Darryl Keil
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Craig,
I dont know how big the transom is but the bigger it is the more practical it becomes to do it with vacuum.
Here is how you would do it. Have a piece of plastic, lets say 10mil vinyl, (you can get this at Home Depot), some duct tape, some bleeder fabric, (could be window screen) and a nipple attachment for the 10mil vinyl.
Apply the epoxy to the transom, lay down the veneer with a piece of thin plastic, like 4mil drop cloth plastic, on top but an inch or so less than the veneer all the way around. On top of this lay the bleeder fabric an inch or two less in size than the thin plastic. Then lay down the 10mil vinyl making it an inch or two larger than the veneer. Tape this plastic to your your boat with the duct tape. Attach your vacuum hose to the fitting you put on this plastic and run the pump continuously until the epoxy cures. Because you are pulling vacuum directly to the boat a good vacuum seal will not be obtained. This is why the vacuum will have to run continuously. Be careful you do not over apply the epoxy or the excess will get sucked down into the vacuum pump which would be a real bummer.
I suggest a dry run with just the bleeder fabric and the 10mil vinyl to get the feel of it and make sure you are obtaining a decent vacuum. Even 10"Hg is sufficient.
Darryl Keil
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