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- Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:57 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Next steps with Ent restoration, bit stuck...
- Replies: 18
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Re: Next steps with Ent restoration, bit stuck...
Hi all, quick update. Here are a few pictures of my first epoxy fillets. I took on board advice from the forum, got all of the items from East Coast Fibreglass and am quite pleased with the results... http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a496/pburrows2/IMG_0477_zps8a95d805.jpg http://i1280.photobucke...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:18 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Painting inside fibreglass hull
- Replies: 5
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Re: Painting inside fibreglass hull
Nice idea, what sort of paint though?Stephen Hawkins wrote:I would go two tone to break it up in there.
White at the sides and a coloured deck paint on the floor.
Just my thoughts.
Cheers
- Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:10 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Painting inside fibreglass hull
- Replies: 5
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Re: Painting inside fibreglass hull
Does it just brush on, and do you think it's hard wearing? Being thick sounds good.
- Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Painting inside fibreglass hull
- Replies: 5
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Painting inside fibreglass hull
Hi. I've finished stripping the knees ready for filleting, and have removed all old non slip and rubbed down the fibreglass hull. Now need to get ready to paint. What's the best paint to use? Ed suggested a white epoxy paint but I don't know much about this. I'll need to get a non slip grip underfoo...
- Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:26 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: How to fill this gap behind knee
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4061
Re: How to fill this gap behind knee
What do you guys reckon about the best way to paint the hull inside? You can see the fibres and it doesn't look great, would you use normal paint? Ed gave me some tips on doing this but wondered if anyone else has done similar?
- Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:24 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: How to fill this gap behind knee
- Replies: 11
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Re: How to fill this gap behind knee
Thanks all. I will keep it simple and see how it goes. I will have stripped and sanded all of the knees by the end of tomorrow. They're looking ok now, much better than before. Will also finish cleaning the inside of the hull ready to paint.
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:51 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: How to fill this gap behind knee
- Replies: 11
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Re: How to fill this gap behind knee
Thanks, do you mix microfibres AND silica into the epoxy? So essentially use the both as fillers mixed in together?JimC wrote:use microfibres so its strong, and silica so it stays where its put!kfz wrote:Epoxy, Full thickness
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:49 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: How to fill this gap behind knee
- Replies: 11
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Re: How to fill this gap behind knee
Ha ha, thanks Michael good adviceMichael Brigg wrote:As long as you use good fendering, avoid boats on Starboard tack and drifting sideways into pontoons and the like you shouldn't have any problems.
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:07 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: How to fill this gap behind knee
- Replies: 11
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How to fill this gap behind knee
Hi, thanks to all that have helped with advice so far. I've been stripping resin from 8 knees on my enterprise in preparation to re-strengthen with fillets, but have a problem with the last one. The starboard forward knee is not at all attached to the hull. I've pulled all of the glass rovings to ex...
- Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:51 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
Hi Kev I've just got the post out. I split the softened wood that was the foot with a chisel and took this away. I could then twist and turn the post to free it. It was screwed in from above, the screw head is below the mast step so I can't unscrew the screw from above. Do you think I should cut off...
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:28 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
Yes I'm going to have a go at my first filleting on this boat soon. Just need to finish stripping resin. I've been looking at the existing post. I don't think I have the skill or tools (router ?) to get the profile exactly the same. Anyone have any ideas how to get the mast support post free at the ...
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:20 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
How would you fix the new base to the grp hull?
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:13 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
Hi Peter. Do you mean cut the support in half? I can't get the support out because its fixed somehow at the top. I can't get it out hence this thread that I started
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:51 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Re: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
Yeah it's ok. Just needs cleaning up but I thought the compression post might be jointed into it or something. Seems it isn't
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:04 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Ent restoration - how to progress next?
- Replies: 11
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Ent restoration - how to progress next?
I've been burning and scraping off the black tar like non slip from the hull, I've almost got it all off now. The mast compression post is seated in a wooden block that had been covered with glass and resin, then painted over. Problem is that water had got into the block of wood that supports the co...