Friday, June 18, 2010

Final Sanding!!




Today I spent 4.5 hours sanding! It went a bit quicker than I had thought, but still forever!! So now there is 1 little spot on the cockpit coaming that I had to put a dot of epoxy on which needs sanded. Otherwise, everything is ready to be varnished.
I'm planning on brushing 3 coats of varnish and then spraying on the last 3 or 4. It should be like glass. The pictures look white and dust because it is.. :) Its white because of the glass in it. Try sanding a window in your house and it will turn white too. But as soon as the varnish touches it the wood looks awesome.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Cockpit coaming lip

As of now, the cockpit coaming has fiberglass on it and needs sanding. I still
need to put in the endpours, which is basically just a big glob of epoxy poured
down the bow and stern to strengthen it and creat a spot for grab handles. Then
once everything is sanded, I ready to varnish!!
Heres a picture of the seam between the deck and hull. After 1 more
coat of epoxy, this will be ready to sand down.


Today I started the cockpit coaming! There are 12 strips about 3/16
epoxied around the cockpit coaming. All the clamps are holding them on..