Baffles Glassed in

It has been rough working conditions here lately. It is either too hot and humid (106 heat index) or raining cats and dogs. Without the tent over it I would be spending all my time bailing the boat out.

 

Here is the forward baffle glassed in on 3 sides. The tan color you see is polyurethane foam which I used to make the fillets for the glass work. Tomorrow I will grind the edges smooth on each piece. The next step will be to build the flange at the top where it meets the tank top. right above the lettering in the picture.The blue and white you see on the baffle is leftover gel coat, I made the baffles out of glass I salvaged from another boat I cut up. No sense in throwing good solid fiberglass panels away.

Here is a closeup of one of the joints. I am having some trouble with the new resin draining out of the vertical glass work before it sets up. You can see a few light spots near the top of the glass.

This joint was done with the Vinyl-ester resin and I had no problems with it draining out. The old resin I was buying in the 5 gal. bucket did not give me any trouble either. So I think I am going to pick another 5 gallons up to finish this work. It is more expensive but a lot easier to work with. I still have lots of glass work to do that is horizontal, where I can use the new resin.