I worked on a couple of different projects this afternoon.
First up was getting the starboard finbox on the Firewire Machadocado to get tighter. This finbox had the Wolverine fin loose yesterday, and when I fitted this fin set, the same thing was happening. The looseness was lateral.
I used a strip of aluminum duct tape placed on the outside wall of the finbox and "done"!
Nice and tight now.
Then I sanded the entire surface of No.43 to make sure the next layers of epoxy would adhere.
I placed the tape dam, mixed up a batch of slow hardened epoxy, and used a new batch of International Orange pigment.
And this is the color I was going for.
I let the first coat get tacky, then mixed another batch of epoxy, this time with fast hardener, and more pigment.
This second coat really filled in the color to be nice and solid - similar to No.39
Tomorrow morning I'll get a last fill coat on to the bottom deck. That'll have the first rough sanding happening Sunday morning. I'll get through to 120 grit, clean the board of dust, place the labels and get a clear sealant coat on one side. That'll have Monday seeing the other deck get clear coated, Tuesday the fine sanding and plugs day. Then Wednesday as the final clear coat day.
Thursday I'll get the deck pads on, then the board will sit for a couple of days to get all gelled together.
It'll likely be next Saturday morning when this board gets wet for the first time!!!
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