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05-12-2014, 08:20 PM
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I hate grinding. I think I spent 5-6 hours with a 4-1/2 inch angle grinder with 40 grit flap wheel. And I got something (fiberglass, of course) in my eye, despite the glasses and the moon suit. Looks like nothing major, thankfully. And I look like I went to a paintball gun fight wearing nothing but jeans and a t-shirt. Little circular bruises everywhere. Laying on stringers all weekend will do that to you.
 I slipped with the angle grinder and went thru the tabbing into the first layer of woven roving on a stringer. Nothing big, but I will patch it up. Thankfully, the stringer tabbing looks ok. I think this boat was a trailer queen, and damage is from storage, not flying off waves. Then I grit blasted some. That is very effective. But I had to level out the surfaces for the foam spacers first. What a PITA. But it looks good now. I also got the carbon fiber deck stiffener laid up. I managed to put a 3/16" crown in it (the right way!) for better deck runoff. I may add one more bulkhead forward- or at least prep while I am in there- maybe CF over foam, as I forgot I has so much cloth laying around. Then I have to hustle to get this done before July 4. 
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05-12-2014, 09:42 PM
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I'm curious how effective the blasting deal is from HF? Was thinking about getting one of those for a project coming up soon.
Also, how the carbon fiber works for stiffening. I've been playing around with cloth/epoxy on a scrap piece of 1/2" Coosa to see how stiff it gets when laminating both sides. It does work pretty well but I think carbon fiber might be a good way to go despite the extra expense. The boat looks like it's coming along great!
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