Bet you all thought I'd given up - wrong
Due to the extremely hot weather we've had, trying to work with grp since the last update has been a nightmare. Resin with a worktime of 20 - 25 minutes gelled in the cup in just 4 minutes,
so its been a battle. Then as mentioned in chit chat, the surface wax I was sold as silicone free made the pva release agent react, so it all had to be removed from the mould and that thoroughly cleaned out before starting over.
For the mould seen in the first photo I made up a beeswax and turpentine polish, melt the solid beeswax bars in a tin, add 50% turps mix thoroughly and allow to cool and set, a lovely wax paste that not only is good for coating a mould, but does wonders as an old fashioned furniture polish - go on make your wives day, you know you want to
The timber stretchers across the mould were to stop it flexing outwards until the first layer gelled. I had made the mould intentionally thin as I didn't want to waste too much material on something to be thrown away afterward.
Then it was apply the gel coat and the first layer of glass mat. This happened last weekend, the next two layers of glass mat went on during this week and this weekend I'll remove it from the mould. Hopefully there won't be too much to correct once it comes out and I can mark it up for all the openings to be cut, so come sunday maybe an update showing the actual hull.