Back from vacation and back to work!
Before heading out for vacation I managed to get the paint off of the stbd side and mark up the hull. I also got about half of the fill in place. This last weekend I sanded the repairs down and am overall pleased with the results. There are a few areas that need touch up, but the work looks good. I used a flexible longboard sander for this work. It really hugs the contour of the hull nicely!
The one thing I am unsure of is the feel of the areas I repaired. I can't get the 3M beads to sand down as smoothly as I would like. I am hoping that the epoxy primer I am going to use will fill this roughness and allow it to be sanded smooth prior to paint. I'll have to do a test spot before priming the hull. If it works, I'll do the whole thing. If not, I'll have to sand down the repairs a bit more and then put something else on top to smooth it out.
The deck has a good amount of yellow in some hard to reach spaces. So, I decided to use some paint remover. Bad mistake. As I worked my way around the boat, I dropped a few bits on the plexi on the port side slider window - and didn't notice... 15 minutes later and I now have 4 nice gouges in the plastic. On the surface it would seem easy to repalce the window, and maybe some day I will, but it will require the removal of the window frame to get it out. Problem with that is that the screws, aluminum, are fused to the frame, also aluminum. I tried getting one losened up but it just wanted to strip the head. So it will probably require me to break the heads, tap them out and replace. Not something I am excited to do . Anyone have any suggestions on removing them? If there is a magic liquid I can put on them I'll do it. I'd love to have the frames out of the boat for painting as well as the ability to clean up the sliders and/or replace as needed.
I'll snap some pictures of the sanded hull and repaired areas this week and post up.
Before heading out for vacation I managed to get the paint off of the stbd side and mark up the hull. I also got about half of the fill in place. This last weekend I sanded the repairs down and am overall pleased with the results. There are a few areas that need touch up, but the work looks good. I used a flexible longboard sander for this work. It really hugs the contour of the hull nicely!
The one thing I am unsure of is the feel of the areas I repaired. I can't get the 3M beads to sand down as smoothly as I would like. I am hoping that the epoxy primer I am going to use will fill this roughness and allow it to be sanded smooth prior to paint. I'll have to do a test spot before priming the hull. If it works, I'll do the whole thing. If not, I'll have to sand down the repairs a bit more and then put something else on top to smooth it out.
The deck has a good amount of yellow in some hard to reach spaces. So, I decided to use some paint remover. Bad mistake. As I worked my way around the boat, I dropped a few bits on the plexi on the port side slider window - and didn't notice... 15 minutes later and I now have 4 nice gouges in the plastic. On the surface it would seem easy to repalce the window, and maybe some day I will, but it will require the removal of the window frame to get it out. Problem with that is that the screws, aluminum, are fused to the frame, also aluminum. I tried getting one losened up but it just wanted to strip the head. So it will probably require me to break the heads, tap them out and replace. Not something I am excited to do . Anyone have any suggestions on removing them? If there is a magic liquid I can put on them I'll do it. I'd love to have the frames out of the boat for painting as well as the ability to clean up the sliders and/or replace as needed.
I'll snap some pictures of the sanded hull and repaired areas this week and post up.
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