Carbon Sequestration

Just arrived:
12 pound roll of 50k CF tow.
This will be wound into many paddle shafts and is used as reinforcement in Primoboardco.com skate decks.

Sup Plug: Step #7

Sanding, fairing, sanding then another layer of gelcoat:
It would be hard to do these steps too many times.

New skin on a Laser

We have a older Laser in the shop.
It has a sound hull that is fair.  The deck has issues that are common to older glass dingys.  That is; deck deformation.  It is not delamination.  These boats have a thin but solid glass deck.  It is not cored.  Because the deck is thin, over time, heating and cooling cycles make the skin undulate.
To bring the life back into this boat we needed to address this issue.
Our plan is to fair out the low spots with fairing compound and sand down the high spots.
We did this and today it was fair enough to take the next step.
We overlaid the entire deck with 7oz glass set in epoxy.
This brings the surface back to a uniform material and it makes the deck start to look good again.
After this hardens, we will trim the excess, sand and prepare the surface for a gelcoat overlay.
This will be in a future posting.

The Laser with fairing compound used in low spots.

Sanded and ready for glass

We are using low viscosity Raka resin with medium hardener.

The fabric is draped over the cockpit and will be trimmed out after the epoxy sets.