Another weekly up date. Lots of boring stuff going on. Most of it is not worth posting.
Sanding down thru the gel coat because of the blistering.
I have a feeling the entire bottom will have to be done in this fashion but I wont be sure till I turn the boat over.
I continued to make good use of my fiberglass panels covering anything that is flat.
I let the fiberglass panels cure for several days before removing the staples shown below.
A pick was used to elevate the staples thus removing them easily.
A word about using the fiberglass panals. Make sure you use LOTS OF GLUE. I had about 4-5 areas toward the bottom of the panels were I did not put enough glue and I got some voids
were the panels would push in slightly. I had to drill some small 1/8 inch holes and inject resin into these areas.
If I had this to do over again I would put these panels in while the deck cap is off the boat. It would go much faster.
The panels were sanded lightly and cleaned with denatured alcohol. The corners were taped and a small bead of cabosil/microballoons was injected into the corners.
After the tape was pulled it left a nice finished corner. The corners will get sanded and then one more bead will be applied.
At any rate I'm happy with the way things are going. The panels are solid and the inside of the boat is starting to take shape. Here are a few shots.
For finishing the tops of the panels under the gunnel the area was sanded and cabosil/microballoons swiped over the area. 1/2 Oz matt will go over this to prevent cracking.
The fish box gel coat had lots of blisters and needed to be sanded.
Till next time
strick