Monday, May 10, 2010

Back to the boat

I had a great chance to make some progress on the boat today: nice day and free ride to the cottage:)
Today's mantra is "sanding"... Spent four hours sanding the subframe. Vacuumed everything, checked the result and finished missed areas.
After sanding was done...

Raccoon got the grinder!!!


My feet are sore, hands are shaky...
Also, I tried the new for me way to fill the gaps: dispersing compound with a plastic bag. Like the cooks use on the cakes to spread the cream... Worked perfect! All you need to do after - just smooth the bead with a finger:)
Here are some pictures of the beads:


Another angle:


One more shot:

One more:

And the last one...


Next time I will start fiberglassing the subframe to the hull.

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