Thursday, July 30, 2015

Gluing - Mix mix mix

Last Friday I ordered epoxy, fiberglass tape, fiberglass cloth and wood flour online. The package finally arrived today, so I began work this evening and glued the boat.

Step one was to apply epoxy thickened with wood flour to create a curved "fillet" in all the seems. After making a nice smooth fillet, two layers of 3" fiberglass tape are placed over the fillets and saturate with epoxy. Finally a coat of epoxy is rolled over the entire interior.

My wife was a huge help with this step. She mixed the epoxy why I applied it to the boat.  Essentially she made and mixed epoxy for over 2 hours straight. Half way through the process my son Ryan came out to help. They were both terrific and this saved me hours of time. 



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