Well, we're still in Oriental. Just ticking off a few more little projects before we head back to Pittsboro.
Our gel coat, the white "paint" surface all over the boat is of course very old as it's original to the boat. Years of UV has taken it's toll and there are some areas that the underlying fiberglass is showing thru.
You can't just paint it - if you do, it will eventually flake off and leave a mess.
We used a two part gel coat - Duane spent some time tinting a quart container. Because white is not just white. This particular white has some tints of grey, brown and mustard apparently. He added less than a drop of each to the quart and mixed well. Pretty pleased with the color match. After activating the epoxy paint, we had less than 15 minutes to apply before it sets up. After two coats, we applied a wax product that helps it cure.
It's not perfect but much better than before.
Another little project was finishing up the jib cover. We needed to close up the end of the cover a bit. We installed a grommet and a couple of DOT twist fasteners to snug-up the cover and provide good sun protection. (There are two DOT fasteners....because we installed the 1st one in the wrong position. Oh well...)
While we were tinkering with the jib cover, we raised the jib just to check things out. Two massive mud-dauber nests so we got to wash off some mud.
Gelcoat looks great - good job on that
ReplyDeleteAwesome job on the gel coat! And if all goes well, we will tag along with you.
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