Transom Project 2
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First I used a few chisels to get under the edges where the glass was laying on the plywood which I had covered in tape. I was too late with the utility knife yesterday to cut off the excess glass, but there was so much wax and PVA on the surface of the wood, it didn't matter. So I broke the edges free and then cut a big hole in the plywood with a jig saw to get to my little air hole. I started trying to get air into the mold, but had no luck. I broke out the rubber mallet and beat the shit out of the part on the inside and outside. Then I broke the plywood off of the mold, which I had kinda' hoped not to do... but I had to. Then I was able to blow some air between the mold and the livewell.
A little more beating with the rubber mallet and I hooked the air back up to the little air hole and POP! It broke free like a champ! I removed the mold and the 2 coats of PVA were adhered to the gelcoat (green film) which is what I was hoping to see.
Aside from the plywood base, the mold is in great shape.
I used water and a sponge to solvate the PVA and then dried the livewell up and she shines perfectly! I used the signature Mako off-white for the livewell. The gelcoat came from MiniCraft of Florida.
Here you can see the camber that was molded into the top of the livewell so that it will mate right up to the underside of the transom top cap. What a relief to have this done. This thing took about 2 months to complete, which is about a month and a half more than expected.
