[billythekid]

Well I couldnt wait until tuesday to pop it out of the mold, So when I got home this afternoon I lifted one corner up and the whole deck popped up with one swift lift!! After I lifted it I put some lenghts of pvc under it to roll it around on the table. I removed all the brad nails and the frame. My buddy who helped me lay the whole deck up came over and we flipped it and cut all the flashing off and popped all the hatch molds out. I am really happy with the way the deck came out. There are no aligation or air voids in the entire deck!! I took a half gallon of water and scrub brush and cleaned most of the PVA off the deck. I am planning on cleaning and grinding anything I have to to make it fit. Also I am going to scribe around the two deck hatches 1.5" in for the cut and 1" on the two access plates for the gas tank.








Here are the two access plates and where the 2 rigging tubes come up thru the floor















you can see where I wiped the mold release wax down on everything.



The only thing I would have done differently would have made the two deck hatches out of 3/4 so I could make the hatches thicker. Its not a big deal because I plan on coring the hatches with the left over divynacel and it will make the hatches really strong. very little sanding it going to be required before I paint which was one of the main objectives. Its funny the deck has the exact same texture as the malamine. I put a shipping scale under the deck and it wieghed in at 188 pounds which is under what we expected. I still have about 5 or 7 pounds of cutouts and grinding to take out.