Finishing the Lower Mast

Spent some quality time this afternoon working on the finish sanding of the lower mast and getting it ready for epoxy. I went ahead and ordered a few Tyvex suits for the upcoming painting of the hull and decided to wear one while sanding to prevent being covered in a mixture of wood and epoxy dust. The picture kind of reminds me of the old Intel commercial! All that was missing was a little "Play that funky music white boy!"

While I was sanding the mast I paid special attention to sanding the sail track to prevent any small burrs caused by the saw from catching on the sail. I also wanted a smooth surface where I could add epoxy over.

Ready for epoxy!

What is not shown is that I let it sit for a couple of hours to let all the dust settle in the garage and managed to put a coat of epoxy on it. My goal is to put two more coats between today and Wednesday.