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December 11, 2007 I finalized my list of wood and sheet goods and faxed that off to Maine Coast for some pricing information; unfortunately, I didn't hear back by the end of the day. As a final preparatory step before getting ready for high-build primer, I sanded the entire deck and hull one more time, this time with a vibrating palm sander and 120 grit paper. The palm sander leaves finer scratches behind than does the orbital finishing sander. Then, I set up two jackstands at the stern so that I could release the two aftermost stands on the trailer and sand the area beneath, since the pads extended up onto the old boottop. Since I needed to keep the trailer pads down while I painted, I set the jackstands up for additional support. I sanded the small patches, and then opened the big bay door so that I could blow down the walls and shop to remove accumulated dust. Afterwards, I vacuumed up the remains. |
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I spent the afternoon cleaning and preparing the boat for primer. I vacuumed and solvent-washed the hull and deck, as well as the interior areas, and then applied tape and protective plastic as necessary, including sealing off the anchor locker and aft deck hatch, covering the large cockpit opening, masking off the bottom paint, and covering the bottom and trailer with plastic. This took me up until the end of the day; I had a bit more prepwork ahead in the morning before I could begin spraying the high-build. I consider the high-build epoxy primer to be part of the fairing (or, more specifically, surfacing) rather than painting, process. As such, I find it best to apply it relatively early in the construction process since it allows the fine-tuning of the surface prep at an early stage. I planned to leave the boat in high-build for the bulk of the new construction, with finish primer and paint coming only at the tail end of the project. |
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