1979 Imperial

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Just make sure if you use the WOG Resin that you wear a mask. Those eggs can REALLY throw off some nasty fumes, doncha know. Especially in a Tyvek Suit!!!!!!

 

[Friscoboater]

Re: 1979 Imperial

I expect to see lots of progress now that you have your supplies Are you excited yet?

 

[craigweaver]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Ok bear, were's the pic's of progress? You been drinkin too much o that miller resin????

Never mind, feel free to take the next few weeks off to let us Michiganders catch up w ya, lol

Have a great weekend o work brutha!!!

 

[Rollinunknown]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Ok bear, were's the pic's of progress? You been drinkin too much o that miller resin????

Never mind, feel free to take the next few weeks off to let us Michiganders catch up w ya, lol

Have a great weekend o work brutha!!!

^x10 .. awesome build hands down i cant wait for the update ..

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Okay.... Got my rear kicked at work this week, so-Ima' slacker.......... But wait! It's Saturday....... I've been up since 6 AM drinking coffee.... I'm jazzed and stoked! Glass will be laid today! I'll post pics of my poor glassing skills ASAP!

Just make sure if you use the WOG Resin that you wear a mask. Those eggs can REALLY throw off some nasty fumes, doncha know. Especially in a Tyvek Suit!!!!!!

Yaaaaah dare hey!

I expect to see lots of progress now that you have your supplies Are you excited yet?

Yes my brutha, it's time to make a boat! Well sorta....

Ok bear, were's the pic's of progress? You been drinkin too much o that miller resin????

Never mind, feel free to take the next few weeks off to let us Michiganders catch up w ya, lol

Have a great weekend o work brutha!!!

Thanks for the motivation my Eastern brethren.... See my slacker excuse above for not glassin for the last few days...

^x10 .. awesome build hands down i cant wait for the update ..

Thanks for checking things out! Wish me luck..... GULP..... I'm kinda trippin on this deal...... I'm just happy to have a fun project, so I'll do my best to be chill and enjoy all this.... I guess I can always grind the mistakes away, and give it another whack!

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1979 Imperial

It has begun................

So I needed to make a WOG vac special for the small grinding areas... works awesome dude! Why leave the bag filter off inside the vac again????

Then I sanded down the transom before coating wood with secret resin mixture....

Then I made my first 500 mL batch O' sauce at 1.25% MEKP for a slow kick and covered the transom, and it's edges... Well I made a tad too much..!

Here is the transom soakin it up....

In anticipation of making too much sauce, I had the area of the stern where I ground the hole, prepped for such an opportunity~!

So I made my first batch of hairy PB and started the repair! This is good times! I dig working with PB!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fillet's!!!!!!!!!!!

After she kicks I'll flip and coat the back of the transom. The do a wet layup of 1.5 CSM, and a layer of 1708 over the fillet repair... Hopefully next I'll add at least two layers of CSM to one side of the transom...

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Another angle of hairy PB repair.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: 1979 Imperial

So it has begun! Nice looking repair on the hole too.

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1979 Imperial

The 1st layer of the transom CSM is going on just as the resin starts to get tacky, right?

Wet on wet even for the 'penetrating' layer of resin, I'm fairly sure.

The PB fillet looks great! Good idea for spare project needing some resin, too!

 

[sphelps]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Nuttin beats hairy pb ta fill in a hole!

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1979 Imperial

The cloth filter gets clogged VERY quickly with the fine dust and chokes down the suction. This will stop that from happening but... It will be a freakin dusty mess when you open the box.

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Hey gang,

Round one = success!

I've covered one side of the transom with 2 layers of 1.5 oz CSM... 1.25% MEKP was perfect! I used 2000 mL of resin to wet out both lay-ups. I did this on-top of the tacky initial wet out...

Used my transom template to cut CSM, and extended outside the edges by ~ 2" the entire perimeter of the template.

This pic shows how I tore/frayed the CSM edges to aid in CSM going over plywood edges. Works killer!

Wetting out CSM.... I never even used my fiberglass roller, and have only a very small amount of bubbles...

Two layers of 1.5 oz CSM on one side of my transom.... And to top off this success my house smells so wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Doncha just love the smell of Poly Resin. Just like Mom's Home Made Biscuits!!!! NOT!!!!!:redface: I must say, for a first timer, you've done a great job on the transom. You've done you're homework, paid attention to details, documented your work, applied what you've learned and done it RIGHT! This will be referred to for future transom builds, I guarantee it!!!!

 

[sphelps]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Looks good Bear! Tearing the corners does make bending around the corners much easier. It's hard at least for me to keep all the bubble's out!

 

[Rollinunknown]

Re: 1979 Imperial

How are you going to bond the transom to the transom outer skin?

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Doncha just love the smell of Poly Resin. Just like Mom's Home Made Biscuits!!!! NOT!!!!!:redface: I must say, for a first timer, you've done a great job on the transom. You've done you're homework, paid attention to details, documented your work, applied what you've learned and done it RIGHT! This will be referred to for future transom builds, I guarantee it!!!!

Hey Mike! Man that means a lot coming form you brutha! Thanks for all the schoolin'....

Looks good Bear! Tearing the corners does make bending around the corners much easier. It's hard at least for me to keep all the bubble's out!

Thanks brutha! I was expecting a nightmare going over corners with CSM, but this really works well! Not sure if it's possible to keep all the bubbles out... I'm just trying to get the best bond possible...

How are you going to bond the transom to the transom outer skin?

I'll be using hairy peanut butter or HPB for this... ( poly resin, 1/4" csm and cabosil )

 

[Friscoboater]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Nice! My next resto I am going to try the tear method on the CSM.

 

[Rollinunknown]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Hey Mike! Man that means a lot coming form you brutha! Thanks for all the schoolin'....



Thanks brutha! I was expecting a nightmare going over corners with CSM, but this really works well! Not sure if it's possible to keep all the bubbles out... I'm just trying to get the best bond possible...



I'll be using hairy peanut butter or HPB for this... ( poly resin, 1/4" csm and cabosil )

Can you do me a huge favor when you do this can you please take pics . This is the step im kinda pondering to my self.

Im going to wrap my new transom just like you are doing but i was wondering how i was going to stick it to the outer skin .


Thanks Rob.

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1979 Imperial

Great job, bear! It looks awesome! I expected nothing less from you!

 

[craigweaver]

Re: 1979 Imperial

BEAR!!!! You're rockin brutha!! Way to go. Keep showing us the way! I only hope we get close to those results, it looks awesome!