Days are ok to do glass work 10/15 k for a half decent hull at the 40 foot mark , lots of 30 ft boats but I’d like a little more size
I’ve done the checking out not much around in the size I’d like
I’m the sole worker for n this project. I’m going to be using vinyl ester resin and I’d like to incorporate Kevlar in the build process there...
To my surprise I have the opportunity to take ownership of a 40 ft mono hull fibreglass mould to make my own yacht . It’s a well known design from...
so I had to repair a hull of a boat I made , sanding down almost to the glass material , so needed to spray a new gelcoat layer over the hull and...
after pulling a boat out of the mould I experienced little air bubbles popping out of the gelcoat in patches only in the hull. Hand layup with...
Im super excited , manufactured a plug out of foam made a great mould everything went well , sanded the mold surface down to 2000 grit and used 3m...
Thanks for those replies I usually keep the artwork fairly simple and I feel " less is more" with gel coat artwork , especially as mentioned an...
Hi all Any one got techniques in adding in intricate artwork into gel coat in the moulding stage ? I've played around somewhat with stencil art...
Hi all Was doing a hand layup with 2 layers 225 gms/sqmtr of CSM and one layer of carbon/ Kevlar and trialled using cork as reinforcement using...
Thanks Tunnels Exactly what I wanted to hear ...the boat is relatively small ,I'll check the dura tech out and report back Thanks appreciated
Hi all I have redesigned a boat ( plug) by shaping with bog ( bondo ) and now need to get coverage over this so I can spray tooling gel coat...
I'm wanting to install a larger oval shaped hatch lid over the original smaller round hatch ,which means I need to make an insert of the shape I...
Just wondering if any one has done any in mould changes like adding new bits to a mould rather than manufacture a whole new mould ? I have an...
Vacuum pressure was what I have been looking at but am wondering if the set up time etc is to any real benefit over my hand layup ,which produces...
No it's all hand contact no bagging
I currently hand lay sea kayaks and am investigating if going infusion.Currently the layup is in the deck 2 layers of CSM and one layer of cloth...
Awesome replies --I'll take heed of some of this advice and some of the links were helpful as well
Awesome thanks The mould has come up perfectly sanding down to 2000 wet and dry and then cut polish followed by a finish polish and since you...
I have manufactured a kayak mould and found getting those last sanding swirl marks out very hard and frustrating. Does any one have any tricks...
