Project Log: Monday, December 20, 2010
With a free afternoon on my hands, it was the perfect opportunity to install the patches on
the larger openings on deck, which I'd not been able to
get to as hoped during my last work session. To
that end, I cut circles of biaxial cloth to the
appropriate sizes for the various openings, then
installed them in epoxy resin. Based on the depths
of my tapered areas and the thickness of the original
top laminate, I installed two thicknesses of material on
each patch. |
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I'd yet to address filling the 1-1/2" holes I'd bored in
way of the ragged location of the original mooring bit
on the foredeck. To fill these deep holes, I cut
circular pieces of 3/4" G-10 prefab epoxy laminate to
fit closely within the bored holes (two layers to make
up the depth of each hole, for a total of eight pieces).
I installed the solid laminate plugs in beds of
thickened epoxy, completely filling the overbored holes
in the deck. The two plugs in each hole brought
the level to within about 1/8" of the deck surface, so I
covered the tops with additional epoxy. Once these
patches cured, I planned to grind a large area
encompassing all four holes, then to install layers of
fiberglass to incorporate the entire repair with the
surrounding deck. (In the forward cabin, later, I
planned to install additional fiberglass to reinforce
the area beneath.) |
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Total Time Today: 2.25 hours
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