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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 7/5/2011, 3:19 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak (Stephen Troy)

: Thanks for the offer. I'll give it a shot here first and see if I
: can't find it. I believe there's a compressor over at the shop.

When you find the leaks what is going to be your method for repairing them? I'm guessing you'll patch the area and give it a fresh coat of resin over the affected areas.

Why not skip half the work? Just give the entire boat a fresh coat of epoxy, and two caots of varnish. Then see if that seals all the pinholes/abrasions/ stitched areas, etc.

You probably have plenty of fabric for a good base for the next coats, so why do more that just apply them now? If you have one big leak you might see it as you put on the resin. Drop a patch of glass cloth over the area and it will wet out in the fresh resin. Otherwise, I think another layer of resin will do the trick by itself.

PGJ

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Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 6/30/2011, 2:53 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
StephenHJ -- 6/30/2011, 5:12 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Jeff Horton -- 7/1/2011, 8:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Scott Shurlow -- 7/1/2011, 9:41 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 7/1/2011, 10:27 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Jeff Horton -- 7/1/2011, 2:51 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 7/1/2011, 5:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Noel Bennett -- 7/1/2011, 10:22 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:09 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 7/2/2011, 4:32 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 7/3/2011, 4:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Bill Hamm -- 7/4/2011, 12:29 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/5/2011, 3:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Stephen Troy -- 7/5/2011, 10:16 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
David Bynoe -- 7/1/2011, 11:13 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Tony Ling -- 7/1/2011, 6:17 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Locating/repairing leak
Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:13 am