I pumped 10 pumps of resin directly into the roller tray and mixed it with the drill and mixer attachment. After about a minute of mixing I poured in 500g of copper powder and mixed for another minute before rolling it onto the hull. On the port hull I used a medium pile roller for […]
I had another of those long days punctuated by 3 hours waiting for paint to dry. So while I was on site for 9 hours, only 6 were spent actually working. Again I could have been doing things while I waited for the first copper epoxy resin coat to dry enough to apply the second […]
It took me about 2 hours to give the third and final coat of highbuild a light sand. I have just to sand the rounded chamfer turn. In order to sand the chine straight on the outboard side, I measured and marked a level straight line 10mm below the correct position of the chine and […]
The Starboard hull is almost complete, with just the internal tapes to go before I turn it. Once it is turned I will start on a lot of the little jobs that are time consuming and fiddly as I will be ready to join the 2 finished hulls but wont be able to until I […]
I have had a very productive month. I have just one last light sand of the hull to do until the dreaded sanding is over for a while. Whilst all sanding is hard work, this last light sand will be the easiest of all. I have applied the third and last coat of highbuild today. […]
It has been sometime since my last (first) post but I felt compelled to add to our website. I am sitting upstairs at our warehouse while Paul is putting the final coat of High Build onto Hull #2. He told me to go away because the fumes would overwhelm me. (He’s right! I can taste […]
I had a day off yesterday. No work, no boat building. Just a lazy day watching surfers at McMaster’s beach and a burger for lunch. A great relaxing day. Today I sanded the last section of the hull and vacuumed and washed the hull. You can see from the photo that there are very few […]
Four hours work today although only 3 of them were spent sanding. I took regular (about every 15 minutes I had 5 minutes off) breaks. I managed to sand about 3/4’s of the hull. I have sanded all but the large inboard middle hull panel. I figure I have about another hour or so of […]
I applied the second coat of highbuild today. It was a warm day and the coat was setting on parts of the hull while I was still applying the coat to other parts so I should have no problems starting to sand it tomorrow. More sanding, fantastic. One thing that baffled me a little was […]
I did the last of the sanding today but not as much as I thought I would need to do. I decided it would be a good idea for now not to sand the joins. I want there to be a build up of highbuild on the very edge of the chine so that I […]
