Started 20' upgrade and restore

[billythekid]

well today was the layup day.I tried to take as many pics as time would allow. The time constraint was tight with the laminating process. I waxed and sprayed the the mold on friday to have it set. We started off with the duratec this morning, using 1.5 gallons sprayed with a cup gun. after this we cut two layers of mat to size staggering the joint on each layer.The most important part of the lay up is the first two layers of mat,becuase you cant have any air bubbles for voids. we didnt start until the duratec got tacky.






we used white duratec and gray duratec as the backup







these are my two friends / proffessionals that came to help me laminate the deck. after doing all the layup it was way too much work for one person. during the layup 2 of us were rolling out and 1 guy was smoothing out.




here we are dry fitting all the coring and marine ply. The coring is really easy to work with.


its definitly not rocket science laying the coring and the wood blocks we kept the coring in about an 1.5 inches around the outside and the hatches.







The Devilet putty has the texture of coolwhip it to gets mixed with MEKP. we applied it with a 1/4 notched trawl for laying tile. this stuf is a mess and it gets everywhere. One thing we goofed on was not marking where some of the pieces were from and after some head scratching were figured it out. After everything was set in place we back filled any voids with the putty and put a 45 degree radius on the access hatches were we had left the 1.5 inch space for the final layup.












well sunday am we are layng up the final 2 layers of glass. so far we have using 8 gallons of polyester which is right on what we expected.

till next time

[Trayder]

Billy-

I am overseeing the restore of an 18 that I plan on re-selling this spring. At this point it is in the fairing/priming stage.
Really looking fwd to your pictures of the deck lamination.

J

[billythekid]

here are the final pics of the layup











this what the table looks like after a full days work!

[Trayder]

when will you pop it?

[billythekid]

Trayder, I am going to grind the flashing off tomorrow afternoon and pop it out on tuesday. I really want it cure solid before I mess with it. I am hoping it is under 200 pounds. we will see!!!

[billythekid]

Well I couldnt wait until tuesday to pop it out of the mold, So when I got home this afternoon I lifted one corner up and the whole deck popped up with one swift lift!! After I lifted it I put some lenghts of pvc under it to roll it around on the table. I removed all the brad nails and the frame. My buddy who helped me lay the whole deck up came over and we flipped it and cut all the flashing off and popped all the hatch molds out. I am really happy with the way the deck came out. There are no aligation or air voids in the entire deck!! I took a half gallon of water and scrub brush and cleaned most of the PVA off the deck. I am planning on cleaning and grinding anything I have to to make it fit. Also I am going to scribe around the two deck hatches 1.5" in for the cut and 1" on the two access plates for the gas tank.








Here are the two access plates and where the 2 rigging tubes come up thru the floor















you can see where I wiped the mold release wax down on everything.



The only thing I would have done differently would have made the two deck hatches out of 3/4 so I could make the hatches thicker. Its not a big deal because I plan on coring the hatches with the left over divynacel and it will make the hatches really strong. very little sanding it going to be required before I paint which was one of the main objectives. Its funny the deck has the exact same texture as the malamine. I put a shipping scale under the deck and it wieghed in at 188 pounds which is under what we expected. I still have about 5 or 7 pounds of cutouts and grinding to take out.

[strick]

Good work....that was a big time saver doing it that way. What do you plan on doing for the non-skid? Keep the pics coming

strick

[billythekid]

Strick I plan on sanding it to 220 for the paint and I will probably mix in griptex or Alexseal's version of non skid. back to grinding and sanding..

[billythekid]

I got some work done after my real job today I grinded some excess off all the way around the deck. I layed out the cut outs for the 2 deck hatches and went to work with the jig saw. I also sanded done any imperfections around the hatches . The flange is 1/4 inch thick.



profile of the flange

[tunaorlater]

very impresive, keep up the good work.