Hi Juliano - welcome and congratulations. Good advice so far and ideally you can block the keel and lift the boat a bit to get better access to the gap. You mention you are new to this so forgive the following if it's something you already know:
You mentioned sanding and you see the replies mentioned grinding. It is counterintuitive to someone new to this to take a grinder to their hull, but for glass work it's necessary and it's remarkable how quickly you will learn to do pretty refined work. (Chuck subtly mentions "skill" - this is what i think he means) you'll need flexible disks and a backing pad to support them, most grinders don't include these. With this you can skim .5mm off a surface or do a gentle few passes to feather the sharp edges of glass in seconds with ease. A light compact angle grinder is best for this, and the cheap (essentially disposable) ones are fine other than they seem to come with a 2' cord. some posts on glass work here, and a relevant example: https://cncwindstar.blogspot.com/search/label/Fibreglass%20work?updated-max=2019-07-27T07:33:00-04:00&max-results=20&start=4&by-date=false if you look at the keel hull joint.. you can't! I was doing other work, and I decided to dish either side of the joint a bit with the grinder, and lay in a thin epoxy/glass patch across the entire thing (about 3" wide and just cosmetic really) some quick fairing when done and it's still in place several seasons later, and can be easily skimmed off with the grinder if need be. Probably some good sources for materials in HFX, and I can also recommend Canada Composites in Toronto. Dave C&C 33-2 Windstar (in the GTA) On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 at 22:46, Juliano Franz via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Bob and Charles, > Thanks for the quick reply! It looks like my initial plan good. I'll go > clean the crack and apply gflex once she weather is warmer. For now all I > can do is dream a little. > > I'm in Halifax, NS on the east coast of Canada. > > Cheers > > On Thu., Jan. 21, 2021, 23:34 CHARLES SCHEAFFER, <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> Congrats on the boat. Where are you located? >> >> That's the smile mentioned. The broken teeth is just filler or fairing >> material that broke off. I've seen much worse. >> >> You can use an angle grinder with an 80 grit flap disc (40 grit if you >> have skills) to gently remove the high spots and loose stuff and expose the >> joint. Be careful as the more material you remove, the more you have to >> fill/fair. Fill the actual joint with *GFlex* or *Thixo Flex* from >> Jamestown Distributers and smooth with a flexible spreader, then after it >> cures, sand the area, wipe the dust off with Acetone or Zylene and fair >> with *Total Fair* from Jamestowndistributers. It's an easy to mix and >> easy to sand, waterproof, compound. >> >> There are many videos on YouTube showing how. >> >> Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute 1989 34R, Pasadena Md >> >> >> >> >> On 01/21/2021 9:47 PM Juliano Franz via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> My first time messaging the list. >> >> A couple of months ago I came by a C&C 25 that was neglected (aka >> abandoned) for a couple of years on the hard. I am new to boat onwing and >> have been learning a lot on how to get her ready following Casey's "This >> old boat" and some youtube channels. >> >> There is a crack (?) on the keel hull joint that I am not sure how to >> tackle. It is not really a smile, maybe some broken teeth? =] Here is a >> photo of it (damage is the same on both sides) https://bit.ly/3p9EsRT >> Going over the variety of "smile repairs" there is one that seems like a >> good option for me: G/Flex, sand, bottom paint. Can anyone share their >> wisdom with me on this idea? >> >> Thanks all! >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help >> with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use >> PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - >> Stu >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > Thanks - Stu
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