On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we dive back into the sugar scoops to lay down some fiberglass cloth using West System epoxy on our custom 435 ca...

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welcome back to SB basic ok before we

get working let's take a look at this

got a little treat on the lake

the Goosebumps race they do this every

Sunday throughout the winter

and it looks like about a hundred boats

on the lake today tons of fun while

they're out there playing I'm getting to

work and why are we working back down in

the scoops I guess start getting glass

cloth laid over all the work I've been

doing and jump into the other hole as

well that scoop is falling behind and I

got a ton to do in there so I need to

get caught up quick because steering is

coming fast

so let's get to work

I mean it's looking real good down here

Foxy's cured come down here just kind of

handsome do a little detail sanding you

get some glass cloth down that's my goal

for this side today

get some glass laid up on the other side

as well so let's get into working this

over a little bit knocking off just any

of these little ridges here's what I'm

talking about

actually this feels really good but see

like this little bit right here just a

little bit of edge on this nothing much

but when I'm laying glass cloth it may

snag on it you would never see that

under the cloth but I want the class

cloth to go down smooth and just hand

sand like there's a little burr

right here on the corner just want to

knock all these down that way when I get

my cloth on here just when I'm tugging

and pulling

I'm not messing up the fibers so let's

just work this over

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okay I just spent the better part of an

hour and a half sanding out this

bulkhead and let me show you what I did

everything is looking great

I'm feeling real good about all the new

structure this is all just turning out

nice all the transitions just planed out

perfectly flat it's this old bulkhead

that has been fighting me and I have

been spending time as you've seen

smoothing it out it's getting real close

I've got a couple little pocket marks

left those don't really bother me

because in a glass cloth and it probably

flowed over that nicely but they do

bother me the big part is these inside

corners they are still a little jagged

and the radius isn't a nice one-inch

sweep I want that one inch sweep so if I

put my cloth on I can tab it smoothly

into the hole not the sharp corner here

so I'm gonna spend a couple hours right

now fixing this right I'm not gonna bore

you with it I'll do it off camera and

revisit it tomorrow morning right before

we put down this cloth I'll show you

what I did how I did it and then we'll

get this bulkhead all covered up

and just like that I finished my epoxy

work on this side for today

I'll show that to you in the morning now

it's run over here this other scoop is

quite a bit behind this scoop let me get

you up to speed over here

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okay take a look at this side here's all

