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Re: s&g questions
By:Tony
Date: 7/12/2001, 6:54 pm
In Response To: s&g questions (mark)

: 1. Is there a putty or something that can be used hide the wire tie holes on
: my hull panels.

Someone suggest epoxy mix in with wheat flour. You can add wood sanding dust to darken the color. Epoxy / wood dust mixture appears darker than epoxy coating the same wood. Test a small amount to get the wood / wheat flour ratio right to get the correct color match.
But you'll have to sand that flat before glassing. That is too much work for nothing. I did mine just rolling the glass over (holes and gaps) and let the epoxy sip in to seal the hull.

: 3. Has anyone used 2" minicell for bulkheads. The 3" seems really
: thick and heavy. I was thinking about slicing alittle off for other parts
: of the boat.

3" really don't weight that much more than 2", but get 50% more glueing area. I think that is more important.

: 4. The hull panels are slightly unfair running along the chines of my boat.
: Also the panel joins at the bow and stern mismatch by about an eighth of
: an inch. Like a dummy I glued it all together already.....
: Is this not uncommon.

My boat is also slightly crooked, doesn't have any problem goes where I wanted.

Will the boat paddle in circles or something.

Only if you want to.

Messages In This Thread

s&g questions
mark -- 7/11/2001, 10:17 pm
Re: s&g questions
Dave Houser -- 7/13/2001, 4:29 pm
Re: s&g questions
Tony -- 7/12/2001, 6:54 pm
Re: s&g questions
Rehd -- 7/12/2001, 1:59 am
A bit faster
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/12/2001, 3:51 am
Re: s&g questions
Erez -- 7/12/2001, 1:09 am
Re: s&g questions
LeeG -- 7/11/2001, 10:38 pm
Re: s&g questions
Pete Notman -- 7/11/2001, 10:26 pm
Re: s&g questions
100Grit -- 7/13/2001, 8:34 pm
Re: Wood dust
Don Beale -- 7/12/2001, 6:49 pm
Re: cofee grinder on saw dust? No way!
Tony -- 7/12/2001, 6:42 pm
Re: cofee grinder on saw dust? No way!
Pete Rudie -- 7/13/2001, 1:49 pm
Re: I like the taste of Cedar...
Don Beale -- 7/13/2001, 5:13 pm
Re: I like the taste of Cedar...
Ross Sieber -- 7/13/2001, 6:59 pm