[yachtjim]

Learned a good lesson last night in a rush to get some awlgrip appplied. Don't awlgrip outside just before dark! With having to work full time and wanting to get the boat in the water asap it is hard for me to find 3 hour windows to awlgrip during the day, except on the weekends. With the tsunami we have had the last 10 days I have been trying to squeeze in awlgriping sessions any time I can. Well, last night I had what appeared to be a good window, I sanded down my console, prepped it, and started shooting 2 glorious coats of awlgrip. Went on perfect like a mirror. I went out a few hours later to check it only to find that there was no shine on the horizontal surfaces. I guess some dew had landed and the rest is history.

Soooo....I woke up this morning and went out for an inspection to see just how dull it was and it looked like a nice storm whipped through because all of my masking film had blown on to the console and stuck! Sounds worse than it really is, it just left a slight textured surface.

There is no damage, it just needs to be lightly sanded and painted again. The biggest pain about it is I will need to buy a little more awlgrip to finish the job since my gallon is almost depleted and I still have the non-skid left do to.

All I can say about awlgrip is I am having a blast painting this boat. Me and my brothers went in on a Fuji Q4 HVLP turbine sprayer which makes the job very easy and rewarding. I learn a little more about applying a perfect finish with each coat. Now if I could just find some sunshine and a few hours....