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Interior Fiberglass and frames

Posted on October 19, 2020 By Mike No Comments on Interior Fiberglass and frames
Interior Fiberglass and frames
Kayak Building, Sabalo 12 MK1

Ok, fiberglassing the interior I thought was gonna be fast and easy. Since looks don’t really matter. Turns out I was wrong as usual. Basically it felt like as soon as you did one section it would tug a bit on another section and the fillet areas would always end up with air bubbles. Near … Read More “Interior Fiberglass and frames” »

Its Fiberglassing Time!

Posted on October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 By Mike No Comments on Its Fiberglassing Time!
Its Fiberglassing Time!
Informational, Kayak Building, Sabalo 12 MK1

First time fiberglassing. There seemed to be two methods. The CLC method of doing sections at a time and Nick Schade’s method of saturating the fiberglass everywhere and coming back to squeeze out the excess. I had estimated this step would take a bit over an hour based in Nick Schade’s video. Well, the Sabalo … Read More “Its Fiberglassing Time!” »

Let the sanding begin

Posted on October 9, 2020 By Mike No Comments on Let the sanding begin
Let the sanding begin
Kayak Building, Sabalo 12 MK1

Started sanding down the outside of the hull. I started with 60 grit by hand. The reason I wanted to start by hand was to get a feel for it, and especially the chines I feel needed some work to get the correct shape and feather in some of the edges. It took forever. After … Read More “Let the sanding begin” »

Epoxy fillets

Posted on October 4, 2020 By Mike No Comments on Epoxy fillets
Epoxy fillets
Kayak Building, Sabalo 12 MK1

So this step feels like it’s taking forever. It started with tacking together panels B-D. Than we had to remove the inner frame, restitch supports, stitch Panel A and than tacking that in. Somewhere in that we also restitched the bow with the jig, carefully remove the jig and tack the bow. I’ve since filled … Read More “Epoxy fillets” »

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