Saturday, February 8, 2025

Garage Works - 2/8/2025

Marlon is headed to the mainland for a bit for work - so he and La ran errands.  La wanted to help take down our Traveler's Palm plant, so instead of doing yard work, I headed to the garage to work on No.40

To start, I sanded the whole board to 40 grit.


Then I rinsed it thoroughly to get the sanding dust off.


After the board dried, I started with the bottom deck logos.  And after giving the decals a chance to bond with the board, I went ahead and added the last fill coat.

To get the coverage, I placed about 9.5 ounces of ProLink epoxy.


And after the bottom deck fill coat hardened, I got the top deck decals placed.  When we got back from dropping Marlon off at the airport, I went ahead and placed the top deck fill coat.

This was 6 ounces of ProLink epoxy.


This last coat is thicker around the decals.  I'll sand with the broken in 40 grit just to get the cutting process started - but I'll transition to 60 pretty quick.


Tomorrow after sanding to 320, I'll install the plugs.

I'm waiting for a full-length deck pad to come in the mail and I also need to get some Napa 2K clear coat.

No.40 will likely be done by Wednesday.  I'll give the deck pad a couple of days to bond - it would be nice to anoint this under wing - but with the wind not really filling in, I'll likely first get it in the water using the Foil Drive.

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