Reposted in the right group... few questions

[steplift20]

Again welcome to the site, you will love it, we are here to help each other cause we all love our wellcrafts They always came thru for me

[PhilBrame]

Skunk boat, thanks for the reply. I have watched your youtube videos a couple times. I was really interested in how you did yours. Sounds like an option I will explore.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by PhilBrame

Skunk boat, thanks for the reply. I have watched your youtube videos a couple times. I was really interested in how you did yours. Sounds like an option I will explore.

The shortcut is to use the chain saw to dig out as much of the wood from between the skins as possible and then fill with pourable material. Saves you from cutting the cap. On an 18' with a 20" transom I think that might be the way to go. You could still raise the height too.. Probably only need 2 buckets.

The down side of that method is that you can't grind the skins clean so you might not get the best bond...

[PhilBrame]

Skunkboat.... Which type of carbon core did you use? The website has 3 different options. All purpose, corebonding and transom ceramic. I appreciate the recommendation. I feel I can handle the pour able transome better than cutting laminating and glassing the plywood.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by PhilBrame

Skunkboat.... Which type of carbon core did you use? The website has 3 different options. All purpose, corebonding and transom ceramic. I appreciate the recommendation. I feel I can handle the pour able transome better than cutting laminating and glassing the plywood.

Transom. There is a volume calculator on the site. An 18' is different than a V20 you might get away with 2 buckets.
They will give you a bottle of catalyst with each bucket. You have to download the instruction sheet from their site . The mix ratio depends on air temperature.

Shipping is a killer. You might ask about a distributor near you where you could pick it up.

[phatdaddy]

Phil, take pics

[PhilBrame]

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