Got the bench glassed back in.
The next step is to fare the edge to the luran and do a light surface faring.
Fun facts:
3 layers of 1700 +-45 biaxual stitch matt totaling 40 oz of glass.
28 oz of epoxy wet out
9 oz of topcoat (2 layers)
I put down clear coat first to seal the foam and add some filler to the corners. I let that cure to a tack.
Added three layers if cloth with small batches of mix between, let that dry to a tack. Cut off the excess stitch matt while the epoxy was still "rubbery"
Added two coats with a tack between those. Cut off the packing tape while the top coat was still rubbery. No sanding!
There was some fish eye going on with the first clear coat to seal the foam. The fish eye occurred right over the cavities that were filled PL3X. The epoxy was glass smooth over clean foam. This may have been the source of the fish eye issues with the rudder mount and engine mount repairs.
No epoxy over glue. This may also been bad for the pucks if glue was not removed from the luran edges and not cleaned well.
I think when i was cutting the excess glass off the edges my wrist touched a tacky spot, because there was a little fisheye action going on and it was getting pretty hard by then as i was fighting a dull blade. The oils or sweat might gave contaminated that area. It glossed over nice on the 2nd coat. A new fush eye appear at the bottom edge, cant explain that one. It will be faired.
I will plan on doing the other bench the exact same way to keep the weight and look symetrical.
Lessons learned.
* Dont let epoxy touch the PL3X
* Cut the fiberglass matt to the exact size of the repair.
* Dont let body parts touch the surface. If body parts touch surface, then let cure fully to clean with degreaser.
Try to use poly resin. This epoxy $ is holding me hostage.