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Bad Boy
Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 115 City/Region: Fresno
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Cat Fever
Photos: Cat Fever
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: What Type of Resin is used on TC255? |
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Purchased a TC255 in September 2007 and was wondering if anyone knows what type of resin C-Dory uses on their hulls? Polyester or Vinylester resin? |
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Alok
Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 291 City/Region: League City
State or Province: TX
Photos: Top Cat
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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When I talked to the factory in 2006, I was told that the Tomcat hull was laid with Vinylester resin.
If you are considering bottom paint, there is a lot of stuff on this site on bottom paint/epoxy/vinyester/blisters _________________ Alok
C-Dory Tomcat (Topcat) sold January 2012 |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20813 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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My understanding is that there is one layer of vinylester resin after the gel coat. It was not entirely clear if this was with the layer of fabric or just vinlyester resin. I believe that the vast majority of the layup is polyester resin. There are very few boats which are fully built with vinlyester resin. It is considerably more expensive, has slightly better bonding and slightly better water permeability resistance.
The only documentation I have seen is in the Skagit Orca layup--that is that under the Cook gel coat, there is 1.5 oz of "Vinylester resin". If the boat was entirely laid up with vinylester, I believe that this would be highly touted. _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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Alok
Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 291 City/Region: League City
State or Province: TX
Photos: Top Cat
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: |
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I will defer to Bob's "thataway" Austin's more detailed explanation above. He knows a lot more about this than many of us. |
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