Thanks redreuben. Good point about excess wax. I'm a little gun-shy about release as I've had to trash a mold after a boat stuck and then had...
Yeah, I try to tuck the bag into the chine to keep the weight down but I'll look at it again with my next infusion - thanks!
Thanks ondarvr, I like the fan idea to blow out the styrene from inside the female mold. I'll check again when I spray w/ the gauge but I've had...
I build 8' sailing dinghies (prams) used mainly for teaching kids sailing but are also raced out here in California. I'm always concerned with...
I just picked up a mold from a yard for building small racing prams. I'd say fewer than ten boats were pulled from this mould but I plan to build...
Thanks SamSam, I'll give search a try...
Also, I'm now inclined to hand lay-up the glass to the gel coat then load the boat with the rest of the material and then infuse it. Any thoughts...
Yeah, good call. It could have been pretty thin at the rail as my mold is the same color as the gelcoat for this boat... Thanks!
I'm not bonafide expert but it the white board is not plastic then I don't know why it wouldn't work - just be sure it is sanded with ~220 or...
I've been infusing small 8' dinghy sailboats (sabots/prams) for about 18 months and have a consistent problem with voids / spots where the glass...
