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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rick,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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 ;-) </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, January 24, 2020, 4:09:28 PM MST, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0322213834"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hank</div><div>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!<br clear="none"></div><div>Rick </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0322213834yqt4822701127" id="yiv0322213834yqt10787"><div class="yiv0322213834gmail_quote"><div class="yiv0322213834gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:33 PM T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv0322213834gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">Hank,<br clear="none">
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In notice that you have the thruster horizontal. I find them to be very<br clear="none">
tail heavy... are you counterbalancing them in this position or just taking<br clear="none">
up vertical rotation tendency with a tight joint?<br clear="none">
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