Eric's C21

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TomW1 wrote: Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:28 pm I am not sure how sure how well you want to get the bottom fair, but now is the time to apply a primer coat before you add any more fairing material.
I think he meant to say guide coat, not primer coat- it can be spray paint, ink, graphite powder, anything that is easily visible when applied and so the low spots will retain the material after sanding to point out where filler is needed. You can get fancy and buy a special product from the automotive paint suppliers, but as Tom said, cheap spray paint will work.
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Thanks for the guide coat reminder! I'm not quite ready to go to Quick Fair. I still have a couple of areas I'll use the micro balloons on. The tape transitions at bow and transom will need a thicker fill. after that I'll go to Quick Fair.
The bottom has taught me a few things. I will most likely have to go back and do a complete fairing job on the side panel from chine to trim line. I'm concerned I have overworked the fairing there. I am showing glass in far to many places for my liking. I plan to address this after I finish the bottom.
Thank You to everyone for your input!!

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I almost got side 2 sanded. My arms gave out around 3 pm.

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Really looking good Eric!! Nice work!! Jeff

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Thank You Jeff!

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Oh oh, flippin' in sight! :wink: Very nice, Eric!

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I finished sanding the bottom this morning. As I said I have a little more work to do with the epoxy microballoons.
Here is the low area at the transom.

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I mixed another 3 oz batch and filled as follows. I do this to the other side and the bow areas.
Then I plan to switch to Quick Fair.

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Well I got the other side at transom done and my coffee grinder gave up the ghost. I'm headed to Wal Mart for another one.
I like using it, I get a really nice creamy mixture when I grind the silica and micro balloons first.

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Nice Eric!! I will ensure I pass-on the coffee grinder tip!! Jeff

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Re: the coffee grinder.

It works great!! I bought a cheap one from goodwill and sat there one night and ground up the whole bag I got from BBC. As Eric says it was very smooth with no bumps at all.

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Dutch1 wrote: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:40 pm Re: the coffee grinder.

It works great!! I bought a cheap one from goodwill and sat there one night and ground up the whole bag I got from BBC. As Eric says it was very smooth with no bumps at all.
Does it make the product harder to sand or more dense? I'm imagining it crushing the balloons so you end up with something closer to silica than fairing filler but maybe I have it wrong.

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