do you have a shot of the finished keels , showing the futures bases you added , please , Emil ? [ie: the finished keels , out of the finbox, please ?]
Do you think i need a gloss coat, or is it possible to fine sand the hot coat up to 2000, then polish?
I dont want to add unnecessary weight?
Couldnt be much happier by the looks of it so far. Way better than expected!
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Yes, I'd be happy too - it looks killer!
I always figure if you can sand the hotcoat uniform without hitting weave, then the gloss coat is optional. I work with epoxy, and use poly for the gloss if I want it real shiny. Otherwise, I just sand to about 600 grit or so, and go surfing. Last board I did I got lazy - just put a third epoxy coat on (thin), and called it good enough. Usually doesn't come out good enough to do that, 'tho.
The downside of having your first board come out so good - now you guys are hooked!
And BTW - I wouldn't leave fiberglass cloth laying around the house like that! At least throw an old sheet over the sofa when working indoors with fiberglass.
Cool. I’m quite nervous about hitting it with the sander.
I really hope the same shine comes back after some fine grits and polish. What about not sanding at all?
I now see the need of absolute cleanliness. Deck hotcoat has quite a few dust debris, bottom coat turned out much better (cleaned the room - thanks huck).
