Saturday, 4 February 2017

A bunch of little stuff.

A frustrating but illuminating lesson last night, Feb 3rd.

I got in and looked at the test batch of epoxy I mixed last to me and it had cured perfect. I also looked at the containers for all the epoxy I used the other night and it had cured too, hard as a rock. So all my rework was going to be a waste of time. But it also taught me that this stuff is way more fault tolerant  than the kit instructions would have had me believe.

Anyway this turned out to be the night to tape the fillets on the underside of each hatch, fill the seams on the tops, glass the front and part of the back of the seat back,install the seat mounting tabs with fillets and glass, and the forward rib. Got it to work after three tries by using a wood block about 6 inches long to soften the curve that the rib had to make.  Now all those ribs need is glass and they're done.

Tomorrow the hatches get glassed and a bit of sanding on the deck and then it's finally time for the deck to get glassed. Looking forward.

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