Solid Laminated Fiberglass Transom

Transoms are major structural parts of fiberglass powerboats especially outboards.

Solid laminated fiberglass transom. How to laminate 3 4 ply transom everybody here uses an adhesive known as peanut butter it is resin with cabosil and chopped fiberglass fibers mixed to the consistency of peanut butter. By glass clown boats. After cleaning up the squeezed out epoxy along the edges with. Some boats have splashwells molded in that necessitate separating the hull and deck.

Beveled glass glue chip acid etched and stained glass are all available options. In the 50s and 60s the process for strengthening and stiffening a transom was a foregone conclusion. Once mixed you trowel it on to a uniform thickness and clamp the pieces together. 1 thick solid wood stile and rail construction.

Some have curved transoms that require the new core to be laminated to the curvature of the boat. Your hull deck hatches and console are built from the outside in. Transoms can be produced as slab only or framed with a jamb made as fixed units or hinged to tip up or out. I m listening for contrasting sounds.

I walk around the boat and tap different areas key areas like the transom and i listen carefully says perette. Clear tempered glass is standard. Our boats are 100 composite made of fiberglass resin and high density foam transoms and foam core. This hole has a risk factor similar to example 1 that is low risk below the waterline.

The overlaps are im portant they create small l or i beams that stiffen the boat and increase bonding area. A wooden core was laminated to the inside of the fiberglass transom skin and a new build up of fiberglass was then laminated onto the wooden core. Transoms not only support the weight of the motor they maintain the shape of the boat they are a mounting point for holdowns towing eyes and other accessories. The transom has a fiberglass skin on both sides of a 2 thick plywood core.

Apply tape all around the perimeter then cover the whole inside face of the transom with the specified layers of fiberglass overlapping the glass on the bottom and sides. It is low risk because the hole is deep and there is a lot of surface for the plug to bond to. There is no access to the backside of the hole. A dry core with a solid laminate gives off a clean crisp sound when you tap it.

24 hours later the transom blank is now solid. 1 3 4 thick upgrades available if desired. And they must be able to let water out of the hull without letting it back in. This process layering fiberglass then wood then fiberglass is known as sandwich construction.

He uses the hammer to perform a simple tap test on the laminate in question.