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Sylvain Sirois1

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 9:13 pm
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I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
area to repair on the hule.

Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?

I have never play with this material.

Thank you

Sylvain

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Terry Spragg4

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:02 pm
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Sylvain Sirois wrote:
 > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
 > area to repair on the hule.
 >
 > Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?
 >
 > I have never play with this material.
 > Sylvain

Caution!

Glass clad wooden boats can be a nightmare. If the wood got wet,
you will probably need to replace it. Poke the wood with an awl to
help judge it's soundness.

Polyester doesn't stick to wood as well as epoxy does, but even
epoxy will not help a boat with soddon, rotton wood.

The material is like snot. Sticky, noxious, snot. You should wear
rubber gloves and old clothes. Do not 'whip' air into the mix.

You will need some experimentation to get the hang of adjusting the
mix to allow for additives, sunlight, temperature, humidity, and
thickness effects, which make the goo harden more quickly than you
might expect.

West sytems epoxy manufacurers publish a book with repair hints,
available at places that sell west sytem products. Read it. It
mostly applies to polyester resin, too, except for catalyst /
hardner ratios.

Caveat emptor!

Good luck.

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schippertje

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:54 pm
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In article <HfYbc.77808$aC1.67893@charlie.risq.qc.ca>, weet
ssirois.nospam.DeleteThis@cgocable.nospam.ca ons te melden...
 > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
 > area to repair on the hule.
 >
 > Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?
 >
 > I have never play with this material.

Give te boat a good look before you buy. All too many wooden boats
wrapped in fiberglass have rotted away from the inside. Be suspicious of
flexible spots in the fiberglass, other than the spots that need
repairing.

The fact that there is some repair-work to do could mean the rotting
process is already underway. You should seriously ask yourself if the
boat is worth buying

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Lew Hodgett

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:23 am
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"Sylvain Sirois" writes:

 > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
 > area to repair on the hule.
<snip>
I would not touch this deal, period, end of report.

It is heartbreak, waiting to happen.


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Sylvain Sirois1

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:10 pm
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I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood log.
I have not found root.

Sylvain

"Sylvain Sirois" <ssirois.nospam.DeleteThis@cgocable.nospam.ca> a écrit dans le message
de news:HfYbc.77808$aC1.67893@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
 > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a large
 > area to repair on the hule.
 >
 > Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?
 >
 > I have never play with this material.
 >
 > Thank you
 >
 > Sylvain
 >
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Pierre1

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:14 pm
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Where from Sylvain, MTL here

Pierre


"Sylvain Sirois" <ssirois.nospam.TakeThisOut@cgocable.nospam.ca> wrote in message
news:0%xcc.78013$aC1.76900@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
 > I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood
log.
 > I have not found root.
 >
 > Sylvain
 >
 > "Sylvain Sirois" <ssirois.nospam.TakeThisOut@cgocable.nospam.ca> a écrit dans le
message
 > de news:HfYbc.77808$aC1.67893@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
  > > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a
large
  > > area to repair on the hule.
  > >
  > > Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?
  > >
  > > I have never play with this material.
  > >
  > > Thank you
  > >
  > > Sylvain
  > >
  > >
 >
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Sylvain Sirois1

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:20 am
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La Côte-Nord; Baie-Comeau.

Sylvain

"Pierre" <piguindon DeleteThis @videotron.com> a écrit dans le message de
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 > Where from Sylvain, MTL here
 >
 > Pierre
 >
 >
 > "Sylvain Sirois" <ssirois.nospam DeleteThis @cgocable.nospam.ca> wrote in message
 > news:0%xcc.78013$aC1.76900@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
  > > I have forgot to say, the cause of the break. He hit a submerged wood
 > log.
  > > I have not found root.
  > >
  > > Sylvain
  > >
  > > "Sylvain Sirois" <ssirois.nospam DeleteThis @cgocable.nospam.ca> a écrit dans le
 > message
  > > de news:HfYbc.77808$aC1.67893@charlie.risq.qc.ca...
   > > > I am about to buy a wooden boat wraped in fiberglass. I will have a
 > large
   > > > area to repair on the hule.
   > > >
   > > > Any hints on the art of fiberglass ? Any website with the technique ?
   > > >
   > > > I have never play with this material.
   > > >
   > > > Thank you
   > > >
   > > > Sylvain
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
 >
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