Some time has passed since my last report, but progress is good. As I filled the seams there were a few things that I discovered.
- The epoxy can be soaked up by the panels quite easily. The epoxy dries with
convex concave nature. The manual instructs to go back over these seams with epoxy thickened with wood flour.
- I would say a thicker epoxy that would be expected is needed to fill the seams. 2 or three coats may even be necessary to ensure a more
concave convex nature to the seams as shown before sanding.
- After drying I sanded the boat with a 120 grit paper to make all seams have a rounded nature. Rocking over the seam and applying a bit of pressure when needed took care of the epoxy quite quickly. I sanded the entire boat in a couple of hours.
- The sander also allowed a flush edge on the ends of the boat where a peanut butter thick epoxy was applied. I will go back and use a file and sanding block to shape the ends.
- Take care to not sand to much as this will exposed the next layer of the ply and give a black appearance.
Over all the boat is smooth and screams to be flipped over and put in the water.
- I would say a thicker epoxy that would be expected is needed to fill the seams. 2 or three coats may even be necessary to ensure a more
concaveconvex nature to the seams as shown before sanding.
- After drying I sanded the boat with a 120 grit paper to make all seams have a rounded nature. Rocking over the seam and applying a bit of pressure when needed took care of the epoxy quite quickly. I sanded the entire boat in a couple of hours.
- The sander also allowed a flush edge on the ends of the boat where a peanut butter thick epoxy was applied. I will go back and use a file and sanding block to shape the ends.
- Take care to not sand to much as this will exposed the next layer of the ply and give a black appearance.
Over all the boat is smooth and screams to be flipped over and put in the water.
Awesome work! I'm starting on my Murulet 4PD in the next week or two, and your insights are tremendously valuable.
ReplyDeleteOne thing, though: I think you reversed the words "concave" and "convex". Convex would be bulging outward, and concave would be sucked inward.
If you mean them as you said them, I'm a bit confused.
Joel,
DeleteThanks for the editing. You are correct, I switched concave and convex in the post. It is one of those times when you say, I know what I saw in my head, but it didn't get on the paper that way. I will update the post and give you credit!
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