What's all the talk about blue printing the ride pads?? What does it to for performance? If someone is willing to take time and link me to somewhere that explains a step by step to do it or a video, that would be greatly appreciated!
Ride pads and blue printing???
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I'm pretty sure blue printing is making the ride pads flat if I'm not mistaken, by using bondo or such. -
Ok where could I get body filler from? My local ace hardware has body filler but it has METAL adhesives? Will that still work? Or do I need some sort of fiberglass adhesive stuff?Comment
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if your going to blue print, before you fill anything, might want to actually sand the ride pads first and see if you can get the dips out that way....Comment
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On several of the MG/Mystic hulls I've done, a simple block sanding reveled the low spots and helped to get things close. One pass with some decent filler (I use Feather Fill lightweight body filler), then some touchup got me most of the way there. A heavy-build primer can help with the finishing up also.
Is all this necessary?? No... Will it dramatically improve the performance of the boat?? That depends on what you expect from it. It's not the one answer to perfecting this package, but it's a solid component of it.
My Race Prep thread shows clearly how to perform all of this.Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
"Self-proclaimed skill-less leader in the hobby."Comment
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