[strick]

A little progress this weekend. I was able to get some work done to the seat box molds. The MDF was sanded with 220 and modeling clay was used to make the radius's around the corners. The molds were then waxed with partall paste and 5 coats of PVA was then sprayed onto the mold surface. This was allowed to cure 24 hours and then duratex was applied to the inside of the mold.









I made some patterns of the top and sides of the molds out of heavy construction paper and then pre cut all my glass and core cell to fit.








2 layers of heavy matt were laminated in place



The a layer of 1708 and then the core cell was glued in place



I try to use up as much scrap fiberglass as I can. Using the extra material helps cut costs on glass.



The gaps between the corecell were filled with cabosil and then 2 layers of 1708 are laminated in place. All the corners get a layer of 1708 tape several times during the lamination.












I've been working to get the bottom of the boat ready for primer. There were 3 thru hulls that needed to get filled and now that we have access to the bottom of the boat we were able to finally get that done.




Moving back to the seat boxes. Excessive glass was trimmed with the grinder and my little harbor freight tool that I showed earlier.




The roto zip works well to cut the glass on the out side of the mold.




Some shots showing the part coming out of the mold. It's nice when things turn out good as this seat box did. No alligators or voids in the glass...and the part did not stick to the mold.... all problems I've had at one time or another. I think I'm starting to get better at this.










The clay is removed to be used another day.




The box is strong and light weight. There will be a liner that goes into this when I get a chance to make it.






















Thats it for now

strick