----- Original Message ----- From: "tim ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Please Help!
> we wore paper respirators too, come to think of it, when shaping the > coosacomposite. > > as far as the finish, we layed on one layer of lite-weight E-glass on > both sides > and used a thickened mixture of WestEpoxy® to wet it out...it came out > fairly smooth, then we painted it with white Interlux Briteside...looked > like the inside of a new Beneteau (...ah...except for the rest of the > interior, > which looked like crap). > > But at least we had nice bulkheads and the no-leak/no-rot thing is killer. > > Also: we took thin pink insulation foam down below to make templates for > the > real deal....the pink stuff is rigid enough to stand up as a dummy > panel, easy to mark > and easy to cut....then we cut the Coosa from that pattern. The original > plywood bulkies > we took out were too mangled up to serve as proper templates for the > job..hence the > pinkstuff. > > darn...all this talk makes me want to start a project.... > > tf Good Gosh, Tee Eph, After all THAT..... I think I'd take up .... ummm .... Knitting or Pottery or Origami... LOL,, Ralph Ahseln
