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By dbcrx - 12/3/2013 6:04:51 PM

I'm Dave, originally from the uk but now living and working in Portugal. I repair and paint yachts so have done a lot of repair work with glass mostly but we hopefully have a rather large job coming in soon which is a combination of glass carbon and kevlar so we'll probably look into setting up with infusion kit. If we do then I also have plans to use the kit for making some carbon (and probably some blue/carbon stuff) parts for my bike.

I've already read loads of useful info on here and seen some nice inspiring stuff too, but for now a have a query about something a little more basic. I'll go post that in the general section.
By dbcrx - 12/5/2013 9:43:22 PM

Actually, the composites work on boats isn't usually that interesting, especially from a visual point of view. Only a few of the higher end or race yachts tend to have visible carbon parts. Mostly it's just fibreglass gel coated or painted.

This is the sort of stuff I normally do:

From this

To this


From this

To this


Another respray


And in my spare time I make kayaks, but I use plywood/glass for these.



My website - www.customcaiaques.com