Its actually not uncured resin. But epoxy resin. In the 80/ 90 boats the foam structure and the floatbags were fastened with epoxy intead of poliester. And as you might know, if a coat is not puted on top of the resin the surface of epoxy resin never completely dries, so that is the reason for the tackiness. The execption to this is finishing epoxy resin which is epoxy mixed with an additive to dry, which knowadays is more common.
Oh, thanks for helping me see that replacement is so much better than just drilling and injecting. The pre-bonding to the old deck skin and then pre-fab of the panel is great. You must have inserted the foam into the location while bonding the old deck skin to get a consistent fit for each panel, right?
Wonder if instead of clamping you could weight it with something like bricks or the like? For the horizontal surfaces of course. That way you would get more even pressure to the surface area of the panel.
That putty like material is not resin, it's the puttly like material they use in the U shaped deck / hull joint. It's a very expensive sealant / adhesive called plexus, of something like that.
How did you make the panels
Its actually not uncured resin. But epoxy resin. In the 80/ 90 boats the foam structure and the floatbags were fastened with epoxy intead of poliester. And as you might know, if a coat is not puted on top of the resin the surface of epoxy resin never completely dries, so that is the reason for the tackiness. The execption to this is finishing epoxy resin which is epoxy mixed with an additive to dry, which knowadays is more common.
Oh, thanks for helping me see that replacement is so much better than just drilling and injecting. The pre-bonding to the old deck skin and then pre-fab of the panel is great. You must have inserted the foam into the location while bonding the old deck skin to get a consistent fit for each panel, right?
Wonder if instead of clamping you could weight it with something like bricks or the like? For the horizontal surfaces of course. That way you would get more even pressure to the surface area of the panel.
How did you make the foam panels?
Can you please tell me where you got the replacement foam?
great work, but you forgot to replace the wood block for a cleat attachment point
That putty like material is not resin, it's the puttly like material they use in the U shaped deck / hull joint. It's a very expensive sealant / adhesive called plexus, of something like that.