Laminex in CB slot.

[Wild Wassa]

I'm working on a Heron at the moment, with a friend, who is doing the majority of the work. I'm just doing the foils.

The inside of the CB slot is Laminex. It's coming adrift from inside the CB case at the hull. What is the best glue to stick the laminex back down? The CB case is a marine ply.

Thanks in advance, also does anyone know whether this is typical of Herons, the use of Laminex? The boat is a kit boat, built by the ACT Sea Scouts decades ago. We can't remove the Laminex without dismantling the CB case.

Warren.

[ 02-04-2004, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]

[Ron Williamson]

Laminex would be what?Countertop laminate?AKA Formica,Arborite,Wilsonart.
If so,it's hard brittle plastic.I've only ever glued it with contact cement or epoxy.Inside a CB trunk would be a large pain to do properly,as cleaning would be difficult.
R

[Wild Wassa]

Thankyou Ron and thanks for the quick reply. Epoxy excellent. Laminex is the brittle plastic used on bench tops. Why it was stuck to the inside of the case at all, has me stumped. I can only presume it happened because the beaches around our lakes had sharp river gravels in the past, where the Scouts use to launch, and could have been an attempt to stop wear and tear in the slot. The boat has a swinging CB.

Warren.

[ 02-05-2004, 01:27 AM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]

[HS]

I remember a lot of dinghies having the slots lined with laminex, before carpet became more common. Contact adhesive was the favoured goop.

It did not need refinishing irrespective of how much scuffing it copped from sand being caught between the board and case. It also provided minimum friction in dropping or raising the board.

Ever try to lower a swinging board down after having parked the boat on a beach? :mad: Our TS16 would need about 5 buckets of water down the slot to flush it.

Hans

[Buddy]

Clean it up the best you can, use thickened epoxy to stick it back. Old indian trick, protecting the mess with a sheet of polyethylene plastci, inflate a bicycle inner tube in the slot to provide snug pressure while it cures.

[Wild Wassa]

Thankyou Buddy and HS for the additional information. The bicycle inner tube is a top idea. We were going to use wooden wedges to bring the interfaces together, ... we might get lush and use two tubes.

HS, our biggest problem with the swinging CB and daggers boards is no longer sand or gravel, but pond weed. Two races back, I had to dive under a boat during the race to clear weed. I feared the crew would sail off without me if I let go of the boat. I feared a pay back, and I still wonder if the crew would have, if I hadn't quickly surfaced. It gets a bit like that around here. The Aussies I sail with are very competitive. We still won the race though even without Laminex.

Warren.

[HS]

Warren,
just remember to use phoney woodgrain laminex so that the class measurers won't notice it ;)

Hans

[Wild Wassa]

HS, A classic. One thing about the Scout boats is, the Scouts avoid races where the boats have to be measured, before they are accepted in races. They have mixed and matched the bits, for performance. 505 sails and Moth rudders are on most of their racing dinghies despite their class. It is difficult to bodgie a gaff rigged Mirror though, to look like a Bermudan Sloop, but I'm working on it. A Mirror needs another 30sq ft of sail, in the main, ... just to make them difficult. I say that because I've sailed a Mirror in 30+ knots, and it felt like a boat.

Warren

[ 02-06-2004, 03:58 AM: Message edited by: Wild Wassa ]