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[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

I told him that I was going to use wax paper or wrap the mold with
cellophane  like I had herd others talk about on this site but he said that
his liquid mold release would work fine. I didn't argue as he did this for
a living,,,,,
Rick

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 1:29 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Rick,
> I am no expert because I hate doing it but I don't use a release agent,
> instead I cover the part with red Tuk Tape used to tape  poly together.
> Fiberglass will not stick to it.  I made the cowl for Gamma's pod that
> way.  I covered the steel panel with tape and laid the glass on that, and
> it popped right off.  You should put saddle tanks on anyways ;-)
>
> Hank
>
> On Friday, January 24, 2020, 4:09:28 PM MST, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hank
> I originally gave the job to a guy who does glass work for a living along
> with my Styrofoam mold that I had spent many many hours fairing out and he
> failed to use a mold release that was for Styrofoam and ended up having to
> pick the Styrofoam mold out piece by piece so he was not able to use it to
> make the second tank and he for some reason had only laid up two layers of
> glass before wrecking the mold so I went and got it from him and will
> finish them myself. I have worked with glass before but don't enjoy it. I
> might take them to a body shop here to have them do a gel coat so they look
> pretty. Hard to find good help on this Island!
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:33 PM T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> In notice that you have the thruster horizontal.  I find them to be very
> tail heavy... are you counterbalancing them in this position or just taking
> up vertical rotation tendency with a tight joint?
>
> Tim
>
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> Jon. Here is a picture that shows my solenoid valve inside an oil filled
> enclosure behind the sail. The enclosure is a rubber plumbing boot Hank
>
>
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