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Nelson-built Thommen, caught in the
shore break; deck buckled 15" aft of nose |
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cut away anything that might interfere
with re-establishing the rocker; the individual layers still adhere
astoundingly well to each other |
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clamp it back to shape (there is a 1/4"
sheet of plywood beneath, and some straight sticks across) |
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inject marine Urethane foam, to hold the rocker (this is
one legitimate use of DuctTape in board repair - used here to force the
expanding foam down into the cracks and crevices - well, most of it...) |
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the fracture is bevel-ground; new piece of Corecell &
inner glass cut; vacuum tape in place, and bagging materials prepared |
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the bonding surface is coated with a bit of filled Epoxy |
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with the "rocker clamp" still in place, new inner glass
& Corecell are vacuum-bagged |
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bagging supplies removed, revealing an odd-looking blob |
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but when ground flush, it starts to make sense... new
reinforcements ready to go |
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outer laminations done, replacing what I found there,
plus a layer of 4oz fiberglass cloth, to protect the Carbon during the
fairing process |
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everything ground flush - not much fairing required,
just a bit of filling of texture |
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Epoxy fairing compound slathered on |
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and most of it sanded off again |
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Epoxy primer applied |
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painting day dawns warm and calm - perfect! |
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nose painted and ready for new decal |
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bottom rubbed out |
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new decals and non-skid applied (DekDust in UV-resistant
Epoxy), then - after a proper curing interval - the whole thing given a good
bath weight gain 1 1/2oz (must be that Urethane foam I injected)
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