How long does it take?
Heres all the times and what I've done:::
Ordering the stuff: 2 hours
Febuary 15 Put all the forms on the strongback
2.5 hours
Febuary 16 finished installing center forms
.75 hours
Febuary 17 intalled stem and bow forms
.75 hours
Febuary 22 built the laminated internal stem and bow pieces
.5 hours
Febuary 23 built the external stem and bow pieces
1 hour
All ready to put the wood on
Febuary 25 started striping the hull
4 hours
Febuary 26 finished striping the hull
5 hours
Febuary 27 pulled like 1000 staples from the hull!
3 hours
March 1 glued on the external stem and bow pieces
.25 hours
Sanding
March 2 started sanding
3.5 hours
March 4 sanding, sander broke
.5 hours
March 8 putting putty on
.3 hours
March 10 sanders fixed! finished sanding hull
3 hours
March 10 cut out fiberglass cloth
.5 hours
March 11 epoxied 2 coats
2 hours
March 12 epoxied 3rd coat on hull
.5 hours
Started the Striping the Deck
March 13 flipped the kayak over, started striping the deck
3 hours
March 15 striped deck
1.5 hours
March 16 striped the deck
1.5 hours
March 18 striped the deck
2 hours
March 19 striped the deck
2 hours
March 20 striped the deck
3 hours
March 22 cut out cockpit recess
.5 hours
April 8 worked on stripping the deck
1 hour
April 10 finished stipping the deck!!!!
2 hours
April 12 finished cockpit recess
3 hours
Sanding the Deck
April 13 pulled all the deck staples
4.25 hours
April 15 sanded the deck
4.5 hours
57.3 so far!
April 19 finished sanding!!!
1 hour
Glassing the Deck
April 19 Glassed the deck
1.5 hours
April 20 Second coat of epoxy on deck
.5 hours
April 21 3rd coat of epoxy on deck
.25 hours
April 22 put on the cockpit coaming
1 hour
April 23 sanded!!!
4 hours
May 4 Glassed the interior of the deck
2 hours
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forgot to count
put fiberglass inside the deck.
cut hatches.
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May 8 Took out the forms and scraped the glue from the hull
1 hour
June 1 Sanded the hull
2 hour
June 3 Sanded some more
1 hour
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ready to glass hull now
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June 4 glassed inside of hull
1 hour
June 5 cut hatches, 2nd coat of epoxy in hull and deck int. .
put on bolts for foot braces
5 hours