This boat, like many other mirror dinghy’s, had obviously spent a period of its life left deck up & exposed to the weather. There isĀ a tide mark inside the lockers. Given that this boat is never to be a racing mirror I have decided to line the damages part of the bow lockers with a layer of chopped strand mat and resin. I sanded the lockers where they were to be glassed ensuring that there was no flaky paint. I then used a vacuum cleaner to remove all of the dust and cleaned the area with acetone (cellulose thinners will work as well).I cut a piece of the chopped strand mat to the required shape. I then mixed west system resin and hardener and painted the area to be treated with a generous coat of the resin. Next I placed the pre-cut mat into position and worked the resin through it with a brush, that I had shortened to give stiffer bristles, to work in the mat I dabbed the brush rather than using a brush type stroke. I have repeated this process in the two open lockers , both of which had some cracking. The result is excellent, very stiff and strong.
September 21, 2009
fixing a hole in a mirror dinghy
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