[Mr.jake]

Got the zynole patches on. Total time to date 170 hours

 

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[Nate38]

very cool!

 

[Mr.jake]

10 more hours sanding. Total fair compound applied to seames, rear planing surface, and the transition from bottom to transom edge.

 

[Mr.jake]

Today more sanding. Also rounding the edges by hand with 80 grit.

 

[Mr.jake]

Just finished the fairing and taped the edges. I have the bottom taped because I will be using this:

And the top edge will be a wood rub rail attached with brass screws and semi permanent b4000 3m caulk.

 

[Mr.jake]

Now to do a final coat of epoxy on the sides to smooth out the fuzz from the zynole. Then i will sand the sides and transom to 320 grit for painting. I will leave the bottom at 80 grit as per the instructions for the fasco super slick. I want the super slick to ba 2 inches above the water line. SHOULD I GO WHITE OR BLACK FOR THE BOTTOM? Imput would be appreciated.

 

[Mr.jake]

These will be the colors

 

[Mr.jake]

That will be the colors and this pattern roughly.

 

[Mr.jake]

This was going to be the line that separated the green sides from the white fasco superslick bottom. Instead I will be covering the entire bottom and sides with the superslick. This week I will finish sanding to 80 grit and hopefully instal the rub rail while I wait for the fasco stuff to arrive.

 

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Two coats of fasco steelflex applied. My lovely lady even tipped the first coat for me while I rolled it. Now to sand and apply two more coats. I'm at the 200 hour mark now after all the sanding and prep.

 

[Mr.jake]

3 more coats of steel flex. Came out nice. Will still paint over it.

 

[Mr.jake]

Sanded steelflex and used a 17" auto body sander on the back half of the boat. With the 5inch orbital i could feel some variencens. I wanted to be sure I had a nice flat plaining surface. 8 more hours. Total so far 208 hours.

 

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Added in the brass that will be my bow eye.

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[Mr.jake]

212 hours in.

 

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Scarf jig

Scarfed joints for rub rails.

 

[Mr.jake]

Sanded with 120. Found some raised spots where I sanded into the zynol and some gouges around the brass plugs. Used some wood flower epoxy to full the low spots and exposed zynol. Tomorrow I paint the first coat. Total hours:215

 

[Mr.jake]

Two coats of duralux.
I had extra brown paint and figured this would be good for the base layers. That way I can see how deep the scratches are when I check the bottom at the end of the season. Next its time to paint the sides white. Will likely take several coats to cover up the brown. 5 man hours (my lovely wife helped) total 220 hours.