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| Repairing tiger rudder / daggerboards #146812 06/26/08 11:10 AM 06/26/08 11:10 AM |
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Posts: 270 Nepean (Ottawa) Ontario Canada | Hi, I tried repairing some damage to rudders and daggerboards on my Tiger and the short strand fiberglass filler came out quite soft. This time I coloured it with what I assume to be the proper stuff. The polyester is probably 2 years old and the hardener and colorant cream are probably less than a year.
I mixed the colorant so the result was reasonably close to white. Is this the culprit? Or maybe was a too chep with the hardener?
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Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Hi, I tried repairing some damage to rudders and daggerboards on my Tiger and the short strand fiberglass filler came out quite soft. This time I coloured it with what I assume to be the proper stuff. The polyester is probably 2 years old and the hardener and colorant cream are probably less than a year.
I mixed the colorant so the result was reasonably close to white. Is this the culprit? Or maybe was a too chep with the hardener? I wouldn't recommend putting colorant in the resin - it only stands to weaken it. Make the repair and then paint it afterwards. Cheap and old are not two characteristics you want to have with a resin either!
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