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() And that did it. Looking at the weave coming through after squeegeeing that on, I thought I'd be filling longer. Except for dust flecks it's much smoother than I expected, and all three coatings on in one long day(I was painting at 9 pm when it was still tacky).
Because of the smallish pieces, I used a brush for the two fill coats. The West is the limit of brushable consistency. Pretty stiff. Using the 'checker board' method, I moved along with a nice even coat that tipped off nicely. Seems that laying it on one way in carefully spaced lines then tipping it the other way, the stiff attained a nice viscosity that brushed out nicely.
I'll give it more time to cure before finishing off the nasty edges the cloth leaves and sanding the gloss flat for paint, sometime in the future. Thanks.
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- A cockpit well.
- Hoisting points
- I will need some hoisting points.
- Complication I have is the two big cockpit locker tops.
- Are you planning to glass the entire inside of the cockpit well?
- The "modern" approach would be to have a gutter below the lids which drains out into the cockpit.
- That is what I'm doing.
- Sounds like a good plan. As regards the hinge side gutters others must have solved this previously.
- Pondering hinge side...seems my memory conures up the usual.....
- Here's a rough sketch in actual size of my plan.
- I think the gutters are too narrow, Tom.
- Fiberglass saves space, I need the wood structure around the gutter.
- why not build fiberglass locker lids....
- That sounds like more than I want to learn about fiberglassing.
- To make the glass work easy...
- Set time on polyester is more of a curse than a benefit...
- And that time helped. All done and a fill coat on.
- Nice work
- In the end, I turned up the heat and got a second fill coat on.
- Nice work
- UV and staining resistance?
- I haven't had a problem with poly going off before I was done...
- And that time helped. All done and a fill coat on.
- Set time on polyester is more of a curse than a benefit...
- To make the glass work easy...
- That sounds like more than I want to learn about fiberglassing.
- Re: Fiberglass saves space: Is a 3/4 inch gutter going to
- why not build fiberglass locker lids....
- Fiberglass saves space, I need the wood structure around the gutter.
- Looks about right to me. Couple things I notice......idle curiosity.
- I think the gutters are too narrow, Tom.
- Here's a rough sketch in actual size of my plan.
- Pondering hinge side...seems my memory conures up the usual.....
- Sounds like a good plan. As regards the hinge side gutters others must have solved this previously.
- That is what I'm doing.
- Tom, bear in mind all those trim and joining pieces are there to deal with end grain exposure.
- Complication I have is the two big cockpit locker tops.
- I will need some hoisting points.
- You disappoint me, Tom
- Hoisting points