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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 The primer was cured, so I sanded the hull and deck, starting with the hull since the staging was set up at that height. Sanding went quite quickly, and afterwards I vacuumed up the dust, solvent-washed, and washed down the shop once more before continuing with the next steps. The sanded primer somehow fails to transmit its excited vibe through the screen, seemingly. |
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A bit later in the day, I began the layout and taping on the deck. After some discussion about the desired look, we had previously decided to paint white borders around the edges of the deck at the toerail and cabin trunk/coaming, along with a couple other potential areas. I covered the top of the coachroof with paper, since that would receive nonskid paint only, and started the deck layout, using a compass to mark off the width of the borders from the toerails and cabin trunk. The process went quickly. At the stern, since I didn't know yet how wide--or what exact shape--the taffrail would be, I simply masked off a wider-than-needed area to receive white paint. Later, once I figured out the taffrail, I'd sand off the excess before applying the nonskid, but this way I didn't feel tied to anything since I honestly wasn't sure what direction I was headed with the taffrail, though I had some ideas. I didn't round the corners at this area because it wasn't the finished position. (First photo below, top left) This work brought me to the end of the day. Additional steps required before applying white topcoat included covering the field of the decks with paper to protect from overspray, fine-tuning any of the edge-taping details as required, and covering the hull to prevent overspray from the deck paint, along with the usual pre-painting preparations. |
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