More weekend progress. Front portside panels dry fit. I'm applying the glass/epoxy to the inside of the panels on a horizontal surface because its way easier. Portside should be fully attached at some point tomorrow night.
Have been messing with the temp laser, can measure 1-3 degree exotherm on the epoxy while curing. I am experimenting with cranking the heat to 27-28c to see if I can measure when curing is mostly complete by the exotherm ending instead of waiting 24 hours. At 27 degrees it turns super hard in around 18 hours, but still isn't effectively sandable until 48 hours
Bottom side basically built now. Final shaping and fairing for port side tomorrow. Got a big crew coming Saturday going to attempt to epoxy/glass the entire thing wet on wet in one session.
Mad gains on the build last night. Had the big crew come and help fillet, and tape the chines, bow, sides and transom then set all the glass in epoxy over the entire hull in a single session. About 300 square feet of glass + 120 feet of tape over all the joints.
Just finished first flood coat, one more this evening. Then fairing time.
In case you don't know, this is a HUGE time saver when fairing. I make my own cutting ~1/8" tall triangular notches into the plastic bondo spreaders. You can leave an 1/8" gap between the notches. That way you get fairly spread out ridges that sand really fast.
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