Doug's GV10

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Haha would take me half a day to write that all down .

Baloney... then it would have taken you twenty years to build your boat.

I'm never typing with more than one finger at a time.

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First round of quickfair. I see why guys get hooked on this stuff. We'll see how I did once I can sand it.

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Wax off, wax on. Second go around with the quickfair, filling all the little divots. This could go on forever. Or at least a couple more times.

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1st coat of primer. Sure hope this smooths out, looks like heck right after tipping.



Blurry pic!

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2nd coat of primer, reduced a little and applied a little thicker. Looks 1000% better. Still work to do, but getting there!



Using cheap Rustoleum marine primer to be followed by their marine topcoat. The budget is panting.

[Corvidae]

The Rustoleum topcoat isn't that bad really. It takes forever to cure in our humidity (about 3 days when I stupidly applied a coat just before a rain), however it's nice and solid once it gets set. The grip additive seems to be a bit tricky to get right though. I had to throw a few coats on top of it to tone it down.

[Noles309]

You can add hardener to it. Makes it dry faster, much harder and glossier.

http://www.amazon.com/Valspar-4625-Enam ... t+hardener

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Thanks Noles, I think I'll give that a try. Read elsewhere that it's a good idea.

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Found some Japan dryer, test it out on a couple little spots that needed more primer. We'll see...

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After reading a few other guys' stories here, I had to back up a bit and add some spray rails. Not so much fun shaving off a narrow band of primer to glue them down, but I'm happy with how they turned out. Got a little bit of reverse chine of a sort, I'll run it like this and can always shave them down if I don't like it. Broke one side trying to force the curve at the bow, thank God for my little Rockwell multi tool! Ended up cutting back and making short extensions for both sides on the front, still have to epoxy the extensions down, but I'm happy with the result.