Unlimited jd

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So I start poking around and realize the lower half of my port outside stringer is mud. Oh well, cut it out make a new one. I've read every thread on stringer repair watched videos and done a bunch of other glass work no big deal.

Well apparently this one has been wet a while and all the glass holding it down delaminated and came out with it. Hmmm that's weird. I must have missed the part in the other threads where you had grind all the glass out of the bilge up to about a foot away and 1/4" deep to find laminate that doesn't lift out with a screwdriver. And still the edges keep breaking away. At least it's dry now. I found puddles of water under the first 3 layers.

How far do I keep grinding? What do I lay this back up with? It looks like roving was in here. I'll post pics in a little while when I get home and start drinking.

Unlimited jd

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the pic of me holding a piece (7th one I think) is a piece of glass I lifted out. Same as the next pic, laminate just peeled right up. Kept finding water under the laminate.

Unlimited jd

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pics of the edge that just kept lifting

glassdave

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Welp the long an short of it is you keep grinding till you get to good solid glass. Usually you just need to cut everything out and grind back the original tabbing. Looks like you have an extreme case of some kind of delamination, your heading in the right direction. While your boat is constructed of old school roving its not the best laminate to put back in. A quality 1708 bi ax is pretty much all you need for your project, also is a good idea to use a vinylester resin. Keep the pics coming. What boat is that?

Unlimited jd

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It's an 82, bill farmer built Excalibur hawk 40. I was starting to think I was going to see the trailer any minute if I kept grinding!
Many of the layers actually had water under them. I'm guessing the water that got into and rotted the stringer made its way through the laminate and caused this. I very well may be 100% wrong that's just my wild a$$ guess! Thank you! Looks like I'm headed to Jamestown distributors tomorrow.

glassdave

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Some of those older roving laminations can have all kinds of problems. Just gotta and push threw 'em. I actually have hit trailer before lol

kreed

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Jamie, that may have been a contributing factor to my stringers cracking a couple seasons ago when I had your boat? How did you find this?

Unlimited jd

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Was grinding old paint out of the bilge, getting ready to fill a couple screw holes and a stress crack. I slipped, kicked the stringer and thought I saw it move. Started tapping around and pushed on it and it felt like it was going to buckle.

innerrage

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take your time jamie,its a fun boat keep the pictures coming

Unlimited jd

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Everybody keeps saying its a fun boat..... I haven't found that "fun" yet lol. Lots and lots of work. I have to get all these issues straightened out so I can move on to the next mess poking its ugly head out. Cabin and cockpit interior are getting priced out this week so I know how much to save up for that. Hot rod interior shops should not work on boats. Nothing is actually "secured" in this boat. Another thread another day.