Filling the weave on the amas

Three hours of work today to double coat with clear epoxy one side of both amas to fill the weave. We first rearranged the boat like in the pic below

Then we sanded the sides using 120 grit on both power sander and sanding board, to take down protrusions and runs. The, using a foam roller, gave a first epoxy coat before lunch and a second one aftwer 6 hours. Here's the final result.

Next week we'll do the other sides. Total work time to date: 620 hours

Washing the amas

Two hours today to wash the two amas (floats) in order to remove the blush in preparation for an additional epoxy coat. We used a brush and a Scotchbrite pad with running water.
Here's a pic of the two amas before the shower

and here we are, properly dressed, doing the job

Total work time to date: 617 hours

Sanding

Happy New Year everybody! Two hours of unpleasant and hard work yesterday, to sand all aka pieces and deck seats smooth (sort of) in preparation for priming and painting. We used our roto-orbital sander with 60 and 120 grit, as well as hand pads.The lesson is clear: make sure not to have epoxy drips otherwise removing them afterwards is a real pain in the a%%.

Here's a pic of all aka segments

Total work time to date: 615 hours

Filling the weave: akas (3)

One more hour today to complete the FG weave filling on the akas. 200 grams of clear resin were brushed on the glassed planks which had been previously cleaned to remove the blush. Today we did the top sides of the rear swing arms.

Total work time to date: 613 hours

Filling the weave: the akas (2)

OMG, one more idle month. It's been a crazy end of the year: workload, conferences, family... So, even if we're late, Merry Christmas! We managed to work two hours this morning to sand smooth and fill the weave on the various aka segments, using about 400 g of clear resin.

Let's hope to be able to find some more time during the holidays.

Total work time to date: 611 hours

Filling the weave: akas

After more than one month here we are again... Two hours today to recoat the two akas and two of the fours swing arms with clear resin to fill the FG weave. We had previously washed the blush away.

We'll do this to all fiberglassed surfaces, and then we'll prime and paint.

Total work to date: 609 hours

Washing the blush from the akas

We are back after one month... too many things to do. Anyway, just one hour this morning to scrub away the amine blush from the akas, which will be the firts pieces to be primed and painted. We used a brush and a Scotchbrite pad with running water.

We'll then power sand everything, fairing with putty where needed.

Total work time to date: 607 hours.