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Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/13/2009, 12:27 am
In Response To: Strip: End Pours of NOT? (victor druten)

: 18 foot Night Heron. NO hatches. End pour looks...fairly difficult.
: Saw in a book where guy made a small dam around 6" from
: bow/stern in hull...then filled it with epoxy. He used
: MICROballoons to take up space. googled Micro stuff. More than
: one option. One place ...fiberglass Supply had 32 oz for
: $4.30...other places it was as much as $30 ....is there a
: certain kind I should use? anyone know the ration of Micro to
: epoxy?

I don't use end pours, too much weight. I do though use internal stems and fill the gap between the stems and the strips with epoxy/microballons. It's a tiny amount vs. an end pour but does the same thing.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: End Pours of NOT?
victor druten -- 12/12/2009, 1:40 pm
Keep endpours small *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 12/14/2009, 11:39 pm
Re: Keep endpours small
Bill Hamm -- 12/15/2009, 1:06 am
Drill handle holes before joining deck
John Caldeira -- 12/15/2009, 12:56 pm
Re: Drill handle holes before joining deck
Bill Hamm -- 12/16/2009, 1:16 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Jay Babina -- 12/13/2009, 5:03 pm
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Allan -- 12/13/2009, 1:45 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Bill Hamm -- 12/13/2009, 12:27 am
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
Ken Blanton -- 12/12/2009, 7:07 pm
Re: Strip: End Pours of NOT?
vk1nf -- 12/12/2009, 11:05 pm