Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Gel coating, glad to be at this point!

The gel coating of the foredeck is going well.  I need a spray gun the sanding is getting old.  I will sand until all of the brush strokes are gone. Brushing and tipping is over rated and does not work very well.  The color match is as good as expected and I'm glad it is as close as it is.  The windows are on order with Clear Cut Plastics I know they will turn out well and I'm looking forward to having some help from my friend Rd installing them.   Thanks to  Nate Creits I'm planning on taking this project on slow so that it turns out well.  Blizzard will in short order be water tight.  I think it will take another two weeks of work before it is tight.  Then I'll be able to focus on the interior layout.  This week I'll be spending sanding and spending time with Inchie and my beautiful wife.  Off to Italy Friday for work which will be nice.

It is nice to meet a fellow Ross 780 from New Zealand.  Thanks Phil for reaching out your boat is looking awesome.  I'm looking forward to figuring this beautiful boat out.

Here s a picture from earlier in the week.  Late night curing of gelcoat.  It is a mad scramble before the weather completely turns.

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