Rick's GP310

[Fella1340]

great looking build. Nice job getting the cf down so smootly, it looks a lot more tricky getting it to look nice that your standard inlay. i have a wood boat that needs building and seeing how you put it in will be very helpful come time.

[rickwess]

great looking build. Nice job getting the cf down so smootly, it looks a lot more tricky getting it to look nice that your standard inlay. i have a wood boat that needs building and seeing how you put it in will be very helpful come time.

Thanks. It just takes patience, which I normally don't have. There are a lot of little patches to cut. I spray the CF with adhesive a day before before I cut. It stays tacking enough to "stick" it in place and then you can laminate all the pieces at once.

[ray schrauwen]

What brand spray adhesive stays tacky that long?

[rickwess]

What brand spray adhesive stays tacky that long?

http://www.compositescanada.com/product-catalog/process-materials/product/319-airtac-2?search=spray%20adhesive

It loses it tack over time, but that is a long time. The reason I mentioned a day is that this stuff is really tacky after a few hours. You better be 100% sure of your placement is you use it right away.

The stuff I sprayed a few months ago still has enough tack to hold it it place. This also helps prevent the CF cloth from fraying during and after it's cut.

[rickwess]

Killing time while it warms up enough to paint. Made an ESC mount as well as platform to mount the receiver and voltage protector. I'll use small pieces of antenna tube to route the receiver antenna wires across that cross member then along each side of the hatch opening.


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[785boats]

Looking good Rick.
Isn't it frustrating waiting for the weather to turn, just so you can spray a bit of paint around.

[ray schrauwen]

Thanks Rick.

[rickwess]

It's been a busy non-snow season. Lots of construction projects at the cottage so building boats took a back seat. I had to be content running the ones I have built already.

I left off needing to paint this, but have never painted with anything but a rattle can. A quick trip to Princess Auto for an HVLP gun and Composites Canada for 2 part epoxy Primer and Topcoat and I was all set to go. The below is after 3 coats of primer, but I did sand between the 1st and second coat because I ended up with runs in 2 spots. I think I had too much paint flowing through the gun so I adjusted it down. All said I'm happy with the the way it's turning out.

The primer is Endura EP-2C Sealer/Primer. It's not a high build primer but did a good job and filling in the minor sanding lines.

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My spray booth was good 'ol mother nature. I strung a rope in a clearing between two trees and hung the boat from it. Once sprayed, I brought it into the basement to cure.

[ray schrauwen]

Green primer, woohoo! The weather looks pretty good for painting now. Nice work sdo far! I'm working on my GP265 right now.

[rickwess]

Green primer, woohoo! The weather looks pretty good for painting now. Nice work sdo far! I'm working on my GP265 right now.

That's the zinc chromate in the primer. Don't need to worry about the wood rusting now.

[ray schrauwen]

Once you paint it, you could let it cure until Feb., March. I'm going to let my Cheetah cure all winter before I put all the rigging back on.

[rickwess]

That seems excessive, but it may end up being that way based on how much time I have. My biggest concern would be the hatch tape peeling off the paint than the rigging having an effect on it. The spec sheet on the topcoat shows a full cure within 9 days depending on the temperature.

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[rickwess]

Not a perfect paint job, but I'm happy with it. I'd be more concerned if I didn't have a dog who instinctively needs to nose butt (or worse) each boat when it gets puts in the water.

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Also, added sum two part foam to the hatch for flotation and a layer of s-glass to stiffen it up.

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[rickwess]

Tinted G-Flex used to bond the stuffing tube in place.

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[ray schrauwen]

Very professional! me likee!