Buisness Time - Day 2

The plans call for three layers of veneer, and a calico (?) cloth between the second and third. I'm not sure what that is. I spent some time online and found that it's a type of fabric. But, why would you put fabric in your boat? Anyway, we want this baby to be light, fast, and strong, and not silky smooth, so we're going to use some fiberglass. But before we get there, we need to prep the surface. That means sanding, and lots of it.

Materials:

4oz fiberglass. 10 yards by 30 inches. Purchased from US composites. It wasn't too expensive, but the shipping was though.

Tools:

Random Orbit sander (With vacuum attachment! Please, figure something out if you have to)

Lots of sandpaper

It takes a long time to sand this whole boat smooth. The epoxy doesn't sand very well, so be prepared to use some tough grit, I'm talking 40 grit.

I had to take the jacket off, it was getting tiring. Once it's nice and smooth, it's time to lay down the fiberglass. Wow did this look cool. I did a dry lay up, where I draped the fiberglass onto the hull without any epoxy. Then once it was set, I rolled epoxy onto the fiberglass.

Now you see it...

Now you don't!