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[martin]

Originally Posted by Entourage

Wow all epoxy cha ching $$$$$$$ lol. Hell that's even better but yeah 1/2 or 3/8 would be fine on the trawl. Keep us posted, that's going to be a strong transom.

Yes i know,,, but it is what i had started with. The layup from start to finish has been all epoxy.. . I do not wnat any problems with delamination. Or water intrusion, blisters.. More less peice of mind... I never had much luck putting polyester over epoxy...plus i plan on leaving boat in water for a few days at a time.. Twin outboards on a alum bracket mounted.. I do not want to derig and fix transom. Also i cut the outerskin off therefore inhm weaken the hull ... All these factors played in my head and well i optd for the epoxy... Alot more expesive. But after said and done i should not have to do again..

[Entourage]

Very much agreed

[martin]

ground off the excess. And cleaning up the skin I should have done this when the skin was just pulled off and the wood was wet.. Would have been easier.. Boy I wish I had a belt sander..

[hermco]

Originally Posted by martin

ground off the excess. And cleaning up the skin I should have done this when the skin was just pulled off and the wood was wet.. Would have been easier.. Boy I wish I had a belt sander..

Do you mean an air chisel with a wide blade?

[flyingfrizzle]

I saw something new at lowes that would work well for this. It was a wide scraper blade on a chisel that would fit a standard sawzall. They were only like $10 and it looked like it would work well for something similar to what you had to do.

[Entourage]

I use my dewault 7 inch buffer/grinder with a 16 grit pad on it with the variable speed all the way up. Actually works better when the wood has dried.