Well, I have not posted for a few weeks, but I have been at least somewhat busy! I kind of grounded to a halt with the sanding of the inside of the hull...but I did finally get it all done. I scraped the glue off and some of the cedar with a paint scrapper, and then sanded the entire hull with 60 grit sandpaper on the random orbital sandpaper. This worked well, but took a long time. IM thinking if/when I do it again, I will look for courser sandpaper for this stage...45 grit? Anyway...I talked my dad and brother into coming over on a Saturday morning and we were able to get the inside fiberglassed pretty easily.
Later that night, I asked my buddy Karl to come over, and we squeeged on the 2nd coat. I actually enjoy the fiberglass/resin work. It is fun to see the results, and how the finished product is going to look. I have decided though that when doing large areas of the canoe, that having at least 2 people is necessary to keep working efficiently. