A big thanks goes out to Steve G from the Multihull Boatbuilder group for letting me check out his progress and watching a resin infusion take place. The panel that he did today was 8ft x 20ft with 50oz of fabric – not exactly a small piece – and it took just over an hour to completely infuse.
I definitely learned a lot today, and it makes this whole procedure seem less “black magic” and more practical – espicially for someone building without much help.
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I put a question out to the F-Boat list and received a number of good replies on the subject (one of them mentioning a lower-cost alternative that I had placed by the way-side because it wasn’t a big name). I received the following from Ian Farrier regarding my question… it’s nice to know that I’m worrying about, basically, nothing.. 🙂
The question of the day, however, is what properties are “good” for a boat?
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Sent out a few e-mails this morning for price bids on large drums of West epoxy/hardener and CoreCell. Sent e-mail to a few “retail” mail-order places as well, just to see if they can come close to a few places that I’ve found, or if maybe the price comes down from less freight charges.