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[BrononC]

these are some of the cracks im talking about, basically the whole top cap is like this. Im thinking just covering the hole deck with a layer of glass then rolling some waxed gel over to fair it will be a lot less time consuming then grinding all them out to fix individually. Just wouldnt want to do all that work and they show up again in the new paint job

[VkingMike]

Mine has a this cracking as well. It was my understanding that these hairline cracks are in the gelcoat, not the fiberglass.

[BrononC]

Yes it looks like the smaller cracks that are a inch or so long seem to be in the gelcoat but the longer ones are in the fiberglass. Still need to finish the inside of the boat before i start on the cap. Just trying to get a good game plan together.

[LakeFever]

With crazing the only way to know for sure whats what is to sand down until they are gone. In my case they were all in the glass there was almost no gel craze cracking that didnt also reveal in the glass when I got down through it. Heres a couple pics I had from my build. The cracks are on the hull I didnt get any pics of the cracks on the deck before glassing but the second pic the green stuff is the kitty hair. Its so fast and easy to grind out cracks and use this stuff to fill. Cheese grater flat and then run the csm. Cracks completely gone and nothing but glass in there felt the best way to me





I tried to rush the deck because the project was dragging on and I had to grind off some of the duratec and run CSM along the edge because the cracks which I thought I had sanded out revealed through the duratec. If you look close you can see whats left of the kitty hair under the csm. I did all those repairs in less than an hour. Running the csm and faring that takes quite a bit of time

[BrononC]

Well! Here we go again! Boats been on the back burner for a while now and even went up for sale but my wife talked me out of it. Finished up the core under the bow, got the floors and foot well bulkhead glued down and gelcoated everything under the main floor. Starting to feel like i have something now!

[LakeFever]

That looks really tight! You’re on your way now for sure. Your wife sounds like a very solid woman to push you forward on your dream like that. You’re a lucky man. Thats going to be a sweet ride when it’s done.

[BrononC]

Sanding and shaping. Feels good to stand on a solid floor in here! Tabing in with a couple layers of 1808 next i believe.