| Aphelion Refit |
June 28, 2007 I began today by sanding the filled areas on the hull. I used 120 grit paper on my finishing sander. Sanding revealed that most of the areas were still low, so once I was through with the sanding, I cleaned the spots again and refilled with more of the Alexseal fairing compound. |
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With that done, I moved on to the starboard cove stripe, and removed the vinyl tape using heat gun and putty knife. The starboard side went a bit more quickly than the port, perhaps because the tape was in better condition and I was able to pull longer lengths off before the tape began to tear. Because of the curing fairing compound on the hull, some of it near the cove stripe recesses, I didn't at this time attempt to solvent-wash the adhesive left behind from the tape; that would come later. |
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To end the day, I wrapped up the bottom stripping and scraped and sanded the paint off the rudder and portions of the lower keel. Interestingly, the rudder had no gelcoat that I could determine. It was suprising what a huge amount of paint debris ended up on the floor from generally small areas, so I took some time afterwards to clean up the dusty, unhealthful mess even though I had more hull sanding ahead. |
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