Thanks for the corrections! The funny thing is that as a pastor I have multiple parishioners who work with this stuff all day. And one is the northeast regional rep for a composite company and has worked with NASA and the military in composites. Suppose I need to talk to them a bit more! Burton Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 6, 2019, at 4:30 PM, edwin jenkins <ejenkins1953@gmail.com> wrote:
This product is a fiberglass long strand is stronger than regular bondo, How ever it is not waterproof . so my question is do I gel coat it or use an epoxy paint to seal it .” total protect” has an epoxy primer 2 part system that claims it seal small cracks in the gel coat and seals out water. I have read posts on this and seems to be a lot of opinions on this so I am a little confused. Thanks for any in site on this Ed
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From: Dave Scobie Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 9:10 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: #100 1975 Montgomery 17
Edwin.
The ballast of your boat is steel. Actually the centers left over from making washers.
First, before talking about what to do to finish the repair - What type of body filler? In general automotive filler isn't appropriate for boat use as it has to much talc and will absorb water.
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On Wed, Jun 5, 2019, 5:51 PM edwin jenkins <ejenkins1953@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok gentlemen , I purchased a 1975 Montgomery 17at an auction with trailer and a 3.9 Volvo outboard for $100.00 a couple of years ago and I am restoring it now it hasn't been in water for approximately 15 years first thing I did was took it to a carwash and spent$20.00 to clean it up. Came out looking pretty good. I'm in the process of redoing the keel . It had a nasty split in it so I cut out a section and put a coat of liquid aluminum on the led pellets after grinding that smooth I put a coat of body filler with fiberglass strands in it . Now I'm debating whether I should also put a layer of fiberglass matting on it or should I just put a coat of epoxy on it ? .