Super Jet Swapmeet's "Really?" RN build

[swapmeet]

the sides can be vac bagged, just not something I would recommend to a first timer. u can try it but do it somewhere easier first like the tray. or a bilge hole you want to fill. you can use a shop vac for a poor mans setup but honestly with the minimal amount you are doing I dont see the benifit for the time, money and effort involved. x10 if you screw up and have to start over and x100 if you are wasting carbon and kevlar doing it.

but im just an coot, so you gotta consider my old outdated thinkerin.

now if we are talking a repair where you grind that whole ski down to just gelcoat or paint and vac bag a whole new ski to it then HELL YA!!!!!

So... wait.. Wut?

Last sentence confused me. You think Carbon inside is a waste? Talk to me bro, er... um... Brah..

Sometimes..... I think some of you, just post random gif's in here. No reason, no point.


LOL that bear is killing me tho. Jesus that's funny. I've been staring at that for like 5min giggling.

 

[Big Kahuna]

I would have never seen that bear had you not mentioned it. damn, now I keep looking back.

 

[txsuperjetfreak96]

X2

 

[MCrider]

Thats my way of letting you know im watching this thread like a tasty lunch! And yes i posted that because i knew a couple of you would apprecitate it.

 

[swapmeet]

Seriously tho.... I need answers. If ya'll make me guess i'm blaming all of you. Just saying....

 

[MCrider]

What you said sounded good. I have never used carbon or kevlar, i used regular fiberglass. Also i started a gif thread in the off topic section so i don't clutter up your shiz.

 

[swapmeet]

LOL... i'm not sure how I feel about that. Its like you're breaking up with me because you think its whats best for my work.

 

[swapmeet]

Well... look what I found... Answer to the bottom deck prep, right here -----> http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/113542-Type-of-Resin-for-top-deck-vs-bottom&highlight=bottom+deck+prep

 

[MCrider]

LOL... i'm not sure how I feel about that. Its like you're breaking up with me because you think its whats best for my work.

Hahaha we can still be friends and i will still post the good ones that i feel go with the current topic.

 

[WAB]

You mean you're just gunna strip the new turf off and cut open the tray?


I have not worked with kevlar, but understand its a real bitch. hard to cut, hard to sand. Get some S glass or biax and 40grit paper and git bizzy
I don't know if you really get much if any weight wavings if you from CF if you are just laying it up.

Get a big caulk tube of 5200. Keep 5200 in the freezer so the rest does not harden. Females really love 5200 in the freezer

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I have worked with kevlar, its a bitch, it does not sand ,you need special scissors to cut it and it does not grind, if you try to sand or grind it you will sand or grind the resin, the kevlar will remain. You will feel like you are doing this sanding or grinding Kevlar.

kevlar is the devil.

Like the force kevlar is, is dark side of force, mess with the dark side of the force you should not !

 

[yamanube]

WFO, no offence but you suck at the whole interweb/meme/pic thing...I think you just come from the wrong generation to get it.

 

[swapmeet]

LOL.....

The Yoda bit is funny.


Thanks for the info.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

WFO, no offence but you suck at the whole interweb/meme/pic thing...I think you just come from the wrong generation to get it.

No offence taken, can't be good at everything I suppose , Swapmeet found it funny, thats what matters, your opinion of me , not so much, thanks for sharing with the class though.

 

[swapmeet]

Bump for feedback on post in my sig.

 

[tom21]

So... wait.. Wut?

Last sentence confused me. You think Carbon inside is a waste? Talk to me bro, er... um... Brah..

didnt say that at all, what I said was to try and bag the sides is high risk. reinforce is a yes.

the last line was a bad attempt at a joke? meaning to grind all the fiberglass away and only be left with the gelcoat. (impossible) then bag a new carbon jetski in the gelcoat.

and I know the feeling of a post where you are looking for some advice and its like crickets in a field.

basically you laid out the standard plan, nothing too crazy or off the mark. therefore no correction necessary?

 

[Texan33]

Swapmeet, I'm in the same situation with you on reinforcement and defoam/refoam. For reinforcement, I'm probably going to do 3 layers of 7781 and 1 layer of Kevlar. Maybe just 2 layers of 7781 and 1 layer of Kevlar. Should be strong enough for my riding style. For refoam/defoam, I have not decided which ever to use two-part foam or those pink foam you can get from Lowes that doesn't waterlogged.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Kevlar if you do decide to go that route is best used as an in between layer, lay the kevlar down first then cover it with Biax, carbon,whatever, I would even leave the kevlar a little shy just to be sure the edges of it are covered., its much easier to grind carbon or fiberglass than kevlar.

 

[Vumad]

grind all the fiberglass away and only be left with the gelcoat. (impossible) then bag a new carbon jetski in the gelcoat.

This sounded like a good idea, so I started grinding away my hull from the inside the other day. The gelcoat just keeps cracking. Now I have a big hole in the side of my hull. How to I fix the broken gelcoat and how do I finish grinding away the remaining fiberglass to prep for the layup?

 

[tom21]

just grind it all away, wet out carbon and read a book on oragami to shape a new hull. duh, gawd do i have to do everything?