the structure I've built for the

staircase going up

nothing has glass cloth on the inside of

this yet I need to put two and three

layers on this overlapping all the seams

hanging upside down all the way through

here that is number one then I need to

filled this out look at the other side

and this side is much rougher this

bulkhead

I've already started sanding getting the

big burrs off looks like they had

patched in something at one point right

here it was just heavy claw through here

will smooth all that out let's look at

this here's the Fox Bhima here which is

the only wood component on the boat when

I ripped this deck out actually damaged

this a little so I need to repair this

make sure this is all covered in epoxy

before I cover this up so I can start

working on that first that I need to

extend this deck out like I do the other

side and then build this wall but look

at this this is all original boat look

at how old and nasty this looks I'm

gonna sand all this out make it look

smooth and I don't even know what this

gap is back here that needs to be filled

there's a hole right here who knows what

that was for probably an electrical lead

I'll fill that

so quite a bit to do in this side to

smooth things out it's all doable just a

lot of work but it needs to happen so

I'm gonna get started on this side and

start bouncing more back and forth on

that side to this side the other side

it's almost done so the detail work

takes time to dry I'll be working over

here so the order of events in here

I'm gonna work in this compartment first

because this needs to be sealed off

because when I lay glass cloth I could

be laying much off here as well starting

to do all these fill look at this I

don't know if this holes are holes here

this gap here this hole here this repair

look at this looks like there was a hole

here in this at one point and they just

poured resin in it and they resin

expanded as it hardened and pushed out

the bottom of the hole that needs to

come out so fine a bit of prep needs to

happen before I strike close it up this

compartment so let's get started on some

of this right now

pour this whole out get some cleaned

wood

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that should do it

okay just like that would you get in

late so that's when I get my boxing done

so cures overnight and I get a fresh

start tomorrow morning so we're on the

porthole now let's get some epoxy rollin

oh okay when I'm filling a hole like

this this is a one inch hole I'm not

just gonna jam epoxy interested because

it's just gonna run down the inside of

this so I like to do is cut a little

plug there's a little foam plug we're

gonna push it back just to the far side

here there we go that way when I fill

this the epoxies not pouring out the

other side

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there we go this is the neck sorry I

want to hit want to make sure this is

nice and sealed and a flat surface is

always nice to work out

this is going on probably about a maybe

an eighth inch at the most on here I'm

just trying to keep it nice and thin so

I don't like to just pack this in there

this is West system with a tool fie

partner which is a fast gear hardener

and then the clinal silica filler

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readygo his house why not use the

squeeze bag method and I have used it

works great but epoxy is expensive and

when you use the squeeze bag method well

at least what I do weighs probably 10%

of the epoxy hitting it into the bag and

sticking to the bag this way I can use

most of my epoxy it's probably takes a

little longer but I feel it's more

efficient use of the epoxy just my

opinion

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okay I just finished putting my epoxy in

I've got the two patches in that I

wanted to do and I finished all the

inside radius work up here I always mix

up a little bit more epoxy than I need

that way I could go around and kind of

fill little holes little divots and

dings I've got it going all around me

little pieces just kind of look around

and look at the worst spots and just

keep filling them in that way by the

time I finish my project over here a lot

of stuffs happening behind me as well

the trick is getting out of here now

without bumping too much in this epoxy

okay I've done four in here today let's

let this fire off and we'll start all

again tomorrow

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boy

just a peaceful morning

you got a lot of days like this in

Seattle

was calm clear skies this means it was a

little cool I think what I'll do is end

up throwing a little heater in here for

the next two or three hours all these

decks are drying off make sure that

epoxy is nice and cure so I'm gonna get

that sanded up and my glass cloth late

on today

can't complain though it is beautiful

it's the next morning actually it's the

next afternoon

I spent a couple hours yesterday putting

in the epoxy I put my nut one inch

radius all the way around this I feel

much better about that I've filled in

the last bit of parking this on this

bulkhead swept it over this tab and then

spent a couple hours this morning

sanding it's ready I finally feel good

about this so here's what we're gonna do

we're gonna lay one continuous sheet

it's gonna start on the deck come up

over my new lip and down over this and

this will tie in all these different

seams if I don't do that this could

potentially crack out over time but by

layering glass over it

that will just tie it all together this

will continue down wrap around here and

then follow the whole line all the way

around

I want to bend this over my new radius

because I don't want this to ever crack

out and I'll tab it about an inch and a

half onto the hole all the way around

this is a big piece of glass to put in

well it's not a big piece to put in but

the situation and crammed in this little

room it's a big piece let's get this in

well let's try to get this in without

making too much of a mess I just got a

quick measurement off that I need a 52

inch piece of cloth here pick this up

the other day and here's the cut

they came from the supply house look at

this just a lot of loose strings and

what I like to do get my garbage can

here I like to pull strings and square

this up that gives me a nice starting

point because who knows how square this

is right now there we go so I pulled a

few extra strings in the side see these

fibers sticking out look further than

this came across here so now I'll just

trim this off nice and square and it

gives me a good starting point

okay think that's got everything

there's my epoxy I'm anticipating this

to be about four pumps of epoxy using

wet system but I've only mixed up about

six pumps I'm gonna mix this up in two

different batches it'll extend my

working time get everything all lined up

in here it's pretty poor so I can't be

crawling in and out and then here's the

cloth this is a 10 ounce cloth that I

just pre-cut I think I have everything I

need so let's get in here and try to

leave this in I'm gonna start at the top

and then work my way down I'm gonna get

a nice layer of epoxy down first just a

thin layer just enough to tack the cloth

to the project here

this is tight

okay there we go nice even layer not to

tack the clock down let's get that on

next then I'll start layering more epoxy

on to get the cloth saturated of course

this is the tricky part now that I have

this wall of epoxy giving this cloth

started

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my goal is to make sure that all of my

