More epoxy work

May 20, 2011
I spent the morning doing more work with the epoxy.  I turned over the thwarts and sanded them to get them ready for their first coat of epoxy, and then worked on the rudder pieces.  Since I had already used a router to round off all the edges, I just needed to sand them to make sure everything was smooth.   Once I was done with the sanding, I put on epoxy on the underside of the thwarts and on one side of the rudder. 

I sanded all the edges and then went over the whole rudder with fine sandpaper. Then I put on the first coat of epoxy.

I also took the clamps off the mast and spar.  I had a tough time with the plastic that I had put around the joint.  It's the first time I had plastic stick to the epoxy.  I had to use a belt sander to get off the extra epoxy and the plastic.