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- Houston, TX
I'm looking for a semi perm and just ordered some frekote. I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Why do you prefer the releasomers over frekote?
Also, what do you use for your imc?
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Dalton's Hull Build
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I'm looking for a semi perm and just ordered some frekote. I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Why do you prefer the releasomers over frekote?
Also, what do you use for your imc?
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air blair
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Smdubs is a guru at infusion. Straight serious he is good. Looked like air but i released the pressure a half hour before pic. Resin i use is v-ester. Imo its the best. Poly sucks and delaminates and epoxy is too flexable for my setup, long cure times. Frekote ticks me off. Unpredicable, hell all this composite is unpredictable sensitive chemist lab crap
That's part of why I like infusion so much. All the variables are 100% controllable and therefore predictable once you're familiar with the specific materials you're using.
air blair
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I'm just a dumb ol' carpenter. This stuff is hard to do. I need a helping hand for sure.
- Location
- Houston, TX
I'm looking for a semi perm and just ordered some frekote. I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Why do you prefer the releasomers over frekote?
Also, what do you use for your imc?
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- new jersey
What's the word for more than ambitious? This is it. Props to all the Dr. Frankensteins on the X , had no idea this sport was full of em. Sweet boat
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Thanks man. The encouragement helps to keep motivated on the ongoing projects!
air blair
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Ya, get it bro. Full steam ahead. I failed my chemisty class in high school, i should have cared back then but earth science got me by. looking forward to waveraze campfire discussions.
@air blair any info on that infusion you pictured? What hull is that?
air blair
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Thats my hull based off a xfs
air blair
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Everything and nothing, looking to sell some. No
Resin infusion is very interesting... You guys look like you have it down. Very nice work ! It's amazing what the average bag of donuts is doing with composites on this site. 4 years ago it was almost un heard of.
I have used several types of release agents my favorite is made by a frekote but labeled lock tite 770-nc I got it from solar composites.
I have used several types of release agents my favorite is made by a frekote but labeled lock tite 770-nc I got it from solar composites.
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Been busy washing then painting the whole house and garage. Found some time the last few days to make some progress on the hood.
I don't think I've ever seen the type of venting and drainage system I have planned before. Should eliminate the problems I had with the breather tubes I had installed on the stock hood. Front of the hood is narrowed by 1/2" to match the top deck profile and back of hood is widened by 1/2". I kept the side panels of the original squarenose hood to help the transition from the hard lined nose to the rounder profile of the sides of the top deck.
I don't think I've ever seen the type of venting and drainage system I have planned before. Should eliminate the problems I had with the breather tubes I had installed on the stock hood. Front of the hood is narrowed by 1/2" to match the top deck profile and back of hood is widened by 1/2". I kept the side panels of the original squarenose hood to help the transition from the hard lined nose to the rounder profile of the sides of the top deck.
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Looking good. Any more thought on a pole?
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Yeah I think I'm going to try making a low profile boxier handlepole. Straight instead of curved and a little thinner on the depth than my current one is. It definitely won't be thick enough for breather tubes but should be fine for the cables and wires. It'll have to be carbon since it will be thinner and more prone to twisting. Getting creative with some hybrid fabrics might have some merit but I'd have to experiment with that.
That'll come after I make some adjustable footholds. Lifter wedges are nice for versatility but not much else.
Edit: Made footholds today while a layer of bondo cured. I guess pole is the next thing on the list after the hood then.
That'll come after I make some adjustable footholds. Lifter wedges are nice for versatility but not much else.
Edit: Made footholds today while a layer of bondo cured. I guess pole is the next thing on the list after the hood then.
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air blair
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Nice lil toe hold there
Yeah I'm looking forward to seeing how well they work. They're large enough with the padding removed from under them to fit my feet almost to my ankles. My gunwales are thin and very low so they didn't leave me with many options for holds.
They look pretty far forward but that's where the padding was depressed from standing there the most. Still not sure if they should be further back though.
They look pretty far forward but that's where the padding was depressed from standing there the most. Still not sure if they should be further back though.
air blair
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That'll work for one up surf stance.