Swim Platform Corner Damage

This poor swim platform had lost a battle with a dock piling.

Besides the rot damage, the corner of the swim platform had been crushed. Since I’d torn the swim platform apart to remove the rotten core, it was an excellent opportunity to rebuild the corner. I cut away the damage and ground the fiberglass to a 12:1 bevel using an angle grinder with 36-grit sandpaper. To maintain a uniform curve while rebuilding the corner, I fabricated a mold with thin cardboard and covered it in Teflon™ tape to act as a release agent. Spring clamps held the mold in position. I needed eight layers of 737 Biaxial Fabric to rebuild it to the original thickness. I wet out each layer of Biaxial Fabric in the mold, one after the next, using WEST SYSTEM® 105 Resin® and 206 Slow Hardener®. Once the…

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