Final Gloss Coat on Waterlog Surfboard! Part 8 of the Grain Build

Well... I put on the final gloss coat on the deck of the Grain Surfboards Waterlog.

IF I'm actually done with this board, then it took five weeks and two days to complete starting from the day it was delivered. It took a lot longer than I expected due to it being more technical and fiddley than most of the boats and kayaks I've built. I build an entire Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) Annapolis Wherry in about the same time.

It looks okay. Might have to do some touch-ups, or I might sand it all and then polish it, but based on the way I'm feeling right now I'll probably just leave it as is. It'll get scratched up quite a bit once I start using it, and a few dust bits here and there won't be seen at that point. So I might as well enjoy the gloss while it lasts!

The epoxy really brought out the grain of both the northern white cedar and the western red cedar. It looks really nice if you ignore all the dust bits.

Here's how it looked after final sanding, wiping down with denatured alcohol, taping, and wiping down again, ready for the gloss epoxy coat.

Afterwards...

I tried harder this time to clean up runs, drips, sags, and curtains along the rails, and to evenly brush the epoxy all the way down to the tape. I didn't do a great job on the bottom gloss coat and ended up doing more sanding than I had hoped. Fingers crossed I got it all but we'll find out later.

There are several obvious dust bunnies on there... ugh.

I'll remove the tape in a couple hours, and then see how it all looks tomorrow after it cures enough.

Aloha!

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