- - Transom replacement full vs partial
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ramos45
02-18-2014 10:41 AM
Looking good. How much more grinding you going to do?
Borgie
02-18-2014 05:14 PM
Just need to do a final faring in on transom surface and hand sand the inner stringer areas where I plan to bond to the floor. This grinding crap is for the birds!
Everything looks precise and on the money!................very professional!
Borgie
03-05-2014 10:08 PM
I really appreciate the kind words! Glassdave has been a huge help along the way and I've learned a lot here on OSO. Looking forward to this thing floating again! Lol
Rookie
03-06-2014 08:43 PM
So you use the 3M Corebond to adhere the outside gel to the inside of the new transom plywood? And, you also use 3M Corebond to make the fillets where the inner hull meets the new transom? The you just glass the over the new transom connecting it to the inner hull?
Looks Great!
Borgie
03-06-2014 09:34 PM
Originally Posted by Rookie
(Post 4085700)
So you use the 3M Corebond to adhere the outside gel to the inside of the new transom plywood? And, you also use 3M Corebond to make the fillets where the inner hull meets the new transom? The you just glass the over the new transom connecting it to the inner hull?
Looks Great!
Yes, the crucial part of this process is mixing up a hot batch of VE to the surfaces to be bonded with the corebond, wait until its tacky (30-40 mins roughly) then apply the corebond that's been mixed thoroughly with 1.5% by volume tinted MEKP. This part is absolutely necessary. The nice thing about corebond is using it in a situation like this where the transom surface will never be completely flat and true. Stuff has an absolute and tenacious bond.
Thanks for the props. Glassdave should be given some serious credit here as he was the one who steered me toward Corebond and has given me quite a bit of advice. Couldn't be happier with the results. If anyone here needs a good source for relatively inexpensive Corebond, feel free to PM me.
Rookie
03-06-2014 10:04 PM
So you are saying: VE on bare transom wood, tacky VE on transom wood add Corbond 1.5%, bolt to existing gel transom on boat.
