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Old 01-27-2017, 07:31 PM   #17
lagfish
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Re: Travel Float / Bag Stiffener Build

It's an artform I'm still grasping with

On the bottom side of the layup, the bag leaked and as a result I lost vacuum. As a result, there were some areas where the layup didn't stick to the plug. I probably also should've used a different twill pattern or maybe even mat around some of the corners. You can see it here:



The other side:



I'm glad I used EPS and not EPS and degassed the core for a day because the foam core will definitely be exposed to water. Time will tell if delamination will be a problem.

By the way, the epoxy was also degassed in a glass jar:



Being hung in the garage for spray painting fluorescent orange:



Next, the hardware will be installed
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