Actually, you can buy a kit from basically any aircraft kit supplier with the chemicals to prepare the surface.

Again, it's rather common for home glass plane builders to do this.

On June 17, 2018 11:06:24 PM UTC, "StoneTool owly@ttc-cmc.net [harryproa]" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
|Chris:
|    Aluminum does not bond well with adhesives.  It is done in aviation
|
|all the time, but in extremely controlled conditions with rigorous
|surface prep, and even then it has little peel resistance, requiring
|mechanical fasteners along the edge for insurance.   It's of course a
|different situation when it is completely encapsulated.   I'd look at
|bonding in a wood strip, and perhaps screwing an aluminum wear strip
|over it.........
|
|                         H.W.
|
|On 06/17/2018 04:15 PM, Chris Purkiss chrispurkiss@bigpond.com
|[harryproa] wrote:
|>
|> Good question.  I have been pondering the same thing..
|>
|>
|> Another question along the same vein. I am planning my next build to
|> be a rowing dinghy using robs methods. The problem with is dragging
|> the dinghy over the shore chews out the paint and the fibreglass. Has
|
|> any one had any experience laying a strip of aluminium into the layup
|
|> before infusion so it is bonded onto the hull?
|>
|> Chris Purkiss
|> M. 0428755749
|>
|> On 18 Jun 2018, at 4:12 am, StoneTool owly@ttc-cmc.net
|> <mailto:owly@ttc-cmc.net> [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups..com.au
|> <mailto:harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au>> wrote:
|>
|>>     Every boat requires some if not quite a few "hard points" where
|>> something bolts through.  Obviously the core must be something other
|>> than foam here, and more layers of glass must be used to spread the
|load
|>> over a large area.   A dense wood would work well, but would present
|rod
|>> opportunities.   What's the best material to replace foam where
|there is
|>> compression load combined with jerking and tugging, such as where an
|>> anchor or drogue, or even dock lines must connect?
|>>
|>>         H.W.
|>>
|>