shawn_NJ
Chasing waves.
- Location
- Daytona Beach
I'll take pics of both on Sunday PM you a link.
LIGHTWEIGHT X2 (Yamaha 701 Powered)
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I'll take pics of both on Sunday PM you a link.
shawn_NJ
Chasing waves.
- Location
- Daytona Beach
Well after a season of beating the crap out of it, the ski has developed some stress marks in the gelcoat near the pump area where it was laid up a tad too thin. I figured I'd be proactive and give it some added armor before it gets the daytona treatment.
So I sanded the gelcoat off on both sides of pump with 40grit. Preped the surface, and did a 5oz Kevlar, 8.9oz S-Glass layup to stiffen up the thin spots. I used West 105 dye'd with black pigment, and bagged it. Came out awesome. Also filled in the bondline in the engine compartment, with 404 and did a layer of Kevlar over it... (also bagged). This looks like crap in the pics cuz I was sanding the other side, but came out alright. Last is just some cheap carbon I was playing with trying to get a "visual" vac layup to look decent.
Other goals for the next 2 weeks are to get a RN waterbox installed, install new battery box, redo the gas tank and waterbox mounts, clean up all my slap job elec work, and redo the cooling, fuel lines when I put the motor back in.
I also did some misc reinforcement in the rear chamber of the ski on the back side of the bulkhead.
So I sanded the gelcoat off on both sides of pump with 40grit. Preped the surface, and did a 5oz Kevlar, 8.9oz S-Glass layup to stiffen up the thin spots. I used West 105 dye'd with black pigment, and bagged it. Came out awesome. Also filled in the bondline in the engine compartment, with 404 and did a layer of Kevlar over it... (also bagged). This looks like crap in the pics cuz I was sanding the other side, but came out alright. Last is just some cheap carbon I was playing with trying to get a "visual" vac layup to look decent.
Other goals for the next 2 weeks are to get a RN waterbox installed, install new battery box, redo the gas tank and waterbox mounts, clean up all my slap job elec work, and redo the cooling, fuel lines when I put the motor back in.
I also did some misc reinforcement in the rear chamber of the ski on the back side of the bulkhead.
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Motorheads5
Livin the generation gap
- Location
- ketchikan alaska
Nice that's alot of work awesome . The vac. bag thing is interesting. does the epoxy build heat and is that a concern ?
stanton
High on jetskis.
- Location
- atascadero,ca
interesting vaccum tech. i just lay plastic down and work it by hand to get it smooth and shaped.
dbrutherford
Parts Whore
- Location
- Fairmont, WV
I learned a lot reading the hot to's and tech pages on that fiber gast website. Just google carbon fiber supplies, it is one of the top hits.
That wasn't for you Shawn, I bet you already have been there and read up.
That wasn't for you Shawn, I bet you already have been there and read up.
- Location
- Mechanicsburg, PA
shawn_NJ
Chasing waves.
- Location
- Daytona Beach
I am a complete spaz with laying on waaaaay to much resin. Vac bagging makes my glassing resluts ALOT better then I really am at it. As long as the resin ends up in the bleeder cloth and not on my boat, it doesnt matter that I suck at layups...LOL
fiberglast.com's forums are great for learning. (But there prices SUCK, for regular stuff). The upfront cost to getting all this stuff is high, but the results have really been worth it.
fiberglast.com's forums are great for learning. (But there prices SUCK, for regular stuff). The upfront cost to getting all this stuff is high, but the results have really been worth it.
- Location
- Jackson MI
i know this is a way old thread but iv been wanting to see the build thread for this ski forever! sweet ski i know youv moved on to bigger and better things but i bet this thing was a blast!