Tag: Fiberglass Repair

Sanded the sheen off the epoxy and applied the red fairing compound to a few more blisters today.

Posted by – September 7, 2009

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West System Publications

Posted by – September 7, 2009

Just a warning:  This is a bit boat-geeky so you can skip on past if you aren’t doing or planning on doing any fiberglass work.

The West System people publish some really good articles and manuals at westsystem.com.  Their search is ok, but google is better.  Try copying this into google to browse through everything:

site:http://westsystem.com/ filetype:pdf

Add a keyword or two like this:

blisters site:http://westsystem.com/ filetype:pdf

to search for a specific topic.

Still sanding blisters

Posted by – September 4, 2009

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Blisters, day 2.

Posted by – August 22, 2009

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Epoxy lesson for Jenstylee. Finally got 24hrs of no rain. Filling in the blisters.

Posted by – August 20, 2009

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Wearing the full suit today! Grinding fiberglass is a nasty mess.

Posted by – July 27, 2009

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Grinding blisters.

Posted by – July 26, 2009

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Sanding the bootstripe. Heard “the Russians” in the boatyard can tape a new one for cheap!

Posted by – July 24, 2009

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Thru hull removal time. Not sure how big of a job this will be.

Posted by – July 19, 2009

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Sanding the rudder.

Posted by – July 16, 2009

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