This Could MAKE OR BREAK the Look Of Our Kit Boat (MJ Sailing - Ep 280)
April 15, 2023 by MJ Sailing | Language: EN Play Time: 00:19:08 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
It’s time for us to begin filling all of those seams which pieced our kit boat together.
We’re finally back to good ‘ol boatwork this week, and it has nothing to do with fairing!! Now that it’s getting warm enough to work with products outside of the boat, it’s time for us to begin working with gelcoat on the exterior of our catamaran.
The first step is to remove the existing gelcoat on each side of the seams, which we thought was going to be a huge mess and leave gelcoat dust EVERYWHERE! But with the help of a belt sander from Colby, Matt was able to easily strip that back and keep a clean work space.
Even though the pieces were bonded together with our methacrylate, we still want to fill in any gaps, and go about doing that with our Total Boat polyester structural putty, which is full of milled fibers for extra strength.
A single layer of our 12 oz double bias fiberglass goes on and sits overnight to dry. After getting sanded down, Matt wants to go right into adding gelcoat instead of fairing compound. Was this a wise choice? Or will it all have to come off to be done again?
Tune in to our latest episode for all the fun!
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MJ Sailing
Sailing the world to see the world! We're a couple of high school sweethearts in our late 30's that have been on the move for 9 years; creating videos of the ups, the downs, our triumphs and our trials. After circumnavigating the North Atlantic in our last boat Serendipity, (1989 Sabre Targa 34), we took on a 2 year complete refit of our new boat Elements of Life - a custom aluminum 37' monohull. After sailing her to the Arctic, we sold her in 2020 to begin our newest project of building a 42 ft catamaran. Check out our website for more information, and support us by subscribing to our channel and liking our videos. Want to support the production of our videos? - Become part of our Patreon family and get videos before anyone else! - https://patreon.com/mjsailing - Make a donation through the PayPal link on our website - http://mjsailing.com - General inquires, please contact us at: admin@mjsailing.com
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