Hello all, I am doing some hull repair and touch-ups and would like some tips. First off, I'll be doing a bunch of gel-coat repair on the keel as well as fixing up some scratches. Once I have the gel-coat looking nice and pretty, I am going to lay down a fiberglass keel strip using polyester (?) resin. I got the resign from Current Designs and it is what they use. I have never used this type of resin before and am curious as to how it works. Is the ratio of catalyst the same for the resin as for the gel-coat, is it four drops per tablespoon? For the strip, I was going to taper some fiberglass tape to a point. I figured I would roll it up, dunk it into a plastic cup with resin, then roll out on to the hull, squeegee and let dry and sand. Any tips here? Thanks! -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>Is the ratio of catalyst the same for the >resin as for the gel-coat, is it four drops per tablespoon? Yes, it's probably polyester resin, and yes, you use the same ratio of MEKP catalyst. >For the strip, I was going to taper some fiberglass tape to a point. >I figured I would roll it up, dunk it into a plastic cup with resin, >then roll out on to the hull, squeegee and let dry and sand. Any tips >here? Thanks! You could either taper it to a point, or just put it on straight, and then sand the end down to a fine ramp. (Wear a dust mask/respirator). Alternately, instead of dunking, just use a foam or chip brush, brush a bit of resin onto the hull, lay the glass in it, and brush on extra resin into any dry spots. Squeegeeing is a good idea. I wouldn't sand right away--if you want a smooth surface, add 1 or 2 fill coats of resin after the initial coat cures to fill the weave of the fiberglass. Then sand those down. No point in removing any glass thickness at this point--let the barnacles and oyster shell beaches do that for you! -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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