epoxy hardening/filling Q's

It's just crack filling on an inside bulkhead against the hull, the hull is 4mm Luan so pretty flexible, I'd like to use a small, say 1/4 inch fillet to seal all the corners of the floatation chambers against the hull as well, not much flex there.
Hmm, wonder if I can use silicone for inside the flotation chambers?

I'll be taping all chines (stitch and glue), stem, and the transom inside and out and using about 1/2" fillets on the chines although the plans don't call for them, more for looks than anything structural, I don't want the stitching wires to show and I'm concerned about voids under the tape where the wires are.

minno


If you have some flex, enlarge the fillets to 1/2" around the chambers.

Pull the wires out, it's pretty easy with heat or electricity.

You can also make thickened epoxy "tacks" between the wires that are small enough to be covered by the final fillet, but will hold the structure together with the wires removed. So many ways to skin this cat.
 
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