Valero Bowrlder Rebuild

[tunnels]

Keep us posted with lots of detailed pictures then you can get better advise ! Thanks

[JBMac]

Boy, this was a hoot today removing a mostly solid transom!! One more thing knocked off the list. Definitely got to get all the grinding done before the Florida heat shows up.

[FMP]

You'll have a bitchin strong boat when done

[streamteam]

How are you support the bottom half of the hull? Did you build a compete jig before you removed the top half?

[PaulR]

I am soooooooo glad I didn't pull the deck on my boat. Good luck getting that back together, your a brave man!!

[JBMac]

I've got 6 total bunks under the boat on my trailer. I adjusted all of them carefully where I have really good support- I'm hoping thats good enough. I've checked several measurements on the deck and the hull while they are seperated, they are both still holding the same width dimensions.

[streamteam]

That sounds great, I just wanted to turn out good for you after all the work you put into it. Keep up the good work!!��

Bob

[JBMac]

Making progress: All of the core is installed. In my research, it was hard to find a lay-up schedule for most recores. Here's what I used:
-1.5 oz CSM over the prepped hull
-high quality Polyester resin (thickened with cabosil) as my adhesive
-balsa core. Used resin/cabosil/1/4" fibers to make a putty for all fillets, hull joints, etc and sanded smooth
-2408 biax over the balsa
-I'm doing one final layer of 1.5 oz CSM just to make sure its all sealed properly. This might be overkill, but I don't want to do this project again- not on this boat anyway.

I'm really happy with the way everything is going, this is my first time doing glass work, but I'm getting the hang of it. I had a few air bubbles when I started, here and there, but I've learned some techniques to eliminate them.


It was pretty cool here last night, well, cool for Florida anyway, so I built a fire in the shop and laminated my transom. I'm using 2 pieces of 3/4" Coosa 26#. I sandwiched a piece of 1808 0/90 between the two pieces and clamped it down. I drilled weep holes in the one piece. I didn't want a bunch of extra holes, so I marked where existing holes in the transom skin were (jack plate, bilge, splash well drain, etc)and used them as the weep holes, it worked well.
I plan to use 1708 on both sides of the finished piece, should be pretty strong.

Today's goal is to get the transom installed, tabbed and covered. Thanks again to everybody who's given great advice on this site over the years- I've learned a lot just from the search feature!

[tunnels]

Making progress: All of the core is installed. In my research, it was hard to find a lay-up schedule for most recores. Here's what I used:
-1.5 oz CSM over the prepped hull
-high quality Polyester resin (thickened with cabosil) as my adhesive
-balsa core. Used resin/cabosil/1/4" fibers to make a putty for all fillets, hull joints, etc and sanded smooth
-2408 biax over the balsa
-I'm doing one final layer of 1.5 oz CSM just to make sure its all sealed properly. This might be overkill, but I don't want to do this project again- not on this boat anyway.

I'm really happy with the way everything is going, this is my first time doing glass work, but I'm getting the hang of it. I had a few air bubbles when I started, here and there, but I've learned some techniques to eliminate them.


It was pretty cool here last night, well, cool for Florida anyway, so I built a fire in the shop and laminated my transom. I'm using 2 pieces of 3/4" Coosa 26#. I sandwiched a piece of 1808 0/90 between the two pieces and clamped it down. I drilled weep holes in the one piece. I didn't want a bunch of extra holes, so I marked where existing holes in the transom skin were (jack plate, bilge, splash well drain, etc)and used them as the weep holes, it worked well.
I plan to use 1708 on both sides of the finished piece, should be pretty strong.

Today's goal is to get the transom installed, tabbed and covered. Thanks again to everybody who's given great advice on this site over the years- I've learned a lot just from the search feature!

Do you have any photos of the core going down ?
What thickness balsa core did you use ?
What made you use only carbosil to thicken the resin used as an adhesive to bond the core ??
The 2408 over the balsa does it have any chopped strand under it as a bedding layer against the balsa core ??
How did you wet out the glass ? mohair roller or big paintbrush ?
You are going to cover the 2408 with a chopped strand matt to make it water proof YES ??

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Making progress: All of the core is installed. In my research, it was hard to find a lay-up schedule for most recores. Here's what I used: -1.5 oz CSM over the prepped hull-high quality Polyester resin (thickened with cabosil) as my adhesive-balsa core. Used resin/cabosil/1/4" fibers to make a putty for all fillets, hull joints, etc and sanded smooth-2408 biax over the balsa -I'm doing one final layer of 1.5 oz CSM just to make sure its all sealed properly. This might be overkill, but I don't want to do this project again- not on this boat anyway.I'm really happy with the way everything is going, this is my first time doing glass work, but I'm getting the hang of it. I had a few air bubbles when I started, here and there, but I've learned some techniques to eliminate them. It was pretty cool here last night, well, cool for Florida anyway, so I built a fire in the shop and laminated my transom. I'm using 2 pieces of 3/4" Coosa 26#. I sandwiched a piece of 1808 0/90 between the two pieces and clamped it down. I drilled weep holes in the one piece. I didn't want a bunch of extra holes, so I marked where existing holes in the transom skin were (jack plate, bilge, splash well drain, etc)and used them as the weep holes, it worked well. I plan to use 1708 on both sides of the finished piece, should be pretty strong. Today's goal is to get the transom installed, tabbed and covered. Thanks again to everybody who's given great advice on this site over the years- I've learned a lot just from the search feature!

Do you have any photos of the core going down ?
What thickness balsa core did you use ?
What made you use only carbosil to thicken the resin used as an adhesive to bond the core ??
The 2408 over the balsa does it have any chopped strand under it as a bedding layer against the balsa core ??
How did you wet out the glass ?
mohair roller or big paintbrush ?
You are going to cover the 2408 (why such heavy weight Glass ??) with a chopped strand matt to make it water proof YES ??
Why didn't you do the chopped strand matt at the same time ?? wet on wet laminating !!