Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: fairing inside hull
By:Nick Schade
Date: 12/8/1998, 9:55 am
In Response To: fairing inside hull (rick)

Very coarse (40 or 50 grit) sandpaper wrapped around a curved piece of foam works well.

> I have been having a hard time fairing the inside of the hull.I have tried
> all kinds of sanders and haven't been able to get the strips very
> consistantly even at all. Actually it looks crummy. And the worst part is
> when I went to apply the epoxy seal coat all the glue that I
> couldn't/didn't see shows up like a sore thumb.I am fussy and I want to
> solve this problem.What are you all doing ? I haven't been able to make a
> custom convex plane yet but I suspect this is the only way to go. Thanks
> Rick :(

Messages In This Thread

fairing inside hull
rick -- 12/8/1998, 1:33 am
Re: fairing inside hull
rick -- 12/9/1998, 11:06 am
Re: Drips are good!
Nick Schade -- 12/10/1998, 8:53 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Kenneth Paul -- 12/9/1998, 5:52 pm
A Convex Surform works GREAT, then sand paper
Jim Gabriel -- 12/9/1998, 10:12 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Mike Spence -- 12/9/1998, 12:23 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Nick Schade -- 12/8/1998, 9:55 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Jay Babina -- 12/8/1998, 9:55 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Jim Eisenmenger -- 12/8/1998, 8:45 am
Re: fairing inside hull
Monte Rhodes -- 12/9/1998, 1:43 pm