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Alright, Chuck. Don't get mad but I think I'm going to steel your paint scheme. :twisted: The white with the stripe (is that dark green?) looks awesome. I'm going to paint the inside and do the outside like you have it. I got the off white. They didn't have white.

I saw how you cut your glass to overlap. I should have done that. I cut right at the stems then added an overlapping piece later. I think your way was probably easier and will probably look better.

The local Boater's World is going out of business and has everything (what's left) 60% off. I was able to get Interlux Goldspar varnish and Interlux Brightside paint at a descent price. Does anyone have experience with either of these products?

I probably should have taped off my rub rails like you did but not turned out good...all the excess epoxy I brushed down filled in any spaces that were between the rub rails and the boat. Also, after all the coats of epoxy I sort of have a mini fillet between the rub rail and the boat. How did...

Yup, this is my first boat. I'll have to take a picture of the first section of fillets I did, they were terrible. I sanded them enough so that they look ok now but yikes.

I stumbled upon this article and it makes me wonder if a saturation coat helps at all in a lot of cases. Look at the section titled "Is thinning necessary?". http://www.seqair.com/skunkworks/Glues/ ... nning.html

I finished sanding the fillets tonight. The little sanding attachment for the Dremel really helped out in the corners. A little more cleanup sanding tomorrow night and I'll be ready to glass the inside.

Ah...sorry, I don't have any pictures of the process. I just took someones advice and used plastic spoons to get the smooth radius. The one in the picture is definitely one of my better ones. They don't all look that good. The first batch I did turned out terrible...way to thin and just made...

Steve, Sorry, I don't think I understand what you are asking.

I finally finished the fillets and have gotten most of the power sanding done on them. I found that the best way to get the right thickness is the same as when making whipped cream....thicken until it holds soft peaks. That seemed to be perfect for me. Thin enough to spread nice and smooth...

Looking good.

I meant to put the pretty side in but attached the first piece to the stem with the pretty side out. Oh well... I found 1 small void in the $9 luan I used. Not saying that there aren't more, that's just the only one I saw.

Another round with the fillets tonight and it went much better. I think I got the thickness about right. The stuff I put on the other night was a bust. There is no radius at all.

I agree with the carbide scraper! I found that the foam brushes got too mushy. I didn't like the foam roller either. Chip brushes worked the best for me.

The flour. I was thinking about ordering some silica. I just need to make it thicker and I think I'll be golden. It's all about experience with this part I guess.

I did a small section of fillets tonight. It was much easier to spread smooth than I thought it would be. But, my mix turned out to be a little on the thin side. I only did a part of the bottom and even that sagged. It would have never stayed on the sides.

Welcome aboard, skiwright. I'm still working on finishing my first so we're in the same boat.

That's what somebody said...just do the spaces between the ribs.

I know what you mean. I was very nervous about it but I think it came out really good. Use small batches and work quickly. It gets really hard to get the fabric wet if the epoxy starts thickening up. I used these spreaders to do the bottom http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ...

Well, the bottom glassing is done. I turned her over tonight to start on the inside.