I won’t bore you with the extended fairing, sanding, filling, fairing steps between the last post and now. Suffice it to say that it went much quicker and easier as I did not uncover any hidden surprises caused by insufficient clamping pressure and bead and cove edges.
I also didn’t bother to use the Cabot’s woodtone putty to fill the few gaps I did have. I simply mixed up my own using a mix of sanding dust and woodglue. This ended up with a much better colour match than the commercial putty. It will also be a lot stronger. In his book, Nick recommends making a putty out of sanding dust and epoxy.
Caption: The deck fiberglassed with one coat of epoxy.
Once the hull was ready I wet it down with a damp rag to raise the grain and gave it a last light sanding. A final dusting with a clean rag and it was time to start fiberglassing again.
Caption: The (almost) final fiberglassing job with the extra glass trimmed away. One more coat to go here.
Again, I won’t bore you with the fiberglassing steps, if you are interested you can read more about how I glassed the hull.
Tip of the Day: Don’t bother purchasing expensive wood putties, make your own with epoxy and sanding dust or even just wood glue and sanding dust. It will be cheaper, stronger and match the colour better as well.
