SK14 NE FL
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Re: SK14 NE FL
Oh sanding...what JOY!
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Re: SK14 NE FL
Made a little progress on her this weekend. A lot, truly, just doesn’t look that way. All my small parts are at least coated. Got the knees on, cup holder box faired, decided to put doublers on the deck for the grab rail. Just liked the way it looked. My gutter system is almost ready to install, but want to prime and paint the compartment before I close it up or put things in the way. Had to get creative when planning the install of that assembly.
Comedy of errors, was putting the rough fill around the edges of the sole where I had some gaps, forgot to put hardener in the mix. Luckily I was using more of a lamination consistency with milled fibers to follow up with fillet once it settled flat… well, it settled out beautifully but an hour later when I came back to start fillets, still ketchup. Cleaned all that out with half a bag of rags, denatured alcohol, reapplied. After being frustrated with that, glued a knee upside down. Almost couldn’t get it to release by the time I saw that when applying fillet to knees. Sand, clean, reapply. Almost real bad on that one.
Otherwise, I’m prepped for first coat of primer other than the additional corner braces I’m planning and possibly something to add push pole holders. Couldn’t do any paint things today, raining sideways on me.
Comedy of errors, was putting the rough fill around the edges of the sole where I had some gaps, forgot to put hardener in the mix. Luckily I was using more of a lamination consistency with milled fibers to follow up with fillet once it settled flat… well, it settled out beautifully but an hour later when I came back to start fillets, still ketchup. Cleaned all that out with half a bag of rags, denatured alcohol, reapplied. After being frustrated with that, glued a knee upside down. Almost couldn’t get it to release by the time I saw that when applying fillet to knees. Sand, clean, reapply. Almost real bad on that one.
Otherwise, I’m prepped for first coat of primer other than the additional corner braces I’m planning and possibly something to add push pole holders. Couldn’t do any paint things today, raining sideways on me.
Re: SK14 NE FL
Nice little detail on the transom motor mount area. Regarding the boo-boos with mixing and such, I would challenge you to make some mistake I haven't made!
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Got a bit of time in today after work, was able to get the gutters glued in, sanded down deck and inside of transom enough to feel ready for primer to show me how much more sanding I have to do. Got a coat of primer applied in compartment and on deck. Rain actually stayed in a vertical pattern, so that process was uneventful.
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Because of how I did the rub rail, I planned to put the deck piece “on” the front instead of “in.” If I do another, won’t do it this way. Once I planed the deck to carry that angle all the way forward, didn’t like the thickness of the deck at the edge so I ran some tape. I extended the cleats under prior to laying it down because I didn’t want only 1/8” thick deck at the edge of the cleat, didn’t take a picture of that. Goal is to be paint ready by next week. Should have primer on total topside by the weekend, hull prepped for paint by Monday. Thinking of calling one of my best friends who owns a big fab shop with a paint booth to actually do the painting. Just so many bugs getting on it. He also has a very large CNC router and expressed interest to try to do some foam cutting to lay on the deck. I wanted non skid, wife wants the foam. So I got foam. And my kids think that what my tool trailer needed while I was working last night was dirt pie racks complete with a full load of them. Daughter told me I could sell them to customers for extra money. Gonna get a jar of change today and bring it home after I clean the trailer. Should be fun.
Re: SK14 NE FL
Nice looking boat you have there. Tom
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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Thank you Tom. I put on what I hope to be the last layer of fairing compound last night, west systems, fast, with 410 filler, this morning had an orange goo all over. Cure felt normal, came right off when I rubbed with scotchbrite and water. Haven’t seen this yet. Any input?
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Only thing I can think of is that your mix was wrong. I would just rub it all off wash the hull clean and try again. We have all had failures of one kind or another. Yours is just a little bigger than others. Tom
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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Could it be amine blush? That's not usually a problem with slow and medium hardeners, but when you go to the fast, and especially in certain weather/temperature conditions, it's an issue. If that's what it is, then you are fine once you've washed it off. I've never used the fast hardener, so let's wait to hear from somebody more experienced.
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I would not think so peewee. Amine blush only is a thin layer on the surface of the epoxy, he was able to wipe it all off. Tompee wee wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:25 am Could it be amine blush? That's not usually a problem with slow and medium hardeners, but when you go to the fast, and especially in certain weather/temperature conditions, it's an issue. If that's what it is, then you are fine once you've washed it off. I've never used the fast hardener, so let's wait to hear from somebody more experienced.
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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