Fibreglassing Transom

February 26th, 2010

Some prgress at last. I started fibreglassing the transom today. I wetted out and saturated the cloth with epoxy using a plastic scraper, then rolled it all over with a foam roller. There are a few drips/runs but overall I’m quite pleased with my first effort. It wont take too much effort to sand down any drips and do another couple of coats of epoxy.

My perfect scenario is that the transom will be good enough to leave with a “bright” wood finish. The 2nd coat of epoxy was applied this morning, but it’s a little cloudy. I’m hoping this is just air bubbles caused by rolling to vigorously and hopefully it will clear during curing. If not, then lesson learnt and I might have to invest in West 207 hardener (designed for bright finishing/coating) or else I will give up on having any wood finish and just paint the whole hull and transom.

Started Fibreglassing

January 28th, 2010

Swine flu brings boat building to a halt

October 2nd, 2009

Progress with sanding ready for fibreglassing

September 11th, 2009

2nd coat of epoxy and sanding

August 30th, 2009

First encapsulation epoxy coat

July 7th, 2009

New transom “veneer”

July 1st, 2009

Sanding before fibreglassing

July 1st, 2009

Bottom planking glued and screwed

June 22nd, 2009

Beale Park Boat Show ‘09

June 6th, 2009

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