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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

06-12-2019, 21:02

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parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

1963 so 66 years old now and still looks for the most part like it did coming out of the factory.

Yes that is rhe origional green gelcoat

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

06-12-2019, 10:53

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parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

that is real close to the actual way a shipwright like myself would do it . I use waxed Formica taped over the inside of the area being repaired do the build-up on the outside sand fill prime sand...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

06-12-2019, 10:27

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parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

I agree with frp as the go to hull material.
I disagree with so much of the rest of this post.
They have been making sails out of cotton for millennia No reason to believe it would no longer be...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

26-11-2019, 08:34

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parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

one thing to keep in mind is the actual weights of the dry materials.

In the shop I worked ( many years ago) this is what a layup looked like after gelcoat in the mold 4 layers of 1.5 oz mat (...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

25-11-2019, 21:22

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parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

Very wrong on the resin to glass ratios . Hand laid glass is about 5 to 1 glass to resin as a maximum. When it is properly saturated and squeegeed after initial layup of each layer.

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

25-11-2019, 21:17

Replies: 46

parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

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Posted By newhaul

Re: parallel to the SHTF thread - which HULL Material is best for the "days after"?

I would recomend old hand laid grp.
My 1963 defender is still in excelent condition.
I know of ones that have sat in water for over a decade with no hull maintance . A quick dive and scrape of the...

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