C19 in Richmond, VA

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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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VT_Jeff wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:10 pm
Dan_Smullen wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:35 pm
fallguy1000 wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:37 pm I have some brand new casters if u r interested. I bought a bunch and no use.
I don't follow, FG. Wheels?
So you don't need to roll your strongback on pipes like ancient Egyptians building pyramids. I susoect you have casters, but the photo looks medeviel.
More optimistic that in a few months I’ll be off the strong back and my casters will be available for someone else to use.

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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Flood coat a epoxy moderately thickened with glass microspheres. Leveling it with 60 grit and this leaves only a few depressions that I believe I can fill with fairing compound. You can seem them easily.

Grinding my way toward primer!
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Maybe you can see them easily, looks pretty flat from here!
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Looks good Dan. Tom
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Pecking away, filling here and smoothing there, but real close to priming the deck and the inside. Will wait to do the sole until the console is glued in place.

Phenolic micro balloons thickened with cabosil has been the best. Goes on smooth and not too hard to sand.
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Looking good Dan - like what you did with the motorwell. Keeping my eyes open for the launch!

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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Bet you're looking forward to getting primer on the decks and internal sides. Looking good :D
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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I took VT Jeff’s advice, and just spread the damn primer to “see what I’ve got.” It was the advice I needed to quit chasing little divots and such. I rolled a heavy coat of Inter Protect over surface sanded with only 60 grit, and sanded with 120 once dry. All feels smooth and any low spots I had missed were conspicuous, which I filled with Awl Fair, a beautiful product. It has the remarkable ability to stay in low spots as it’s spread with a rigid metal edge, and sands beautifully. I’m
Calling the cap ready for surfacing primer, but I think I’m putting this on hold to fiddle with the anchor locker hatch and mock up the console.
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Dan_Smullen wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 8:20 pm I took VT Jeff’s advice.....
For the record, I begged him to take Trent or Cameron's advice on anything related to painting and use me for a "best way to cover Allman Brothers on solo acoustic" resource only.

Glad it worked out though, it is amazing how much easier a quick coat can make it to see your actual progress!
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Re: C19 in Richmond, VA

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Dan_Smullen wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 8:20 pm I took VT Jeff’s advice, and just spread the damn primer to “see what I’ve got.” It was the advice I needed to quit chasing little divots and such. I rolled a heavy coat of Inter Protect over surface sanded with only 60 grit, and sanded with 120 once dry. All feels smooth and any low spots I had missed were conspicuous, which I filled with Awl Fair, a beautiful product. It has the remarkable ability to stay in low spots as it’s spread with a rigid metal edge, and sands beautifully. I’m
Calling the cap ready for surfacing primer, but I think I’m putting this on hold to fiddle with the anchor locker hatch and mock up the console.
For what it’s worth … there are places your eye is drawn to on a boat and well worth fussing over … and then there are places where once one has added all the fittings, hard ware etc one wonders why on Earth one fussed over them.

The gunwales tend to show imperfections - but places that I really think I wasted a lot of time include the motorwell, anchor lockers, inside the console, the sides inside the boat (although I have shelves that break this up) ….

One thing I can say is once it’s on the water you tend to forget about the places that niggled you…

I agree wholeheartedly that putting primer down sooner rather than later will help you see where these places are.

It looks very nice and fair to me though. Well done

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