Day 15 - removing the wires

After a night of curing in the garage, the wires were ready to come out. Some of them were glued in pretty good. I used a wood burning iron to heat up the wires and release them from the resin. Worked pretty well, and much safer than my first thought of using my propane torch. With the boat stripped of the wires, it was time to step back and look at what I've done. Okay, back to work.


I sanded down some of the major high points, but decided I would mix up some more of the epoxy and fill in some of the gaps where the wires were, and to also add some resin to the bow and stern. Once hardened, I will sand this down and make it round to make it easier to fiberglass over. While this was curing, I test drove my new sanding mask. I'll put a picture of me in the Darth Vader mask next time. Based on my trial run with the sander, it should take me about 3 hours to sand the hull and get it ready for fiberglass.