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Hull splotches. *Pic*
By:John Monfoe
Date: 4/25/2001, 6:57 am

This is my last photo before I seperated the hull & deck. The blue tape is still visible at the seam. My deck f/g good and the hull had every problem possible it seems. First I had the white spots and smears that probably caused by dust and sanding epoxy while green. The picture isn't very good but if you look closely at the hull, especially the right side you will see some big dark splotches. I know what caused this. I had my hull sanded with 100 grit using the orbital sander as I had also sanded my deck. Then I thought I will just fair it a little better and I picked up my sanding board and started sanding. I soon realized I had 60 grit sandpaper on it and was causing rough sanding marks. I sanded again with my ROS but not as good as I should have, thinking that if f/g weave would disappear under clear epoxy so would the sanding marks. But I guess what happened is the sanding marks soaked up more epoxy and darkened. Also, I had an epoxy run onto the hull when I was epoxying the deck. I sanded it down smooth thinking that when I epoxyed the whole hull it would also just blend in and disapear but it shows up also. I may try to do a fix this winter but can it be fixed? I am thinking now that if I sand everything down to bear wood in the splotched areas and then put on fiberglass patches and epoxy that the edges may show up as a dark ring, like the epoxy run did. In the end if I can't fix it or live with it, I will put on a coat of black epoxy and hide everything. Any thoughts will be appreciated.

John

Messages In This Thread

Hull splotches. *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 4/25/2001, 6:57 am
Thanks for making me feel better.
John Monfoe -- 4/26/2001, 5:07 am
Re: Thanks for making me feel better.
Ken Sutherland -- 4/30/2001, 7:59 pm
The secret trick to making your boat look great
Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/25/2001, 10:25 pm
Criminal Intent
Robert Palmeter -- 4/25/2001, 5:21 pm
Splotches Smlotches
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/25/2001, 3:23 pm
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Rob Macks -- 4/25/2001, 2:16 pm
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Bobby Curtis -- 4/25/2001, 1:14 pm
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Chip Sandresky -- 4/25/2001, 12:00 pm
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Ross Leidy -- 4/25/2001, 11:40 am
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Ed K. -- 4/25/2001, 11:29 am
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Jim -- 4/25/2001, 10:44 am
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Don Beale -- 4/25/2001, 9:50 am
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Richard Boyle -- 4/25/2001, 8:44 am
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Elliott -- 4/25/2001, 7:40 am
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Elliott -- 4/25/2001, 12:03 pm