radius work has a nice

rap on it

and it's laying down not too bad so far

I've got a lot of extra cloth on here

it's pretty hard to pre-cut a piece like

this so I'll just drape it in here just

trim it before I stick it down when

you're laying cloth in a obscure area

like this you'll have to do a couple

relief cuts to get things to fold around

properly just kind of nibble them in

once good to lay down somewhat start

just roll a little little more out kind

of helps you mix this cloth bend a

little better sticks down a little

better at points it almost seems like

it's impossible than mostly only down

but you just keep working it you know by

thinning out and putting a thin layer of

epoxy down it just increases your

working time when it's sitting in your

bowl it'll fire off quite a bit faster

so by getting the material down it helps

you out my dad's been in the sugar scoop

for a while and I've been hanging out

outside singing if he needs me so I'm

gonna go check on him it's a beautiful

day hey what you doing lay down some

cloth all right are you kidding not

boring it's taking a while but it's get

there okay that's great what are you

gonna do after this um I think this is

the last project for today okay so after

this we can relax a little bit

okay I should be done here I don't know

maybe half hour 45 minutes okay

then I'll see you in a bit

hanging to leave them alone for a little

while and I'm gonna go do my own thing

how about I don't know 20 minutes into

this now working tabs pretty long even

though I'm using a 205 partner it's it's

not real hot out so I should have about

I don't know maybe 45 minutes of working

time especially that I'm using this in

smaller batches just a matter just keep

working this see you've got this side

all worked in all day up here I'd make a

few relief cuts down here always adds a

different element because you get these

strings on here

but I'll just keep working it and

eventually all lay down okay that was a

lot to do down in there but we got it

losing light fast Sun just dipped down

behind Queen Anne there so I got dark

real quick in there well see Rose down

the piece is all the way on it stabbed

into the walls all the way around

everywhere I had to make a relief cut I

patched in a little more cloth over it

on all the corners so my next step is

let this fire off for about two or three

hours I want it to stiffen up a little

bit and then I'm gonna come in and trim

this tonight I'll show you how all that

looks tomorrow morning so it's leaked

and I'm exhausted teal is still out in

the sugar scoops trying to finish up a

little epoxy so we are going to see if

we can coax him into having dinner and

calling it a day

gosh it's so dark out

see what he's doing in here hey are you

almost done ten minutes you know that

dinner's ready

okay I'll be right out okay I'm just

done yeah just trim it up I it's just to

the point where I could trim the glass

and I'll peel it and at the end I mean

it's cold and dark out here oh no wait

for summer it's coming six months hey

can I do it okay I'm almost done

rain pretty good last night

but let's dry off that scoop get inside

and see how that a glass turned out

because I'm probably entire to be

crawling in and out of here

believe me I'm getting tired of me

crawling in and out of here okay

everything's fired off last night I came

here and trim this off an inch and a

half off of the wall

remember this was a jagged just wild

seam all I do is wait for that sweet

spot when the epoxy is just starting to

fire off I could take my razor and I

just score it just lightly come around

here I take a grab the semi cured cloth

and just peel it off here's my bag of

the stuff right here it's all fired off

it looks nice and clean now

look how this came around just all trim

nice and clean everything laid down real

flat no bubbles no wrinkles I feel good

about this all this is tied into now

it's just a matter of hand sanding this

out then running an orbital on the face

and I'm ready for fairing and paint

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