We are about to infuse a cap in a new mold for a 20ft skiff. The cap is completely flat except for the hatches, which have recessed gutters. The...
We've got three layers of 1.5 oz CSM on a 20ft mold we're making using a isopthalic tooling resin. We're going to do 12 layers total and...
Thanks everyone for your replies. Went back at it with the longboard today and I think it flattened nicely. We’ll see what it looks like when...
I'm working on a 20'x 8' running plug. The plug surface still has a bit of "waviness" to it, particularly where the topsides meet the spray...
Maybe I should attempt to simplify the question: Most infusion instructional I’ve watched have a 30-45min infusion time for a resin flow...
I ran a test infusion panel last night. The infusion stack was: 45/45 12 oz biax 0/90 12 oz biax h80 1/2" divinycell (perforated) 0/90 12 oz...
I'm in a small town close to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Chris and Fallguy: That's all really good info, thanks for the feedback. I am planning on using flow media, so hopefully perforated will work. I...
I've been wet bagging all of my parts to date but I'm about to make an order of infusion materials so I can make the switch. I'm infusing a...
TANSL, Roger that. I appreciate the input.
TANSL, Right, but the bulkhead could still be added and tabbed to the inboard side of the laminate/triangular foam fillet. It would therefore...
Thank you for the replies everyone. The attached graphic shows the best approach, I think. Ad Hoc: Yes, I've added additional laminate plies at...
I'm building an 18ft cored skiff in a mold. I've tapered my 1/2" divinycell core so that the laminate transitions to solid laminate at the...
As stated previously, I'm working under the assumption that the use of grid-scored core is inescapable in the curved parts of the mold. I want to...
So, after looking around I've seen that Proset epoxies have an "extended open time" laminating resin that is supposed to give you 8 to 9 hours...
Per my other post about IMC’s, I’m about to start an 18ft skiff built from a mold of my design utilizing cored laminate and epoxy resin. The last...
Groper, thank you very much. I had given some thought to high build epoxy primer but have seen a lot of people going the duratec route so my...
I'm in the process of finishing up a mold for an 18ft skiff of my own design. I'm adding plywood stiffeners to the mold and about to de-mold from...
Anyone here rolled and tipped polylon HP? I just purchased two gallons to do a skiff. The sales rep. at Sherwin didn't order the reducer but he...
Thanks to all who replied. Baeckmo, your input is extremely helpful.
