only about a $100 mistake.
No more laying glass over fresh epoxy. I'll sand first.
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There was no coming back from the mess I got myself into. The epoxy was kicking off faster than I could get it down. I don't understand, was only about 70 degs and I had less than 5 mins working time with it. I had precoated the ply and tried to lay the glass over top but it went wonky when I tried to position it. After that it was a scramble to try and save it. Made the mistake of leaving a small amount of epoxy in a mixing container on the glass and it kicked off in a real hurry and I was screwed from there forward. No way to salvage this so I ripped it up and tossed it out. Only about a $100 mistake.
No more laying glass over fresh epoxy. I'll sand first.
Standby....
Yours Aye! Rick
"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
Well that's too bad. Could it have been a bad mix- too much hardener? Some of the previous batch mixed in? You've got so much experience mixing epoxy that I can't offer anything you haven't already done three times!
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I do use a Sticky Stuff dispenser which is supposed to be calibrated for 2:1 but it has screwed up in the past with a cracked filler pipe. I'll check it today.
I've made costlier mistakes.
Just chalk this one up as a training session. Too cold today to even sand yesterday's mess. Send some heat fella's. 
Yours Aye! Rick
"It's not the boat "you built" until you've sworn at it, bled on it, sweated over it, cried beside it and then threatened to haul the POS outside and burn it!"
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
Rick, how cold is it up there already?? Sorry about the mess!! Jeff
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Re: knottyBuoyz III The TW28 Project
I wonder about temperatures. You said only 70, but is that considering you are 10ft up in your greenhouse? I'll bet it's significantly warmer up there.
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