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I think you will love the fabric. One thing is I probably wouldn’t put a glass vale over it. It you use the peel ply right on the Innegra, it should have enough resin to do a sanding. If you end up cutting into the Innegra while sanding, just cut the nubs off with a chisel and cover it with more...

Sorry for my ignorance. Can you explain the relevance. ? thanks.

I finished building the seats and installing them the bow is a slider. I sanded down inside and out and did a finish coat of epoxy. The inner carbon layer had quite few visual defects so I added black dye to the final coat of epoxy. Any thoughts on the UV blocking ability of that? I’m scheduled...

Took her out for a spin today. Still needs the bow seat and some cleanup work.

Seat support rods. My wife (130#)can do a chin up on them without deflection. They are made from 1/2” x 1 1/4” foam wrapped in three 8oz carbon sleeves. Glued down with epoxy dyed black and thickened with blue board crumbs. Total weigt of seat and support rods is 1# 1 oz plus thickened...

I’m pretty happy with my first seat. It’s three layers of 5 oz carbon, one layer of 7 oz basalt Innegra, and one layer of 4 oz glass. The Plastic Clipper seat I used for the mold is 16 oz. mine is 12 oz. A store bought carbon seat is 8 oz. I’ve never really molded anything like this before, but...

That’s just the epoxy. I haven’t decided yet. Seems like you guys like the old varnish. But I’m kind of leaning towards an automotive clear coat.

Our lakes just went out. And I can’t wait any longer. We’re going for a kneeling test drive tomorrow.

Stern seat mounts are in. These are angle carbon.

The 1/2” foam is so stiff that in order to get it to conform to the hull, I ended up deforming the hull. In the end, it ended up good. The scored foam is scored on a 1” grid. It’s 1/4” thick. I do have small inwhales. i had a lot of cosmetic defects close to the gunwales. And I sanded though my...

Well I’ve been a little busy for a good right up, but here’s where I’m at now. One thing for sure, that 1/2” floor was disagreeable to say the least. And the scored foam went down without any issues. I think I’m the future I’ll use the scored stuff regardless of extra resin it might soak up...

My yoke. It’s made from 1/2” divinycell. I put an 8 oz,1 1/2” carbon sleeve on it and three layers of 5 oz carbon on both sides. It weight 9 oz and apparently holds 67 #.

Ya. Its so flexible the scores stuff drapes either way easily. I’m only using it on the ends because I’m running out of the 1/2” flat stuf and I think the scores will soak up more resin. But the 1/2” is gonna need some sand or something like Jim said to get it down. I tried heating it up, but I...

Somehow I managed to delete most of my last post. Not sure what valuable information was forever lost there. Oh well. My next challenge is to get this floor nailed down. I’ve got a couple questions on that. Should I try to heat shape the foam first then epoxy it down afterwards? Or just throw...

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Well I’m not a great accountant, but I’m coming up on a grand right now. I’ll try to tally at the end. One figure for the wife and one for you guys.

My bold statement of the day: Mending stems is easier than fighting with a mold ! I just sanded out the inside and layed in two strips of basalt Innegra over the cut. Later I will need to lay another one on the outside and a do little cleanup work there. The decks will also tie in with the...

I finally got her off the mold! Now I’ve got to figure out what to do with my mold. And start mending my stems. It weighs 30.5# at the moment. I’m hoping for 45# finish weight. I have decks, inwhales, one layer of carbon cloth, a foam floor, seats, thwarts,stem repair, and a clear coat.

Window film is my only release. I tried filling the hull with water. I really hate to damage the mold. I’d like to use it again. The stern stem would not be too bad to split. Just add another step in an already long process. I could get some pva tomorrow and try that.

Well here she sits and won’t budge. Everything feels very loose except right at the stems. If I don’t come up with any million dollar ideas by tomorrow night I guess I’ll split the stern.