If you follow any of the threads on the Bateau forum you may have seen we ran into a discrepancy on the keel plans. It appears we received a set of plans that when being plotted at the printer the page may have been reduced to fit instead of full size. No big deal if you are just reading measurements and notations on a set of plans but there is a full size template on them that we copied and used to shape our keel. This only became obvious when we started working on the keel box and the fit was going to be sloppy at best. The guys at Bateau, Jacques and Evan, went right to work with us on the problem and decided we could wrap the existing keel in 5 more rounds of the 12 oz biaxial fabric and bring the strength up to the requirement. The shape will be only slightly different than designed and if you understand foils then note we now have a NACA 0013 instead of a 0012 (if you don’t understand foils you will need to do your own research as I certainly am not the one to explain it).This will have no effect on the keels efficiency I am told so this is the course of action we will take.
The material should arrive early next week and as this is one of those items that is not available locally no work on the keel box can move forward without a finished keel and without the keel box we can’t install the center section of the sole and so on. What I can do is get a few small things done such as fitting the spinnaker pole frame and support along with cutting the holes where the pole will slide in and out.
Although we are taking a small step back on the keel our biggest reason for being behind schedule is not related to the project itself but due more to involvement or distractions from other things. I have accepted that it may very well be the first of the year before the boat is ready now. The local drought has left our lakes at record lows anyway and even if the project were completed today we wouldn’t be able to splash the boat without traveling quite some distance.
There is no additional time on the actual build to add at this time but I suspect before the weekend is over I’ll have a few new pictures and some progress to report.
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Epoxy Soap
All of us who have worked with epoxies have experienced the problems of cleaning resin off our skin, turning the epoxy into chewing gum in normal soap or drying out the skin if using solvents. The Gougeon Brothers have been around this problem longer than most and presented this information in the Fall 1992 issue of their "Epoxyworks".
If you need a quick cleaning solution, use vinegar. It will dissolve epoxy that has not yet hardened.
Homemade Hand Soap:
This is a formula for homemade resin-removing hand soap that we have used around our shops for the last few years. You can make it in the kitchen blender from common household supplies. The beauty of this stuff is that it's easy on you, easy to make and easy to clean up. This is a recipe sure to please the whole family. Percentages are provided so you can easily customize batch sizes for a small job or a big work crew.
Ingredients:
6 ounces (35.7%) liquid dish soap (Dawn,Joy, etc.)
4 ounces (21.1%) vegetable oil (corn, canola, peanut or extra virgin olive oil)
5 ounces (30.0%) shortening (lard, Crisco...)
1 ounce (7.2%) Corn meal (for grit)
Dash of water (5.2 %) water (to "taste")
Fully blend the ingredients, using a mixer at medium speed.The formula was developed by one of our chemists, when he decided he did not like the various soaps available. He reasoned that the detergent would act on the hardeners and the oil and shortening would emulsify the epoxy resin and help to reduce skin dryness. The cornmeal helps on hard-to-clean slightly cured epoxy. The water is added to bring the stuff to the right consistency.
Don't make huge batches of this because it can go rancid. If the mix is left to stand for a very long time, it will separate. You can store the soap in the fridge if you like cold soap, but make sure that no one mistakes it for a dessert topping.
We have a tub of this mixture at the wash-up sinks in our plant. On some big lay-up jobs, our folks will set up a washing station at the work site. This is simply a tub of soap and a large pail of water for rinsing. The rinse water looks pretty bad by the end of the shift, but the arrangement does help our folks stay clean.
Waterless skin cleaners may dissolve the resin/hardener mix, but some of it remains on the skin along with the cleaner when you wipe it off with a paper towel. You must rinse with water to remove residue left behind. We recommend our home-brew as an effective soap, and if you use the rinse bucket, it's every bit as easy to use in a garage or shop without running water.
If you need a quick cleaning solution, use vinegar. It will dissolve epoxy that has not yet hardened.
Homemade Hand Soap:
This is a formula for homemade resin-removing hand soap that we have used around our shops for the last few years. You can make it in the kitchen blender from common household supplies. The beauty of this stuff is that it's easy on you, easy to make and easy to clean up. This is a recipe sure to please the whole family. Percentages are provided so you can easily customize batch sizes for a small job or a big work crew.
Ingredients:
6 ounces (35.7%) liquid dish soap (Dawn,Joy, etc.)
4 ounces (21.1%) vegetable oil (corn, canola, peanut or extra virgin olive oil)
5 ounces (30.0%) shortening (lard, Crisco...)
1 ounce (7.2%) Corn meal (for grit)
Dash of water (5.2 %) water (to "taste")
Fully blend the ingredients, using a mixer at medium speed.The formula was developed by one of our chemists, when he decided he did not like the various soaps available. He reasoned that the detergent would act on the hardeners and the oil and shortening would emulsify the epoxy resin and help to reduce skin dryness. The cornmeal helps on hard-to-clean slightly cured epoxy. The water is added to bring the stuff to the right consistency.
Don't make huge batches of this because it can go rancid. If the mix is left to stand for a very long time, it will separate. You can store the soap in the fridge if you like cold soap, but make sure that no one mistakes it for a dessert topping.
We have a tub of this mixture at the wash-up sinks in our plant. On some big lay-up jobs, our folks will set up a washing station at the work site. This is simply a tub of soap and a large pail of water for rinsing. The rinse water looks pretty bad by the end of the shift, but the arrangement does help our folks stay clean.
Waterless skin cleaners may dissolve the resin/hardener mix, but some of it remains on the skin along with the cleaner when you wipe it off with a paper towel. You must rinse with water to remove residue left behind. We recommend our home-brew as an effective soap, and if you use the rinse bucket, it's every bit as easy to use in a garage or shop without running water.
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