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Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
By:Ken Katz
Date: 11/12/2001, 9:57 pm
In Response To: Material: applying a lightweight layup (Dean Trexel)

I just completed(except for a few minor details) a Shooting Star using 3.2 oz cloth. I used 2 layers in and out except for one layer inside the deck. I used some unidirectional carbon tape for reinforcememt in places and some carbon cloth in a other locations (inside). The boat came out a little over 30 pounds.I precoated the wood and let it dry. The layup was done one layer at a time allowing the first layer to catylize so as to not be tacky. The process was a lot more time consuming than other boats I have built using coarser weave cloth. Wet out and squeegeeing was a real pain in the butt.It took very little resin to fill the fine weave. It did produce a light boat that I believe will be quite strong, however. I would not reccomend doing it this way as a first time experience. I can't imagine laying that fine weave cloth down on wet epoxy. Good Luck and enjoy!

Ken

Messages In This Thread

Material: applying a lightweight layup
Dean Trexel -- 11/10/2001, 1:08 am
Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
Ken Katz -- 11/12/2001, 9:57 pm
Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
LeeG -- 11/12/2001, 9:10 pm
Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
Dean Trexel -- 11/12/2001, 9:54 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup
Chip Sandresky -- 11/12/2001, 3:02 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup
Ted Henry -- 11/12/2001, 10:10 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup
mike allen ---> -- 11/13/2001, 3:10 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup
Ted Henry -- 11/13/2001, 6:56 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup
mike allen ---> -- 11/13/2001, 8:20 pm
Re: Satin Weave and Lightweight Layup *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/13/2001, 12:51 pm
Quick!!! OT *Pic*
Ken Sutherland -- 11/18/2001, 10:40 pm
Looks like self-bailing trousers are a ways off ;) *NM*
Ted Henry -- 11/13/2001, 2:25 pm
Caution!
Jerry Siegel -- 11/10/2001, 8:28 pm
Re: Caution!
Dan St. Gean -- 11/12/2001, 9:09 am
Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
Rob Macks -- 11/10/2001, 9:29 am
Re: Material: applying a lightweight layup
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/10/2001, 9:57 am
Re: more test panels
Lee,G -- 11/10/2001, 10:46 am
Re: more test panels
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/10/2001, 11:30 am
Re: more test panels
Lee,G -- 11/10/2001, 11:40 am