December 7, 2017
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO GAVE IT ALL, THIS DAY IN '41
Maintaining my goal of getting primer coats on the deck, cockpit and topsides this weekend, I arrived home and got busy sanding and spot-filling the areas that required it. Most of the work in this evening's short session was on the interior liners.
I started with the foredeck - just needing a quick sanding with 220-grit paper and the RO sander. I had a couple carry-over depressions (really slight, but there nevertheless), so I hit those with the 5" diameter RO and solved the equation!
Interesting how the remaining fairing compounds give the picture motion. I promise I wasn't running across the foredeck while snapping photos!
After finishing the foredeck, I moved below and either hand-sanded areas that required fill (gouges and flaking gelcoat), or used a tapered bit to open up old fastener holes. After creating a surface for good mechanical bonding with the epoxy, I vacuumed and thoroughly wiped the surfaces with solvent. I then applied 'neat' epoxy to the areas to be filled - neat epoxy being straight, or epoxy without a thickening filler.
With the areas to be filled wetted-out, I simply moved around the cabin applying the thickened epoxy with various tools that enabled as easy an application method as possible.
I will likely get to sanding these areas on Friday evening, depending on the temperatures and related epoxy curing success.
Since the focus this coming weekend are the exterior surfaces, I won't be disappointed in not being able to sand and fair the interior.
Total Time Today: 1 hr