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Still have a bunch of grinding to do, the stringer beds need prepping and the hull needs properly supported and checked with a straight edge before I can think about the new stringers. Now the question is this, what is the best way to bed the stringers in place. The Carlson is a full stringer boat with two 14' stringers. I have some West epoxy resin and 404 high density filler but I don't think I can afford to do the entire boat with it. Can you use the 404 filler with poly resin? I know if I start the boat with the epoxy I will need to stay with it for the entire job. Now I am thinking about just going with poly because it's not so expensive. How about vinylester resins? I'm told that they are a good go between that can be thickened with microbubbles like poly but is a much better resin than poly and not expensive like epoxy. :idea: Do I use a bedding compound like Dolphin lite or just use my thickened resin to hold the stringers in place before they are matted in? I have a plastic 454 mach up block that I am gonna use. I have my front motor plate, bell housung and oil pan bolted to it so that should really be a big help with the alignment of my stringers and keep me from installing them wrong. Thanks for looking!
Fred in VA.