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tunawish
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Through hull hole repair

Post by tunawish »

Laminated in patches for 3 old through hulls per Capt Pats tech tips and they came out better than expected...
Couple of issues though....The area of the hole is still lighter(see through) than surrounding glass.. 1/2 inside 1/2 outside, total of 6 layers of 1708 biax with epoxy for the 2 smaller holes and 8 total for larger 2 1/2" hole..

Is the original glass resin darker or do I need to add more layers..??? The ground out area now seems flush ...
And has anyone used a top interior layer of woven roving to match original look or am I crazy to bother..???

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Post by IRGuy »

On our B33s Bertram added green coloring to their resin so as to be able to verify wet out and other things when the hulls were being laid up. I imagine they did the same with the B31s.

Sorry.. can't help with your other question.
Frank B
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