Questions about the new boat
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 2:32 pm
Hopefully sometime in the coming weeks I'll be building a new boat and trust me the more I look into things the more questions I have.
I've about decided to get the epoxy and cloth from U.S. Composites
but what weight of cloth should be used?
If I'm covering the the entire thing, inside and out with cloth, will I need tape too? If so what weight, and for what?
Seems like I saw somewhere that somebody mentioned micro balloons or something like that. Do I need them? What do you do with them?
I produce quite a bit of sawdust around here but very little wood flour. I have seen where others used regular wheat flour. Is this ok or do I need to buy wood flour? If about how much should it take to do a 6 panel hull?
I've seen pictures of different peoples build using S&G and some use spacers between the panels when doing the fillets and some don't. Is one way better than the other?
Somebody, think it was pepperfool, just taped the panels together to do the fillets. Seems like this would be quicker and easier than the drilling and wiring, but is one way any better than the other?
Where do yall get your various supplies?
trust me in the days to come there will be lots more questions
thanks
kevin
I've about decided to get the epoxy and cloth from U.S. Composites
but what weight of cloth should be used?
If I'm covering the the entire thing, inside and out with cloth, will I need tape too? If so what weight, and for what?
Seems like I saw somewhere that somebody mentioned micro balloons or something like that. Do I need them? What do you do with them?
I produce quite a bit of sawdust around here but very little wood flour. I have seen where others used regular wheat flour. Is this ok or do I need to buy wood flour? If about how much should it take to do a 6 panel hull?
I've seen pictures of different peoples build using S&G and some use spacers between the panels when doing the fillets and some don't. Is one way better than the other?
Somebody, think it was pepperfool, just taped the panels together to do the fillets. Seems like this would be quicker and easier than the drilling and wiring, but is one way any better than the other?
Where do yall get your various supplies?
trust me in the days to come there will be lots more questions
thanks
kevin