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Old 10-13-2010, 02:13 PM
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I hope you will use kevlar-epoxy or carbon-epoxy prepregs for the hull. If you do things, do'em right.

You know, I might just do that. My boy's almost 6 and I bet he'd like a pop-pop boat, and I just found an old roll of kevlar. Doesn't that stuff tend to absorb water? Should I try to dry it out first? I should do a test piece just to check it out, and a pop-pop boat is a nice size. I just need a mold...
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Old 10-13-2010, 06:21 PM
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i was gona do it with plywood but over the weakend ill do the juice version ill leave the more "complicated" version later
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You know, I might just do that. My boy's almost 6 and I bet he'd like a pop-pop boat, and I just found an old roll of kevlar. Doesn't that stuff tend to absorb water? Should I try to dry it out first? I should do a test piece just to check it out, and a pop-pop boat is a nice size. I just need a mold...
Damp sand has been used as a boat mold in the past. Somewhere on this forum there was mention of it being done beachside.
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