1970 18 deck split questions...

[F430]

Whoa.... I've been involved in a few auto restorations.... But I have to say, this resto is different than anything I've been involved with!
VERY VERY Impressive.... Great Pics!!
Now I know what my boat looks like TOTALLY apart... Thanks

[Morgan's Cloud]

It's not uncommon for me to ask questions about people's restos but I make a point of never giving advice or asking 'why don't you do such and such ?'
But I'll bend my rule a little here , with caution ...

Taking advice from some very good glass guys , when I redid my transom it involved completely sealing up the inner and outer and recutting from scratch.

Two slugs were cut and shaped from three quarter inch ply but before they were glassed together and installed similar to yours they were given multiple coats of resin which were allowed to fire off and get re-sanded before any glassing in place happened.
If you don't do this first , when you go to glass over everything the new dry wood soaks in all the resin , drawing it out of the cloth and you end up with a poor bond of the new cloth to the new wood transom slug.
It takes longer but you know what they say . lol

[superhatz]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the plan...thanks for the advice.

Aaron

[superhatz]

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F430...cars are harder...

[superhatz]

Got the transom glassed in last night. Using vinyl ester resin and 2 layers of 1708 and then a layer of some thin stuff that looks like the original.

Starting on the stringers next.....

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Aaron,
Looking good - . Do you think it will be ready by Spring? Bill

[superhatz]

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Wow!...that's pretty optimistic Bill...

[Ghost]

LOL, c'mon, up there it's about 8 months away...

[superhatz]

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Good point....

[HallJ]

Put down your coffee and use both hands Hipster!

Jeff

[superhatz]

Rotate that mofo..I almost spilled my coffee looking at it.

[superhatz]

More progress thanks to Hallj. Got the new stringers bonded to the old outer glass. I first sanded both sides with 36 grit. then soaked with vinyl ester resin. Then mixed resin, Cabosil and milled fiber for a thick paste to bond with. Once again, destructive testing was done and this works very well...

The old stringers were 13ft long and made of dimensional lumber, not marine plywood. I bought expensive marine plywood and Jeff had some slightly cheaper marine plywood left over from his project...we used both. Anyway, I made the mistake of using the old stringer as a template and the new pieces were a little short, top to bottom. Donzi had some pretty big voids under the original stringers...

So, the new stringers are two pieces cut diagonally and a little short (top to bottom) but we filled in the void with some 'slivers' of plywood and the rest of the void will be or was filled with resin, mixed with Cabosil, milled fiber and strand...making a very strong filler and glue.

Anyway...once glassed in with 3 layers of 1708, it should be nice and tight...way stronger than original...

Got the transom finished too...

[mattyboy]

Nice progress !

[superhatz]

Got the port side stringer glassed in a couple weeks ago. Will try and do the other this weekend.

[smidgen too]

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[More progress thanks to Hallj] Aaron you can have Jeff for one more month then I need him here in Michigan. Jeff needs to be chained to my work bench so he & I can finish my Volvo drives for the Magnum this winter.