Good progress! Doing it right always takes more time, effort and money, but i feel that if you're going this far already, you might aswell put in the little bit of extra effort to upgrade it and have the peace of mind that it wont fall apart again!
My thoughts exactly. I don't want to have to do all this over again in 10 years. The way I'm building it, hopefully it will last a long time. Thanks for watching!
I can't remember the technical name, but did you allow drain holes at the base of your stringers to allow water from each bilge pocket to drain to the center and out through the transom? I think I see drain holes at the very rear/stern of each stringer, but was that enough? (If you cover this later, never mind. I'll see the results then.)
You mention that oversaturating glass makes it brittle. I've watched dozens of fiberglass videos and you're the first to say this. Please don't take this as a criticism, for I'm just being curious ... how has your experience determined this? I've got a bunch of fiberglass work to do on my boat, and don't want to make any first-timer errors.
It's a term referring to polyester resin which has been thickened to a peanut butter like consistency with chopped fiberglass fibers and fumed silica/cabosil. It's the stuff I used to bed my stringers, fill gaps, and make radiuses before laying the tabbing down.
Good progress! Doing it right always takes more time, effort and money, but i feel that if you're going this far already, you might aswell put in the little bit of extra effort to upgrade it and have the peace of mind that it wont fall apart again!
My thoughts exactly. I don't want to have to do all this over again in 10 years. The way I'm building it, hopefully it will last a long time.
Thanks for watching!
I can't remember the technical name, but did you allow drain holes at the base of your stringers to allow water from each bilge pocket to drain to the center and out through the transom?
I think I see drain holes at the very rear/stern of each stringer, but was that enough? (If you cover this later, never mind. I'll see the results then.)
You mention that oversaturating glass makes it brittle. I've watched dozens of fiberglass videos and you're the first to say this.
Please don't take this as a criticism, for I'm just being curious ... how has your experience determined this?
I've got a bunch of fiberglass work to do on my boat, and don't want to make any first-timer errors.
What is peanut butter
It's a term referring to polyester resin which has been thickened to a peanut butter like consistency with chopped fiberglass fibers and fumed silica/cabosil. It's the stuff I used to bed my stringers, fill gaps, and make radiuses before laying the tabbing down.
Mark, Andy of #BoatWorksToday has great videos on fiberglass work, including the making & use of resin "peanut butter".