April 12, 2009
Block Repair Phase II
Today I went back to the shed where the boat lives when she's not on the water. After taking off the clamp, I sanded the epoxy drippings away.
Next, I mixed up some unthickened Epoxy, and wet out several pieces of glass cloth. These I placed so that they contacted the block and the surrounding underside of the cuddy.
The key to getting the glass to stick was not to mess with it too much after placing it. My experience is that if you do that, you get more air bubbles in the glass/epoxy matrix. The strings of glass hanging down will be sanded away next time. Pretty ugly, huh? Looks like of like some sort of pimple. Good thing this is never seen. Just so long as it works.