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Announce: she is now clothed. *LINK*
By:sage
Date: 11/23/2003, 5:02 pm

Well here is this weeks update, and photos.

Lessons learned.

1. Cotton is a bit difficult to wet out without bubbles, and the squeegee will not work. Hands work ok but next time try laying wax paper on the wet cloth and using the squeegee on top of that.

2. Blue masking tape leaks.

3. Completely fill the #@$%^^& weave before applying a pigmented epoxy. If not instead of just leaking your @$*@ masking tape will wick underneath the tape!

I am installing the inside outfitting and putting her in the pool today. Tomorrow I will take her out to meet the surf.

I still need to fill the deck weave, and add fins. I will do some type of pin-striping to hide the bleeding.

Sage

Messages In This Thread

Announce: she is now clothed. *LINK*
sage -- 11/23/2003, 5:02 pm
wild and funky, make it go, make it go, make it go *NM*
Pete Notman -- 11/24/2003, 3:27 am
Woo! Hoo!
Robert N Pruden -- 11/23/2003, 8:07 pm
BRAVO! *NM*
Danny Cox -- 11/23/2003, 5:26 pm