My plans changed as all things do for the Easter weekend and the opportunity arose for me to proceed with the lamination process. On Friday I rounded up a team of volunteers for Saturday morning and worked late Friday evening prepping the mold.
When I started the prep work the first thing I noticed was that my Hardi Board was starting to buckle slightly even though it had been covered with plastic and a tarp. I had to take screws and fasten it down in quite a few places and am still concerned some of this may transfer to the top of the deck requiring more fairing and sanding.
After waxing I used my sprayer to apply the PVA.
Taking notes from Billy I recessed my hatch mold 3/4". I didn't have time to get the wax and wound up using the modeling compound for a short radius.
I carried the hatch recess all the way to where the deck will tie into the rear of the boat and hopefully drain any water that accumulates.
My volunteers were all in their 20's so I knew there was about a 50/50 chance of them showing up after going out Friday night. Luckily two showed at 10 and one at 10:30. I was prepared to call it off if I didn't have at least two helpers.
Layup consisted of two layers of 1.5 oz matt and two layers of 1708.
Working the area around the hatch. I followed Billy's suggestion about using micro ballons after the matt was applied to avoid a fight with 1708 during the layup.
After cutting the flange off.
Sanding to prep for the coring material.
Backing for the center console and leaning post.
Layout of the rest of the Divinycell.
More to come.....