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fitvit
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01 Aug 2016 : 11:37:35
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Bertie is almost ready for anti foulling but I'm beginning to wonder if I should add more fibre glass to the repair first. I've put 3 sheets on the outside of the hole and 3 on the inside, is this enough?
jojo 
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Andywood
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2016 : 17:06:55
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| Sounds enough to me , but don't blame me if you sink |
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2016 : 19:46:16
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Is the repair as thick as the surrounding original grp? If thicker it'll probably be fine, if thinner then keep adding till it's thicker.
Make sure there's no glass fibres showing through the outside or it will wick water into the layup and cause osmosis/delamination, have you epoxied the outside?
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 02 Aug 2016 : 06:31:55
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Even if it was the old 1 ounce mat, 6 layers are more than enough on a hole of limited girth. They built cruisers with that lay-up!
Bigger the panel - heavier the lay-up needs to be, your little patches are more than strong enough.
Don't worry Jo. Like Dave reminded you and as I told you earlier - make sure you give the outside of the repair a coat of resin before assuming it is complete so that no water can soak up the fibres.
Finally living the dream!
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DavidAshton
United Kingdom
53 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2016 : 18:03:55
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| Who's the stunner in the pic?? |
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IanM
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Nov 2016 : 08:31:12
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| I think it's Clive. Unless you are talking about the elephant. |
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cliveshep
Thailand
1324 Posts |
Posted - 13 Nov 2016 : 11:35:26
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Assuming it's not the elephant, and it certainly isn't me, then it's my gorgeous wife Arisa, We've been married for 5 years now, came to the UK for 3 years, now gone back to Thailand.
She's a bit younger than me, well, 38 years actually, but I'm closing the gap haha. And she is my best friend too.
Finally living the dream!
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DavidAshton
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Nov 2016 : 21:42:32
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| Ha ha sorry I mean the one holding the drink, fitvics pic you hadn't replied lief at that point! |
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Have I used enough fibre glass?
