Day 14

Day 14, 1 3/4 more hours of work done. Tonight we sanded the epoxy thicken with wood flour that we put into the panel seams. We also ground the screw down that we used to attach the deck beam. The deck beam scarf came out with a little bump on it so dad worked on sanding that smooth and now it's not even noticeable. We also talked about design options and staining the hull. I think I am going to go with a turquoise stain and a fish/mermaid theme for my boat. Dad is leaning more towards the naked wood look... but he does like Dragon designs so we will see.

Day 13

Day 13, 2 more hours of work done. Sanding is fun... Sanding is fun... The keel and chines have been sanded nice and round and we filled in some gaps in the joints with a wood flour and epoxy mix. The boat is looking really good. Dad came across an interesting post on the CLC Builder Forum about adding decorative fabric to the boats and then sealing it in epoxy and varnish. This has my little brain going...

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Day 12

Day 12, 1 1/4 more hours of work done. We sanded done a few sharp edges on the glass tape that was missed earlier and put another thin coat of epoxy inside the boat. No pictures because noting has visually changed. We are getting ready to sand and glass the hull next but have to wait for the epoxy to dry. No one wants saw dust settling in on wet epoxy!

Day 11

Day 11, 2 more hours of work done. Tonight we installed the deck beams and scarffed the deck panels. Doesn't sound like much but getting the deck beam to the exact size took a lot of small sliver cuts with the saw.

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Day 10

Day 10, 2 1/4 more hours of work done. Clip... Clip... Clip... That's the sound of trimming some 200+ copper wires that were used to stitch the boat together. Once all those sharp little buggers were off Dad used his Foredom tool to grind off some of the epoxy over flow. He also used it to take the sharp edges off of the glass tape in the bow. We also found that 80 grit sand paper will take off those sharp edges as well.

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Day 9

Day 9, 2 1/4 more hours of work done. While Dad created and secured the cardboard dams I worked on rolling in the second coat of epoxy inside the hull. When we poured the end pours we first had a leak because the mixture was a little too thin. We got that patched up pretty quick and made the next batch a little thicker. After that dad came out to the garage to help me get the snow blower on the tractor, when I came back in I saw that the end pour in the rear had expanded and overflowed. It was fairly hardened by then but I go off what I could. It was interesting how it expanded with such force that it broke a few of the copper wire ties that were in place. It is nice and solid now and will just take a little sanding to get the sides smooth.

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