I didn’t do much on the boat today. I wandered in mid afternoon primarily to check that the highbuild was setting ok and to change the wheels on one of the cradles. The wheels I originally put on were supposed to be rated at 65kgs each so 4 should have given a nominal load rating […]
I had a long day today but not all of it was spent working on the boat. More than half the day was spent literally watching paint dry. I started at about 8.30am and immediately applied the first coat of resin. It took a little over an hour to apply a coat to the entire […]
I have used a roller to put on the third and final coat of highbuild on Monday. So today I just checked how it had dried but did not attempt to sand if for the final time. I will wait until either tomorrow or Thursday. I am very happy with the way it has turned […]
If only I didn’t sleep in again today I would be able to report that I have sanded the hull ready for the final coat of high build. But I did lie in bed watching Sunday so I didn’t start until 11am and I am about an hour short of finishing the sanding for the […]
After such a productive day yesterday today was a bust. It was a rainy cold miserable day, the best kind of day to be working up a sweat sanding a hull but unfortunately the cold meant that the second coat of highbuild wasn’t set properly. Trying to sand it just resulted in the paper clogging […]
I managed to get the rest of the hull sanded and a second coat of highbuild on today. The underwing side of the hull sanded really easily (as easy as sanding can be, which is still hard work) and was a little fairer than the outboard side (ironic really). I used a fine roller (foam) […]
Just when you thought the worst of it was past and that you could just wave a sanding board at the hull and paint another layer of highbuild reality hits. I started sanding before the highbuild had fully set. I didn’t realize it at the time. The sanding board would clog after just a few […]
So after yesterdays excitement it is back to work. I got in early (for a Sunday!) and started at 9am. I gave the hull a thin resin coat and was very careful not to get any runs in it. These will just have to be sanded out again so I used the roller and carefully […]
This morning I masked off a line on each side of the hull at about the middle of the panel and then masked off the area below the tape line with black plastic. The reason for doing this is so that I have a straight edge where the highbuild and resin stops to feather out. […]
