I'm building moulds right now and thought I'd post about all the fun.
I need extra DB's because of whare I'm chartering my boats. People describe the North Channel as "It's rocky" and that is an understatement! I'd rather be prepared with a few extra than rush to ship one in from California.
Materials:
I'm using Polyester resin. Just like what the boat is made of originally. I'm using it for a few reasons. 1 Cost. 2 something has t break when someone hits a rock. I'd prefer the DB break and not the boat.
Fibreglass:
I've got a chopped strand mat that I put on first over the gel-coat. (After it has hardened.) Then I use a heavy weave on top of that. The chopped mat stops the weave from showing through on to the gel-coat. so does waiting for the gel-coat to harden first.
I've cleaned and repaired all the pieces so that the end product will be like new. After cleaning I filled small holes with a semi hard wax. (Like bees wax.) On the bigger man made holes I used clear packing tape.
After cleaning and hole filling I waxed. 4 times.
I did the laz hatch cover first because it was easiest. I just laid it on a work table and used packing tape around the edges on the table.
The DB was a bit more tricky. Because of it's shape I couldn't just lay it down. So I used scrap wood to run along the centre of the front and back of it and cardboard on the ends. Both covered with packing tape. (Fibreglass doesn't stick to it.)
Yesterday I popped the hatch out of the mould. It worked great! I even have the detail form anti slip pattern.
Today I waxed the DB a couple more times and set to gel-coating it.
It's drying now. After supper I'll get to the chopped strand mat.
Pictures:
I need extra DB's because of whare I'm chartering my boats. People describe the North Channel as "It's rocky" and that is an understatement! I'd rather be prepared with a few extra than rush to ship one in from California.
Materials:
I'm using Polyester resin. Just like what the boat is made of originally. I'm using it for a few reasons. 1 Cost. 2 something has t break when someone hits a rock. I'd prefer the DB break and not the boat.
Fibreglass:
I've got a chopped strand mat that I put on first over the gel-coat. (After it has hardened.) Then I use a heavy weave on top of that. The chopped mat stops the weave from showing through on to the gel-coat. so does waiting for the gel-coat to harden first.
I've cleaned and repaired all the pieces so that the end product will be like new. After cleaning I filled small holes with a semi hard wax. (Like bees wax.) On the bigger man made holes I used clear packing tape.
After cleaning and hole filling I waxed. 4 times.
I did the laz hatch cover first because it was easiest. I just laid it on a work table and used packing tape around the edges on the table.
The DB was a bit more tricky. Because of it's shape I couldn't just lay it down. So I used scrap wood to run along the centre of the front and back of it and cardboard on the ends. Both covered with packing tape. (Fibreglass doesn't stick to it.)
Yesterday I popped the hatch out of the mould. It worked great! I even have the detail form anti slip pattern.
Today I waxed the DB a couple more times and set to gel-coating it.
It's drying now. After supper I'll get to the chopped strand mat.
Pictures:
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