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Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/26/2009, 6:32 am
In Response To: Material: Carbon Fiber *PIC* (danp)

: I have some...what appear to be stress cracks in my Explorer
: coaming. Even with pressure they don't open up so I'm not
: thinking it'll break but i do want to add something to it and
: spiff it up at the same time.

: I am looking to do something like this if possible and if it will
: maybe help prevent the hairline cracks from becoming breaks. Got
: it from redfish

: If it's a bad idea, shoot it down quickly :)

Should work fine. NDK's coaming ain't the best, my Greenlander's coaming was full of nicks that I had to sand out. Seems mostly gelcoat and not a heck of alot of glass under it.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Carbon Fiber *PIC*
danp -- 11/26/2009, 12:31 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber *PIC*
Larry C. -- 11/26/2009, 2:04 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2009, 12:26 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Larry C. -- 12/5/2009, 7:35 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2009, 9:24 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 12/6/2009, 1:58 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Larry C. -- 12/6/2009, 5:55 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 12/7/2009, 12:45 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Roy -- 11/26/2009, 8:09 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
danp -- 11/26/2009, 6:08 pm
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Don Goss -- 11/26/2009, 9:56 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
danp -- 11/26/2009, 10:43 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/27/2009, 12:21 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2009, 6:35 am
Re: Material: Carbon Fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/26/2009, 6:32 am