Vaka hull painting completed

 Today we removed the masking tape and the plastic sheets protecting the graphite bottom.

Vaka hull: second coat of enamel

Two hours of work today to give the vaka hull the second coat of enamel. We first gave the hull a light scrub with 240 grit sandpaper and then cleaned the dust.

We will wait for the paint to dry and turn the hull rightside up for painting deck and cockpit. 

Total work time to date: 743 hours
 

Vaka hull: first coat of enamel

 3 hours of work today to give the hull a first coat of paint.

We started giving a light scuff with 240 grit to the primer, and removed the dust with an anti static cloth.

 Then we prepared almost 0.6 liters of Boero Altura TC one part polyurethane paint diluted about 7% with Boero 703 thinner, and painted with a short hair roll

In the past weeks we had made repairs to the misterious defective spots in the primed surface, by sanding and recoating. This will remain a mistery.

Total work time to date: 741 hours

Vaka hull: second coat of primer

 Two hours today for the second coat of primer:

We noticed a very strange effect when coating the port side of the hull which we cannot explain: we will sand it when dry and recoat it

Total work time to date: 737 hours

Vaka hull: first coat of primer

Two hours of work today. We gave the aka hull the first coat of primer (Boero Giano + 10% Boero 703 thinner) with a short hair roller. Here's the situation half way through

and here it is completed

Total work time to date: 735 hours

Preparing the vaka hull for painting

Two hours of work today. We sanded the graphite coating to a feather edge on the hull panels; put masking tape all around the edge making sure that the primer will cover about 1 cm of the graphite coating; protected the newly coated bottom with plastic; lightly sanded the whole hull with 240 grit, and cleaned the boat. Next time we will give the first coat of primer.

Total work time to date: 733 hours

Vaka bottom: second coat of graphite

 One hour today to give the bottom a second coat of graphite/epoxy resin after a light scrub with 240 grit. 

Later in the evening we removed the plastic skirt

 Total work time to date: 731 hours