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The molds are out of the box.186 views
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And into the shop?258 viewsWe started to clean the hull for minor repairs and buffing.
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Cleaning and buffing the hull. Burnt out a buffer in the process.206 views
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Hulls buffed and ready to be cleaned.203 views
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Katie and Drew cleaned the mold twice with Freecote Mold Cleaner and Mold Sealer. 220 viewsKatie sprayed 4 coats of Loctite Freecote FRP NS.
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Hull Mold is split down the centerline and needed to be sealed to provide a seal for the vacuum.217 views
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We put two strips of 'dum dum', one on each side of the bolt holes.215 viewsThis was done so there would be equal pressure on the top strip to get a good seal.
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This is a shot of the locator pin and several of the bolts that pulled the hull halves together.225 views
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After all were tightenned, we placed a vacuum bag over the hull to do a vacuum test.242 views
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Vacuum test started and finished. The hull test passed. Zero loss in 10 minutes. Great.246 views
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Gel coat is in the mold.232 views
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Starting to put in Mat to protect the gel coat.248 views
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