Powerplay 38 Hull glass placement You can see how nice this goes together no scissors needed the patterns were good.



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Powerplay 38 Hull Lamination Dave take a look at the roller how cleanly it works.


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Spray up


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Spray up, I used a 2 Quart pot rig on this and everything else there and the boys had to hustle to keep me in front of the gel line chasing us, it was warm and I was a little over 2% MEKP .


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mold Spray up ,my Brothers batching and they had a couple tricks for keeping the system going.


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Powerplay 38 Deck plug at Mollicam facilities.

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Powerplay 38 Hull Mold Clean up and Wax started.

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I was noticing that, looks good. I like to see that sheen across the laminate that shows a good balance. What would you recommend these days for a fed roller system? Are there any specific brands you like over the others?

Mollicam still uses one of your decks in their add in Pro Boat Builder. I think its the Apache deck.

Powerplay 38 Hull Mold, I finished the polishing and it is now ready for wax I have a 5 step buffing system

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Dave I still go with Magnum Venus for all my equipment .

Yes that was the 41, Nice guys there.

are there any websites on their equiptment or suppliers? Tough stuff to find.


these build pics are kick azz!

I saw one of their gantry mills was for sale on ebay. Big one to, like a fifty footer. If i only had the room :D

Thanks Dave!!

Here at the bottom of the page resin roller.

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LOL that takes all the fun out of it!

Powerplay 38 Hull Mold cleanup for wax.


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Powerplay 38 Mold ready for Gelcoat, that Cuban Guy there with the taped up shoes is Medina, who was the best help I ever had bagging.


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Wow Steve! This is what I've been waiting for. You are a true artist! Post 1289 is euphoric

Powerplay 38 Hull gelcoated and being skinned out


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THOSE ROCK!!!!! Can you post a picture installed? Robbie

Steve, Which hull is the pictures taken from? The first white hull with the cobras? Thanks, Robbie
By the way, A GREAT THREAD!!!!! THANKS!!!!

Sir thank you, I have a lot of pictures of your Beautiful boat in here as well,The white boat you maybe right on that.

Thank you for the nice comment's and for following this thread.

STEVE,
As soon as I get a little un-busy.. and get through this BP thing over the next month or so.. We need to get together with Hollis and talk about the 38 Epic... and introduce some of these hi-strength plastics like you and I are talking about. I have never been so impressed after I saw how strong this Airex is and its capabilities....secondly I want to make sure its done properly, Danny has met his match when it comes anal tentativity...and details...I guess we will se over the next few months. Talk with you soon..Again great thread, I have learned a lot.

Amazing thread, I love this stuff. So the polishing and waxing of the mold would likely have a huge effect on the gel quality and finish right? And how does a production builder do it? I can't believe a company like Sea Ray has guys hand polishing and waxing a hull. (Not that there quality is anywhere near a PP)

Ted First thank you for the nice complements, that mold had a coat of clear tooling Gelcoat shot first then I backed it up with a standard pigmented tooling gelcoat we learned that would give the greatest shine and gloss retention from other molds that had been in service for a over a decade .

Like I said before the Boss had a great eye and nothing escaped his inspection.

Jeff I would be more than happy to help you anyway I can and thank you Sir for the nice Compliments.

Steve,

Very interesting photos. I was with Powerplay from Day 1 untill '86 or '87. You must have been there ofter my time, but it's nice to see the old raceboat pics. BTW, the 25 was an original, not splashed.

Pete

thats interesting, so the clear tooling gel is the mold surface. When i first started doing this stuff i would PVA everything. Molds, plugs, whatever. I always thought it was a guaranteed barrier between the mold and whatever i put in it but as you know it leaves a finish that needs a lot of sanding and buffing. I recently built a set of molds and did a highly polished plug and put a nice polish on the mold when i was done. I keep the surface waxed and in #1 shape and the parts just about fall out of it. I just keep up on the wax now and hardly ever use pva unless its a part that i am pulling a mold off that i cant risk damaging like the Donzi hatch i had to copy a few weeks ago. Steve what wax do you use? i am still stuck on Part-alls high temp on the thought that if it goes on hard it lasts longer. What do you think of the quick spray on wipe off mold release waxes?

I was there with you this is Steve from back in PH Factor worked with Anglo.

I use a TR Multi Pull on some things and then 8 coats of Meguars 88 Wax, The Powerplay Hull Plug and Deck Plugs received this release system, you check with a piece of masking tape, some waxes are a little too good ,remember we are surrounded with Silicones.

Jeff, Another project? How many boats have you built? The 43' NT is a beautiful boat!!!! Blue Skies, Robbie

Powerplay 38 Bagging Corecell in the side.


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Powerplay 38 Hull Core installation, Vacuum Guage.



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speaking of tape how in the heck do those guys out west tape graphics inside a mold? Even with moderate wax i have never been able to get anything to stick. I had a couple of parts i was trying to window with clear gel to do a carbon fiber thing and i have never been able to find a tape that would work.

What I have seen is nothing Trick just fine line, 3-M masking and some plastic tape. No Liquid , Turbo tape or the Like.

Powerplay 38 Deck CNC Mollicam ,Danny did a nice Job bringing the boat forward but keeping the classic lines.


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Powerplay 38 Deck Mollicam CNC transom starboard view


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Powerplay 38 Bottom, Core Bagging placing pump hose, ready to pull the bag down

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