August 28, 2017
She was too tempting, staring me in the face as I arrived home from the office...I mean, if you could have seen her lines in the light of the afternoon glow! I dared not waste another second with internal deliberations of whether it was right or wrong, if people would approve or not; I just couldn't resist, nor would I carry any guilt for my decision. I quickly slipped into something more comfortable...grabbed a scouring pad, bucket of water, a towel, and made my way over to Joule's hull. Gosh, what did you think I was talking about!?
With the cured first round of filler, I needed to take the amine blush off the surface of the epoxy before I could sand and prep for an additional round of filler. The amine is a waxy coating that cures on the surface of some epoxies, and needs to be removed prior to moving forward with additional work. This effort was a quick scrub with the scouring pad and then a towel-off. With the surface clean and dry, I applied a 220-grit pad (being fresh out of 120s) to the RO sander. I knocked down the proud surfaces of the cured epoxy and exposed areas that needed a 2nd fill.
I moved quickly along the starboard rub rail, and then into the cockpit...
...the prior thickened epoxy (West System 406 silica and 407 low-density) was easy to bring to a roughly fair surface. After cleaning up the sanding tools, I applied a quick vacuum of the surface, wiping down all areas to be worked again with solvent in order to remove any potential contaminates from the sanding process.
I mixed up a couple ounces of epoxy and then thickened it with 407 low-density filler. I applied the thickened mixture with a squeegee for the 2nd round of filler. It is likely that I will come back with West System's microlight filler for the final fairing effort, but I'll make that decision based upon how the hull looks after a good sanding with fine grit paper. Cheers!
Total Time Today: .75 hrs