Thanks! Just for you I brought out the good camera and took some pictures of that. I don't do it often, the cell phone is much easier to upload fromYour boat's looking very good. I'm waiting patiently for your fairing pictures tomorrow.
These are after 3 rounds of applying filler and sanding. The camera is on macro mode and focused close in most pictures.
See the shiny spots in this weave? Shiny spots are low and need filling. If we sanded down to them, we would remove too much cloth, Need the cloth! You can't even feel these with your finger, but if you paint over it, it will look like you painted over a burlap sack. A few coats of high build primer would probably fix it. I'd rather spot fair it.
Same here in the weave and on the tape edge, can't sand the tape down, have to fill it. Shiny spots are low.
These are tiny pinholes, filled with sanding dust. They would probably show through the primer. Have to blow or wash the dust out and fill them.
Low spot along chine tape. Again, you can't even feel it, but glossy paint will make it show. Primer would fill it, eventually. So will Quick Fair
Same here. Everything should be the same dusty dull uniform look. No shiny spots. Primer would fill these too.