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Re: Chicken or the Egg Question
[Re: Coastie]
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11/28/16 09:07 PM
11/28/16 09:07 PM
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The wet core caused the blisters. I had the exact same problem on Rhapsody.
ps: I used the old laminate on the outer skin when I recored and had problems with the blisters returning. If I were to do that all over again, I would have replaced the outer skin there, or as a minimum ground about half the thickness of the laminate and glassed in a couple of layers to make sure there was a good outer skin that would not blister.
Last edited by Rhapsody #348; 11/29/16 08:48 AM. Reason: added ps comment
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Re: Chicken or the Egg Question
[Re: Coastie]
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11/29/16 06:12 PM
11/29/16 06:12 PM
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When I do this repair it will not be optional as to replacing the outer skin, it is almost gone now in this area. I thought it was interesting that this area is by far the worst for blistering that I have seen so far. Still have a long ways to go though with this lovely grinding project.
While I will do the skin repair in this area with epoxy and plan to epoxy fill all the many other blisters, I am leaning now toward recovering the entire bottom with either 4 or 6 oz. cloth and using vinyl ester resin (because I have a long and expensive laundry list of other repairs I also need to address). I'm having a hard time thinking that just addressing the blisters that I find will solve this problem even with a barrier coat. This old poly ester resin is just too problematic to be left alone. After taking this step I would then do the barrier coat as the final protection for the glass.
Once I fix these blisters and wet core problems I really do not want to have to revisit any of these hull issues again.
Dave Graf
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Re: Chicken or the Egg Question
[Re: Jim Hoey]
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11/29/16 06:15 PM
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I would think that they did more than raise the height of the exhaust passage. Somehow doing a better job of sealing the port and managing the inevitable expansion, contraction and vibration that would tend to make the seal fail seems likely.
Dave Graf
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