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Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 30 Sep 2018, 18:33
by cheaterparts
Fish aholic wrote:That's looking fantastic cheater, when do you think it will be finished?
not sure but I wont to be paddling it before xmas -- I will be sanding the outside of the hull though the week and hope to start glassing on the week end

daylight saving in a week should give me a bit more time after work to bore into it

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 01 Oct 2018, 11:42
by Widsa
Looking great old mate.

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 06 Oct 2018, 19:05
by cheaterparts
todays update

I got the outside of the hull sanded up through the week and applied some wood stain to get away from the white plain paulowina and used an alcohol based stain in cedar colour

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and today it was Fibreglass time so this morning I got a layer of glass on and one fill coat later in the day

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the epoxy has high lighted the colour - tomorrow afternoon I hope to sand up the inside ready to glass it on Monday ( I have an early day off work on monday )

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 06 Oct 2018, 19:56
by Seasherpa
That's coming along nicely Cheater :thumbsup:

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 06 Oct 2018, 21:19
by spider25160
Looking very nice cheater...Interesting that you have used fibreglass mat. I would have thought dynel cloth would have been a much lighter option with similar impact resistance and torsional strength.

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 06 Oct 2018, 21:54
by Yako
Maybe he used Aramid :D

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 07 Oct 2018, 09:26
by bjspinner
Looks good Cheater.

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 07 Oct 2018, 13:17
by cheaterparts
spider25160 wrote:Looking very nice cheater...Interesting that you have used fibreglass mat. I would have thought dynel cloth would have been a much lighter option with similar impact resistance and torsional strength.
not sure on that I think glass is stiffer and dynel better wear resistance - hopefully it doesn't need impact resistance I don't intend to run into things

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 07 Oct 2018, 17:08
by chunk9000
Looks great Cheater!

Re: cheater mk 2.4 strip build

Posted: 07 Oct 2018, 18:22
by westy
COOL :thumbsup: