Hi Danny Yes. After three layers cloth and then the core in place I did fill the cavities surrounding the new core with thickened epoxy (or if using Polyester with thickened polyester). I used West 406 which I believe is colida silica (spelling). This has adhesive properties and I hoped was a bit stronger. After that was the next layers of cloth saturated with resin and the final skim coats I used a sandable filler such as West 407 in the epoxy.
The main difference around the chainplate area was that we needed to leave holes for the chainpates. To do this I coated the chain plates with Vaseline as a release agent (I think that is what I used) and put the chainplates in place. The core material ended approx. one inch from the chainplates on all sides and I filled in the gap with epoxy thickened with filler. Once the area was built up to deck devel I used a hammer and a block of wood to knock the chainplates out and then went on to the normal sanding procedure followed by painting. It did not leak after that on either boat and with the area surrounded by epoxy I am confident the core could not get wet As I said before. This was a relatively simple job. Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Danny Haughey via CnC-List Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 11:30 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Danny Haughey Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck Coring Around Chainplates mike, you shared that link before and I never get bored going to look at it!! That is a great job! I thin one needs to get past the fear of opening up what needs to be opened on a project like that. Going a little extra isn't really any more work. What did you do for the voids around the new coring, just fill with the epoxy/filler? Danny
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