June 6,
We have a big work day on Sunday. A whole crew is coming over to roll and tip the barrier coat for the hull. Keep posted for pictures and comments.
In preparation, I've washed down the entire hull and found a few small issues that require a little more sanding and one dip that requires a little filling. I'll take care of that today, rewash those areas and we will be ready for barrier coating.
The work on Sunday was a glorious success. We got one nice layer of epoxy on before lunch. Everybody figured out their tasks. After lunch, we got another layer on. It when much faster on the next layer. Temperatures remained mild for us in the low 80's F (~28 C). This gave us plenty of time to roll but it actually took a bit for the epoxy to set enough for a second layer.
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| Right before work begins. Everything is sanded fair. |
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| Three layers of workers; Ground, middle and top. All working together to make sure the epoxy is coated evenly and each section is wetted into the next. Tipper standing by to tip when a section is done. |
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| Our fearless epoxy runner. George makes sure no one is out of epoxy and that the dispenser cups make it back to the epoxy station. |
I've already washed the blush off and started to sand again. There are places that will need to be filled before the final layers of epoxy. I've found some professional auto filler that has a long working life. I'm going to skim coat large areas to take out the hull variations. I'm using the belts sander with heavy grit and I'm keeping it moving over the surface to get an even sanding. Dents and dimples easily show up as unsanded places like the image below.
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| This is one of those hull variations. Someone pressed their hand into the hull and compressed the fiberglass mat. It only showed up after some sanding. I wonder who did that. I've got their hand print so I'll figure it out. |
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| Yep, that's the culprit right there. Unfortunately, that's my hand. |
