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Carbon outer skin
Lay length of carbon on mould, cut to shape. Then wet out, work out bubbles and voids. Apply peelply.
Sean
and Dan would like to thank Nuplex Industries Limited for their
sponsorship of their new hull by providing quality materials.
Outer skin is pretty simple, carbon cloth layed lengthwise along
mould. Cut to shape. Mix epoxy resin and wet out the cloth with
squeegies and spatulas. Taking care to avoid any excess as we're not
going to vacuum the first layer. The working area is heated so the
resin viscosity is lowered, which makes it much easier to wetout the
cloth.
The cloth is wet out and Dan's just making sure the chines are following the mould contour, and there are no bubbles or voids.
Sean applies peelply which takes up excess resin and removes the waxy surface from the cured epoxy.
Sean removing bubbles under peelply
Starboard outer skin all done.
