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| Here is the trimmed rear thwart, waiting for its first "finish" coat of epoxy on top. The plan was to mix some epoxy, coat the thwart using a thin foam roller, squeegee it, then thicken the rest of the epoxy with silica for attaching the forward thwart permanently. |
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| I taped off areas on and around the forward thwart, to both mark where to place thickened epoxy and to make clean-up go more smoothly. |
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| As you can see, there is a considerable gap between the thwart and the side of the hull on the starboard side. The gap is several inches long & gets progressively wider aft. The joint at the forward edge is considerably better. I knew it would take big globs of VERY thick epoxy to fill this gap. |
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| The gap on the port side wasnt so bad. |
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| First epoxy coat rolled & sqeegeed onto the aft thwart. |
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| Heres that big gap filled with thickened epoxy. Before removing the tape, I used the curved corner of the squeegee to shape the epoxy edges. |
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| Improvised bracing to help make sure the thwart was pressed down solidly and level. |
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| Improvised bracing to help make sure the thwart was pressed down solidly and level. |
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| I wanted to get a photo of this filled gap before I painted over it. This is from where I had to remove some material from the corner of the outer sheer lamination in order to get it to bend into place. I removed a little too much, leaving this gap. During installation of the sheer, I heaped on the thickened epoxy in order to fill it. This is the port side joint between the sheer and transom. |
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| First layer of the AquaGard 190 primer on the port sheer. |
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