83 SN restore in Idaho

Seth,
I happened to be talking to Greg by phone yesterday and the conclusion was I need to go visit my eye doctor for a new set of glasses! Yes, do some more grinding untill you get closer to the matting/cloth in your hull. I went back and looked closer at your pictures and you have spots with quite a lot of resin on top. The resin is simply a glue to hold the fiberglass together. It's the glass that gives the hull strength as the resin is really pretty brittle.

Seth,
Yes on the first picture. Greg - OK??

I agree with Pete.
I would think that Seth should be able to lay a nice mat and epoxy mix for the Stringer in that 1st picture.
Will want to lay a well soaked mat under that stinger to eliminate any voids.

You're so bad Roger! LOL

Seth, I think you would have had a good repair before...now you'll have a better one! There's also an OCD quotient to be factored in.

The dust will tend to hide what you're looking at; if you haven't already, give the area a good wipe down with a wet rag. I actually rigged some scrap gutter under mine so I could rinse it out.

Buffalo - ya they did.

Okay so 5 hrs of grinding and 5 35 grit disks and I have one side of the main (bottom of picture)down to what I think is solid.

BuffaloBFN wrote:    I actually rigged some scrap gutter under mine so I could rinse it out.

Greg,I'm surprised that with the shortage of rain you had when you were doing your boat,that you just didn't take one off the house Up here we just wait until the 2 foot ice dam removes them

I now have all the pieces glassed together and put in the primary today.

Have a question, I have glassed the primary to the hull. Should I wait until that is curred to start the fillet? Do I need to wait for a cure at every layer or can I put it all together in the same day. The layers will be bond to hull, fillet, three layers of glass. I've never worked with fiberglass so any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Seth,
Very nice work! I see some of Greg's methods have rubbed off on you with radiusing the edges. It does make it easier to lay up the glass.

No you do not need to wait for each coat of epoxy to cure. Just wait for it to "kick" (set up). Acually, it's better to keep going because with just waiting for the kick, you will get a better bond. The feeling is you get more "chemical" bonding rather than a mechanical bond after the complete cure.

nice... keep the pics comming.. what wood did you use..fir? sure looks nice..are you planning to refoam?

^^^

Along with what Roger said, I found a jitterbug to be the tool to get it close. I also used a belt sander, but it doesn't have a full surface bottom and wants to clog. For the final touch-up, use a straight and square 2x4 or the like and glue 60 grit paper to it...makes an excellent screed!

For leveling longer surfaces, I made two aluminum angles than bolt to the sides of my belt sander flush with the belt surface. Starting with the high spots then you can get down to the level of the stringer tops. The only problem as Greg mentioned you can't get into tight spots. A couple lengths of angle would help.

The 2x4 with the 60 is probably just as fast!

Thanks everyone for the tips and encouragement. I'll try to remember the sanding tips for when the time comes. Currently I am only half finished on the stringer part. Got 2" glass tape on both main and secondary on the drivers side yesturday. I have the next nine days off. I think that after I get the 4" glass on the drivers side there will be enough rigidty to the hull to cut out the other side. Hopefully I can accomplish this and get them back in by the end of the month. The weather is starting to turn nice and my wife and I are getting anxious to get on the lake.

Cheers

Well, I ran out of time before the snow hit the ground. I have all the stringers in, but that is it. I should be moving it to a heated garage in Feb and will be able to resume the work. Right now I'm working 90 hr weeks - no time for the restore

Looks nice. I bedded the first main on my 82 today. Does not look as nice as yours yet, but I think it will look much better when the fillets are in.

I plan to use single layer of 2,4, 8 tape. Couple of layers over the top. FWIW.

BKH