As far as I know, no need to wet the wood before gel magic.FOSTER wrote:When using GelMagic to glue down the butt blocks do you need to put epoxy on the wood first or can I just put GelMagic on both pieces of wood and glue them together without additional epoxy?
FOSTER'S XF20
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Re: FOSTER'S XF20
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We went on vacation so I didn’t have much time to work on the boat. Here are some updated pictures of the progress.
Butt blocks glued down
Luke helping sand the stringers
Hailey and Luke cleaning up Dad's messy glue job
Stringers mounted on top of saw horses
Bottom of hull laid on the stringers with holes drilled every 10" and tie wraps in the holes
All the panels tie wrapped using a piece of 1" PVC under the hull
After tacking the hull with EZ-fillet
Butt blocks glued down
Luke helping sand the stringers
Hailey and Luke cleaning up Dad's messy glue job
Stringers mounted on top of saw horses
Bottom of hull laid on the stringers with holes drilled every 10" and tie wraps in the holes
All the panels tie wrapped using a piece of 1" PVC under the hull
After tacking the hull with EZ-fillet
Brent
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Great progress. Can't wait to get started on my XF20 kit. Keep up the good work and keep those little workers working away. Cute kids. Is that Meranti or Okuome?
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Tom in Steinhatchee
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Re: FOSTER'S XF20
Yep, the boat looks great Good to have helpers to make the work go faster. Please get them some dust masks for the sanding though, that is rough on little lungs.
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Tom the wood is Meranti.
Cracker Larry yeah I need some dust mask I keep the fan blowing across them. They usually get tired really quick and start trying to build their own boat out of the scrap plywood I have to put in the pool.
Cracker Larry yeah I need some dust mask I keep the fan blowing across them. They usually get tired really quick and start trying to build their own boat out of the scrap plywood I have to put in the pool.
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Re: FOSTER'S XF20
Looks real good Foster, nice work. Have you thought about coming to the builders meet?
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Re: FOSTER'S XF20
In Port O'Connor on the 29, 30 and 31 of July. Clark's Inn. Here's the link...http://forums.bateau2.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25550
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