W.olly
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glad everything's going well for you
Going a bit to well at the minute as cant my own boat done. I was meant to be working today but parts ddint arrive so
Its been a cracking weekend for weather so I managed to get some repair work done on the hull. I was meant to be working today but that didnt go to plan so i worked on the boat a bit more. done along with the hatch surround.
I didnt get as much done as i wanted though as my elbows havnt been keeping up on the sanding upside down. I just paced myself and got some done. This is fraction of what needs to be done.
There are so many tiny cracks that need grinding back and filling with the epoxy, bit by bit it will get done.
This is the set up i used. As before i got the West Coast Epoxy and filler, for mixing pots i went to the bargain shop in town and got a dozen small plastic pots with lids, the lids canbe used for mixing in as well for smaller quantities. £1 for four tubs and some wooden skewers from Tesco for the mixing sticks, these have little paddles on the end to help the mixing and then application of the filler. I did start with doweling to mix but ran out of them.
Mixed to a good filling consistency, as said on the tub peanut butter. This is perfect for all applications of filling as it sticks like......
Then slap it on once the patches have been ground back and then been primed with straight epoxy.
Tool of choice for grinding back.
Then filled
Bow needed a fettle and yet still need to do the hole,i will be using epoxy for this, just out of matting for it.
So as said slowly but getting there with it, i was getting tired of this so i went onto the hatch surround. Again using Iroko and did this up to now,
Using epoxy as i have it to hand, tinfoil so it doesnt stick to the hatch aperture.
It will be sanded back and trimmed to shape once done then treated to many coats of Le Tonk.
It doesnt look much done but i have done a fair bit actually. Just a lot to do on the filling before i can pint it. Still undecided on colour and still on blue hull white top, just the blue will show up a more undesirables. It will still be having two lower strakes 3/4 way down the sides though.