Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Day 17 - Wetting it down


In preparation for putting down the fiberglass, I first had to put on one coat of resin. This is the 'saturation coat'. I mixed up a big batch of resin, broke open my package of rollers and got to work. As you can see from the photo, I'm taking this very seriously. Wax on - wax off.


The second photo show me half done. Quite a difference from one side to the other. The resin soaked in and provides a nice deep color to the hull. A little difficult to pick out in the pictures, but the grain of the wood is really popping out.

This 3rd picture shows the entire hull all saturated. Went over with a foam brush to take out any air bubbles from the rollers. After a nights curing, I'll be ready to put the cloth down tomorrow after work.

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