Mosshead

Day 2

July 17th, 2006

Monday:

We got up early and went to see how yesterday’s work turned out.

For a first stab, I think it turned out pretty well. We did use a little too much epoxy. On a couple of pieces the mylanar had moved around so much when we weighted it that the scrap plywood pieces on top came into contact with epoxy. This was partially because I was too conservative with the mylanar, I think we floated a little too much epoxy and we were tired and uncomfortable from kneeling on concrete by the end of yesterday so probably a little less attentive.

Comfort is key to paying attention to details

Fortunately, the epoxy was easy enough to clean up with a sharp razor on the edges and I was able to tease off the epoxied scrap edges without losing any veneer from my kayak. The trick is to use a sharp razor blade and leave bits of the scrap plywood on the veneer. It can be sanded out.

If it had been really bad, I could have used the router bit on the dremel to cut around the epoxied plywood scrap so that it could then be sanded out.
So, we spent about 45 minutes cleaning up the edges - it’s easier to do while the epoxy is still curing. I think there’s a planer fitting for my dremel that I might invest in for the final edge clean up. I noticed when A initially started using a little hand planer on the edges, her tendancy was to tip it so she could see where the blade was cutting, but that will give the edges a bevel which we don’t want.

Next step: (after work) sanding the other side and gluing it. I’ll duct tape my sander to a small vacuum cleaner to keep the dust down. We’ll be ready to start glueing boat 2 tomorrow!

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