Paper Jet 14

Paper Jet 14
Hull#001 Built by Dudley Dix

Monday, February 24, 2014

More and More Fairing!

Nothing much to say other than more sanding and more fairing! I read somewhere that you can almost spend as much time on the final finishing aon  boat project than building it. I'm beginning to agree!






I put on another coat of primer and added some more fairing material at the joint!


Will sand it down this weekend and put another coat of primer! Hopefully we are getting close!

Monday, February 3, 2014

More Fairing

The first coat of primer on the hull gave a pretty good indication on what areas needed some TLC. I wanted to make sure that the chines were somewhat consistent so I went ahead and added a bead of fairing material to areas that looked like they needed some help. It was also readily apparent that I did not get enough fairing material on a couple of the joint areas so I went ahead and added some material to those areas also.









It is worth noting that it was a good idea adding a coat of primer before proceeding with this fairing step - It really allowed for some "sacrificial" sanding material so that in the process of  sanding down the fairing compound I would not "break through" the laminating epoxy.

Next step is to add another coat of primer and see how it looks!