Sean H

at least my boat is getting some use....

glassdave

i may never live this down

glassdave

OK . . last i left off (some time ago ) i had bonded the front part of the riser to the deck. the rear extensions are made from the same Coosa composite covered in several layers of 1808 bi-ax and west system epoxy. basically the coosa serves as a core that can be shaped and covered and has a semi structural property. these pieces were roughed out than bonded to the deck and glassed into the front part of the riser.

glassdave

hot gled some stir sticks to keep in in line with thw side of the boat.

glassdave

this is where it got tricky. needed to clean up the inside of the piece so i made up these extensions to follow the lines off the front piece. these two little parts took more work than any of the others. they will also add rigidity to the upright pieces.

glassdave

after everything is bonded and glassed togather it is than roughed out with 40 grit to very close to its final shape. to fine tune the shape the entire surface is covered with westsystem epoxy and fairing filler. this stuff works great for taking care of any porosity and puting a nice radius on all the edges.

glassdave

you want to try to not use to much filler so if alittle glass comes through when you are getting the final shape thats OK.

glassdave

after its final shaped and sanded to about 180 its time to prime. as before i use a 2 part urethane primer.

glassdave

keeping up on this thread is tougher than actually do'n the work on the boat i think

hatch pics tommorow . . . get'n tired . . late . . . wet sand'in the rest of the week

FOUNTAINATLAST

Lookin good, but boating next year a good possibilty.