htmlstart boat . August 2016 - Boat Building
txt Working on the afterdeck.<br>Previously we glassed the interior hull sides. No pictures.
jpg 160811_02564 . 1 BC EB Filling a gap with epoxied caulking
jpg 160811_02567 . 1 BC EB Patching a bad seam
jpg 160813_02575 . 1 BC EB Divots and seams filled with fillet mix. All will be sanded.
jpg 160814_02579 . 1 BC EB Glassing starboard side with epoxy
jpg 160814_02581 . 1 BC EB Drip epoxy, then spread with spatula
jpg 160814_02582 . 1 BC EB Try to fill weave with a uniform layer of epoxy
jpg 160814_02583 . 1 BC EB Trim excess cloth before epoxy cures
jpg 160814_02584 . 1 BC EB Trim excess cloth before epoxy cures
jpg 160815_02595 . 1 BC EB Martha laying port side cloth
jpg 160815_02599 . 1 BC EB Ready for port side epoxy
jpg 160815_02600 . 1 BC EB Epoxy started
jpg 160815_02603 . 1 BC EB Almost done
jpg 160816_02609 . 1 BC EB Buffer with scouring pad, water - epoxy film begone!
jpg 160816_02610 . 1 BC EB 160816_02610
jpg 160817_02616 . 1 BC EB Finish coat - epoxy with sanding filler
jpg 160817_02617 . 1 BC EB 160817_02617
jpg 160817_02620 . 1 BC EB 160817_02620
jpg 160817_02622 . 1 BC EB Afterdeck done except for a few "details"
jpg 160820_02628 . 1 BC EB Trial assembly of dash and bulkhead panels
jpg 160821_02631 . 1 BC EB Gluing supports to cabin bulkhead panels
jpg 160826_02649 . 1 BC EB Sliding bulkhead panel into place carefully. Glue everywhere.
jpg 160826_02652 . 1 BC EB Two bulkhead panels glued. Dash coming in a few minutes.
jpg 160826_02654 . 1 BC EB Not perfect but not bad.
jpg 160826_02656 . 1 BC EB Bulkhead and dash glued in. The last of the tricky structural jobs.
jpg 160828_02668 . 1 BC EB Port side cabin roof panel, underside, epoxy clear coated
jpg 160828_02671 . 1 BC EB Applying filler coat
jpg 160830_02691 . 1 BC EB Clear coating port side roof panel, weather surface
jpg 160830_02692 . 1 BC EB Same panel, applying filler coat
jpg 160831_02694 . 1 BC EB The cutting table
jpg 160831_02695 . 1 BC EB Martha laying cloth on starboard roof panel, weather surface
jpg 160831_02696 . 1 BC EB Trimming excess
jpg 160831_02697 . 1 BC EB Beginning epoxy saturation coat
jpg 160831_02698 . 1 BC EB It takes lots of epoxy
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