This morning I started to sand the hull. Discovered that there were some ripples. See picture. This was taken after an initial light sanding.
The shiny bits in the picture above are the low spots that didn't get sanded. At this point I had to make a decision: A) Do I continue sanding until the shiny spots are sanded too, risking cutting into the glass too much, or B) Do I stop sanding now and add another layer of epoxy, wait for it to dry, and then sand the entire hull again? I did A, but probably should have done B.
So I started to sand in earnest and while I didn't do any really serious cutting through the glass, I did expose a bit of the weave. See picture below.
When I spray clear epoxy paint on this it should completely disappear, although worst case it might show at certain angles or might be a bit milky. I'm pretty sure I'm fine but we'll find out eventually. But, if I were to do it again I'd have opted to put another layer of epoxy on instead.
Strength-wise though I'm also pretty sure I'm OK, but the epoxy is getting a bit thin. As it is I've only put two layers of epoxy and sanded much of them off. Since I've used pretty thick cedar I should have plenty of strength, but some of you might want more protection.
Then, since I finished sanding I removed the hull from the forms! TA DA!
I took these pictures before cleaning up the sheer/deck edges with my sander and 60 grit paper, but it looks pretty good now that I've done that.
Now I'll move onto clear coating the bits I've missed on the inside.
The boat weights a ton though... 32 oz. Ugh... TWICE the minimum, but I've got a lot of extra wood on there too though so I expected it to be heavy.
Fair seas!
The shiny bits in the picture above are the low spots that didn't get sanded. At this point I had to make a decision: A) Do I continue sanding until the shiny spots are sanded too, risking cutting into the glass too much, or B) Do I stop sanding now and add another layer of epoxy, wait for it to dry, and then sand the entire hull again? I did A, but probably should have done B.
So I started to sand in earnest and while I didn't do any really serious cutting through the glass, I did expose a bit of the weave. See picture below.
When I spray clear epoxy paint on this it should completely disappear, although worst case it might show at certain angles or might be a bit milky. I'm pretty sure I'm fine but we'll find out eventually. But, if I were to do it again I'd have opted to put another layer of epoxy on instead.
Strength-wise though I'm also pretty sure I'm OK, but the epoxy is getting a bit thin. As it is I've only put two layers of epoxy and sanded much of them off. Since I've used pretty thick cedar I should have plenty of strength, but some of you might want more protection.
Then, since I finished sanding I removed the hull from the forms! TA DA!
I took these pictures before cleaning up the sheer/deck edges with my sander and 60 grit paper, but it looks pretty good now that I've done that.
Now I'll move onto clear coating the bits I've missed on the inside.
The boat weights a ton though... 32 oz. Ugh... TWICE the minimum, but I've got a lot of extra wood on there too though so I expected it to be heavy.
Fair seas!
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