Recent content by FrankisCaptBobo

Hi all, Finally got around to posting pictures. Remember, you get 10 people doing this and you'll see 10 different processes... I'm very happy with this and think that it's bomb proof and good for the life of the boat and then some. There was very little sanding to do and very little fairing...

The side show what was under the black plastic trim it\'s full length. Dry resin starved mat... Nio wonder water leaked into the coring underneith.

all excess epoxy paste that squeezed out along the perimeter was thoroughly removed and cleaned off to be added just before the transom outer glass face was reapplied.

I found I had to remove more glass as I was dealing with some white mystery paste that I found around the perimeter of the balsa coring so I didn\'t feel the need to put those little pieces back in as the epoxy and microfiber paste is at least as strong. So the white streaks are not trapped air...

Again

added ~3/8 shim close to the sides to add the gentle curve in my transom and allow for the outside piece of glass to go on flush 360degrees.

with a narrow transom like this horizontal braces using the engine mount holes and 8\" screws works real well.

The light 3/8\" shims allowed for the ~1/4\" outside glass and a light 1/8\" of epoxy and microfiber paste.

Didn\'t check the thickness of the existing glass until after I ground it down and felt that it wasn\'t just one or two layers of mat. It was already 3/16+, but because I already ground it and had 2 layers of 1208, 1 of mat and the PeelPly cut, I went ahead and applied...

Same...

Had some weird crap going on at the edges making me change my cut line several times... no biggie.

Hi Thataway, 1. The Coosa was BW26lbs/square foot at a 1" thickness. I could have gotten away with the BW20 as I'm sure that it's stronger than 1" balsa, but I lean towards overkill... 2. When everything is bonded with epoxy and microfiber I have never seen a bonding failure or a crack...

Sorry for the wait. My friend that was helping, because he's one of the few people that I know that has a bit of epoxy experience, just left today so instead of working on my boat or his boat or socializing with mutual friends, I finally have time to upgrade this post and share a few (very...

Well, after leaving my boat at Radcliff Marine in Belhaven, NC for a month, waiting for them to look at my engine which wasn't firing on all cylinders, I got tired of waiting and picked up my boat. I then drove it to a Honda mechanic that had been recommended to me on the offhand chance that he...