Cracked footwells B1

INDebtSJ

Having a VISION!
Location
Ga
I am returfing the blaster and have stress cracks where your feet are from hard landings. I would assume this is on most b1,s but didn't find anything on how or if it needs to be repaired .
I just wanted to fix it now before it gets potentially worse if needed.

The foam under the footwells prevents bottom repair.

Any suggestions or run it as it and add a little extra padding?
 

motoman3000

ride
Site Supporter
Location
new jersey
I would dig out some foam and reinforce from underneath with 2-3 layers biax fiberglass.
Then if your worried about floatation , stuff in pool noodles


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INDebtSJ

Having a VISION!
Location
Ga
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From not finding any one else that asked about this,I feel like it isn't a problem but I wanted to make sure before moving on to paint and turf.
 

Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
You're not going to be able to reinforce that from the inside. It's inaccessible. Any benefit from reinforcing from the inside is negated by how much cutting you'd have to do to access the area and the incredibly poor job that would result since you still wouldn't be able to access it well enough to get a good layup.

Since you have to remove the gelcoat to repair it anyway, I would sand a bunch of inspection areas before I seriously considered a repair. Once the gelcoat is gone in several small patches, you can see the extent of the involvement of the glass. The hull is not actually opaque once the gelcoat is gone, so you may be able to actually access the under side of the tray through the battery box hole and shine a light through the under side.

If you want to reinforce it (I'm not saying that you should), you should do it from the outside. You should remove the gelcoat completely if you are adding glass. It's not going to take a beefy repair if it's already mostly structurally sound. It'd probably only take 1-2 layers of 1208, then once it's cured, skim it with epoxy mixed with microspheres, sand as smooth as something that's hidden under turf needs to be. You might need more glass if you find that it's heavily damaged, but based on your description, I wouldn't think so. 2 layers of 1208 wet layup is about 1/16" ballpark.

All that said, it's probably not an issue. Only concern is that you said it flexes some in those spots. That is a sign warrenting further inspection but not necessarily further repair. Maybe consider 9mm under padding to help distribute the landing.
 
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Vumad

Super Hero, with a cape!
Location
St. Pete, FL
The hull is not actually opaque once the gelcoat is gone, so you may be able to actually access the under side of the tray through the battery box hole and shine a light through the under side.

Corrected. I had said glass but I meant gelcoat. Glass lets light through unless it has dye in it. The gelcoat on the hull is what blocks the light.
 

INDebtSJ

Having a VISION!
Location
Ga
Corrected. I had said glass but I meant gelcoat. Glass lets light through unless it has dye in it. The gelcoat on the hull is what blocks the light.
I knew what ya meant. I went ahead and added a little glass to it just for a price of mind.
 

Tyler Zane

Open Your Eyes
Every blaster ive turfed has had those spider cracks in the gel coat. I've never personally seen anyone put a foot threw one, and I know a really big guy that does huge on a blaster.
 
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Every blaster gets those cracks. The area i would watch the most is the rear transom if your jumping waves. 701 industry has a kit for the rear.
 
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