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Final seam filling completed

Today I removed the tape holding the deck in place and then spent some time filling the gaps in the seams with thickened epoxy. I also added thickened epoxy to many of the other deck seams that weren't fully filled up to the panels.

Filling all the seams with thickened epoxy gives the boat a nice, clean look when completed. Try to use the same consistency of thickened epoxy too, as the more wood flour you add the darker it gets. Regardless, the thickened epoxy is still lighter in color than unthickened epoxy when dry. Under the fiberglass and a few coats of varnish most of the differences in your thickened epoxy coloring should be unnoticeable. But if you have areas with un-thinned epoxy they will stand out against any of the areas with thickened epoxy. Just be consistent. 

I'll let it all dry for 24 hours and then tomorrow night I will hit the deck and the tops of the #4 panels with the random orbital sander (ROS) to get rid of excess epoxy and to round the seams gently.

That's the last step before fiberglassing the deck! I might be able to get to it this weekend, but we've got guests in from out of town so it might be a while... sigh.


Peace!



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