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Reply to: HELP daggerboard shoved into hull!

[quote=smfinley]In terms of your repair all I have used is the West System Epoxy and have really liked the results I got with it. For that type of repair I would recommend adding another port on the aft side of the trunk. This would give you much better access to the crack. Trying to reach around the trunk constantly to do the repair will get old fast. Also if you only have the one hole you will have to do everything by feel alone, if you have the second hole you might be able to look in one or have someone else look in while you lay down the glass. I would recommend starting from the inside. Try to push the hulls back into shape if they deformed during the crash. Then maybe put tape across the bottom of the boat and lay glass down from the inside and use the tape on the outside as a kind of mold. Also make sure you sand the existing glass very well to get a good clean and prepared contact surface. If your repair does not stick well to the old glass all your effort will be wasted, and trying to repair the repair will be much more work. The repair work I have done I have used multiple small pieces of glass cloth in several layers. Letting the epoxy cure between coats and sanding before putting more down. You can put a two maybe three layers of cloth down at a time but, overlapping edges, but not much more then that. I found at a farm supply store getting their cow obstetric gloves was very helpful. They are shoulder length disposible gloves, keeps the epoxy off your forearms and elbows. I would usually put a nitrile disposible over it to have the glove more form fitting in the fingers. I had heard you don't want puddles of epoxy, use as little epoxy as possible to fully wet the glass cloth and the connections between the cloth. Excess epoxy becomes brittle and has very little added strength.[/quote]

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