Insulating the hull questions.

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I'm taking some photos so will be able to post at some point. I've played with the 564 yogurt and attached pieces of vinyl covered Armaflex to painted wood and raw wood. The raw wood dried much faster than the glue on the non porus painted wood. As you'd guess the non porus Armaflex dried more slowly as well. As it dries, the 564 changes color from cream to a translucent beige color. When dry, it turns gray beige. And it appears to be very very sticky when dry. I'm doing some tests to see how long to let it set up before losing the ability to slightly move pieces of insulation. Wait too long and it will stick like contact cement, no can move!

The Veeeee berth roof is problematic. I'll bend some material and see what happens. But I bet I end up covering only the undersides of the deck. It will be an isosceles trapezoid beginning at the chain locker, with two quadrilateral legs running on each side under the deck. Or at least kinda like that. Actually it will only look like these shapes after a few beers. Hey, I didn't miss geometry class in H.S.!

And the black canister is still in play. Tough to get the lid off the first time, but positively sealed up when replaced. Long live 564. Maybe the next 007.

[Hull376]

ebb,

Have glued in all the topside panels and the yogurt glue is holding well. And no smell! I've temporarily used some vinyl tape on the few seams until I decide on a permanent way to detail. For the v berth, I think I'm going to take the easy way out and simply insulate the horizontal flat surfaces and then maybe use appropriate stretchy white painty like product on the exposed cut edges of the dense closed cell foam. installing the panels in a couple of pieces in each cabin was a cinch. I found that a paintbrush was the best tool to lay on the 564 glue- better than a toothed trowel. The trowel, although a small one, couldn't conform to the dips and bumps in the fiberglass. It was leaving voids and pools!

So far so good!