Looking good buddy, transom is looking stronger than factory now for sure, if you have a lot of filiting to do just use woodflour (fine sawdust) with resin and a soup spoon to apply it , use a piping bag to put it down like caulk, use the spoon like an ice cream scoop to get excess up clean and the back of the spoon to smooth it down after, different size spoon ,different radius . No real secret to making resin go further though other than remembering it's a pleasure boat not a military grade bullet proof assault vehicle but a little bit of overkill never hurt anyone 👍
I restored a40 year old boat and the factory only glassed over 2 of the 5 stringers and they did not attach 3 of the stringers to the bottom of boat.The three bare stringers looked like topsoil when I tore out rotten floor.The 2 stringers that were glassed were still solid.I just put another 2 layers of fiberglass over them and I renewed the other three. The floor was not even sealed on the underside. When your boat is done it will probably be better than factory!!!Viewing in Canada
Get yourself a set of fiberglass rollers (clean them with acetone after every use) it will help lay the wetted fiberglass down without air bubbles and makes the resin spread alot further. Injecting the air bubbles with resin is a really good idea because an air bubble (especially a large one) is where either a crack or delamination starts.
That’s a great idea! Cleaning resin off of things is something I have yet to master. I will look into getting a fiberglass roller. Also very glad to hear that injection is at least a half decent idea lol
Bro you doing a hell of a good job. I look forward to your videos. My bayliner does not have the two smaller stringers inside the two taller that support the deck. Mine is same year all though I have noticed my boat is with the OMC 800.
Thank you! That makes me day to hear! That’s interesting though… maybe they realized that the smaller stringer wasn’t worth the money and left it out on your model
Is it any different installing composites for stringers and bulkheads over ply? I'm beginning a rebuild now and want that anti-rot factor plus weight decrease of coosa so wanted to know if the process is any different? Thanks
Great question! Other than the fact that you need to wear a mask while cutting this stuff I believe it lays down much the same as wood. If anything is different it might be that it is more porous than wood. This might mean that it could use more resin or benefit from certain rollers/brushes.
Your working hard, I’ll give you that but don’t you think it would have been better to do the whole aft section in 1 solid piece of the kosa board? That would have lite you use less epoxy.
You are doing an incredible job, pal. That will be a boat to be proud of. You are very talented and a true perfectionist.
Great job.
Thank you so much!
Looking good buddy, transom is looking stronger than factory now for sure, if you have a lot of filiting to do just use woodflour (fine sawdust) with resin and a soup spoon to apply it , use a piping bag to put it down like caulk, use the spoon like an ice cream scoop to get excess up clean and the back of the spoon to smooth it down after, different size spoon ,different radius . No real secret to making resin go further though other than remembering it's a pleasure boat not a military grade bullet proof assault vehicle but a little bit of overkill never hurt anyone 👍
I would really like it to be bullet proof though... haha but excellent tips and advice! No truer words have been spoken. Thank you!
don't stop your getting there a couple more videos and you'll be done 😂👍👍👌
Hahaha just a couple more!
I restored a40 year old boat and the factory only glassed over 2 of the 5 stringers and they did not attach 3 of the stringers to the bottom of boat.The three bare stringers looked like topsoil when I tore out rotten floor.The 2 stringers that were glassed were still solid.I just put another 2 layers of fiberglass over them and I renewed the other three. The floor was not even sealed on the underside. When your boat is done it will probably be better than factory!!!Viewing in Canada
Wow! Sounds very similar to our situation. That gives me a little hope that our boat will be strong. Cheers Darryl!
Get yourself a set of fiberglass rollers (clean them with acetone after every use) it will help lay the wetted fiberglass down without air bubbles and makes the resin spread alot further. Injecting the air bubbles with resin is a really good idea because an air bubble (especially a large one) is where either a crack or delamination starts.
That’s a great idea! Cleaning resin off of things is something I have yet to master. I will look into getting a fiberglass roller. Also very glad to hear that injection is at least a half decent idea lol
Bro you doing a hell of a good job. I look forward to your videos. My bayliner does not have the two smaller stringers inside the two taller that support the deck. Mine is same year all though I have noticed my boat is with the OMC 800.
Thank you! That makes me day to hear! That’s interesting though… maybe they realized that the smaller stringer wasn’t worth the money and left it out on your model
Is it any different installing composites for stringers and bulkheads over ply? I'm beginning a rebuild now and want that anti-rot factor plus weight decrease of coosa so wanted to know if the process is any different? Thanks
Great question! Other than the fact that you need to wear a mask while cutting this stuff I believe it lays down much the same as wood. If anything is different it might be that it is more porous than wood. This might mean that it could use more resin or benefit from certain rollers/brushes.
Your working hard, I’ll give you that but don’t you think it would have been better to do the whole aft section in 1 solid piece of the kosa board? That would have lite you use less epoxy.
We considered it but because the transom isn’t flat it would have been difficult to mount one solid peace. We would have liked to though