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Home Forums Search Trailer Sailor Roster Chandlery Events Classifieds Resources About TSBB SBO Sites	Instructions/FAQ | Rules & Etiquette | Edit Profile | Forum Login View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | Don't be so sure, Todd. Not as easy as 'they' make it sound. Posted By: Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee Date: 5/25/08 7:57p.m. Report: outside forum guidelines In Response To: I was told on the main board to epoxy the screws in. (Todd-2023C-SFBay) Digging the epoxy out of a counter-sunk screw head with an ice pick is not fun. Yes, do-able, but not fun. What IS fun... is the amount of time I have invested in TRYING to get the CB bolts to back/loosen up. Forgot to lube the bolt threads that project into the tank before I buried the nuts in epoxy. Yeah, real fun. When I close the sole up, all the screw heads will be counter-sunk, and buried under epoxy and glass. Hope I never have to see them again, much less look for them! Oh, well, with luck, should be closing her up tomorrow. (Wouldn't you know it, but the wife has a bunch of 'Family time' stuff scheduled? I probably won't get a damned thing accomplished!)

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Santana 2023 WB Tank: fiberglass 101 -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 10:46p.m.

Filling the port & starboard seams -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 10:56p.m.

Oops! Wrong pic above, here it is... I hope! -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:08p.m.

Aft Starboard corner, though they all look similar. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:20p.m.

overview of a bulkhead in progress -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:27p.m.

broken corner of removed sole piece, repaired and sanded -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/13/08 11:34p.m.

Overview of completed bulkhead -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:09p.m.

you're getting good at this, eh? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/16/08 5:07a.m.

Only half as good as you, Seth. Thanks for your help. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:03p.m.

A completed (covered) corner. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:17p.m.

I am well pleased with my finished seams. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 3:15p.m.

You get the prize... -- Tom Cannon, 2023A, Coupeville WA -- 5/20/08 3:50p.m.

I know what you're REALLY saying, Tom! -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:45p.m.

That's pretty much what I did. -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/20/08 5:24p.m.

OK Seth -- Bob Frak -- 5/20/08 7:45p.m.

only one of two pieces had been put back -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/21/08 1:18p.m.

Did you use straight 5200 the length of your trunk? -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/21/08 6:08p.m.

To do what? I didn't use any? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/21/08 9:21p.m.

Your immediate reply, third pic from the bottom, may answer it. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/22/08 7:16a.m.

Gary / itchy -- Bob Frak -- 5/22/08 8:11p.m.

Hey, Bob. Well, easy to 'jump' on the epoxy/glass, but -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/23/08 7:41a.m.

Maybe?? -- Bob Frak -- 5/23/08 11:51a.m.

Also, your last picture suprised me. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/22/08 7:20a.m.

What you see on the trunk is the rigit hard putty -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/22/08 3:21p.m.

Ah, understood. -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/23/08 7:56a.m.

I was told on the main board to epoxy the screws in. -- Todd-2023C-SFBay -- 5/24/08 8:18p.m.

 Don't be so sure, Todd. Not as easy as 'they' make it sound.  -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/25/08 7:57p.m.

I'm humbled, Seth. Awesome work. Here's a great tool I discovered. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:42p.m.

Same seam, couple hours later, completed. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 11:02p.m.

Framing the Edge-Out -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:15p.m.

Giving you a close up here, because... -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 3:35p.m.

Nothing of major interest here. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/17/08 4:09p.m.

Awesome job -- Liv, CS22, Karma 22, Ottawa River -- 5/18/08 5:32a.m.

Liv, don't be offering my services out (unless it's a hot friend of yours) -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/18/08 2:13p.m.

Are you going to glass the underside of the edge outs? -- Seth Dabney, 2023-C, Oxford, MS -- 5/18/08 12:34p.m.

If I understand you, Seth, maybe this will clear it up? -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/18/08 2:26p.m.

Seth, after a little sleep, here's the better answer! -- Gary, Santana 2023A, Milwaukee -- 5/19/08 6:23a.m.

A dry fitting. Just checking things out. -- Gary, Santana 2023, Milwaukee -- 5/20/08 10:53p.m.