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a.
Create templates from Kraft paper starting with a size outside the prepared area and making progressively
smaller ones to equal the thickness of the laminate being repaired.
b.
Cut fiberglass cloth pieces with scissors to equal the templates.
c.
Clean the prepared area with a wiping rag soaked in acetone.
WARNING
NOTE
After mixing, the resin with hardener can be used for approximately 20 - 30 minutes.
d.
Mix hardener into the resin can.
e.
Lay out a sheet of polyethylene cellophane (separating film), larger than the largest piece of fiberglass cloth,
on a horizontal surface.
f.
Place the largest piece of fiberglass on the film.
TRANSOM
1, 2 and 3
Gelcoat
1 oz. Mat
2 Units
¾ in. Plywood
1½ oz. Mat
¾ in. Plywood
4½ oz. Mat
2 Units
1 oz. Mat
Gelcoat
DECK HORIZONTAL SURFACE
1, 2 and 3
Gelcoat
1 oz. Mat
1 Unit
Syntactic Foam
5/8 in. Plywood
1 Unit
Lay-Out Schedule Notes
1
1 Unit shall be 1 oz. Mat and 18 oz. Woven Roving.
2
Syntactic Foam: 1 part Milled Fibre, 2 parts Resin, 3 parts Glass Bubbles. Thicken as required
with Milled Fibre.
3
Resin shall be polyester isopthalic in hull and orthopthalic in deck and transom.
Table 1. Lay-Out Details. (Continued)
AREA
NOTES
LAY-OUT
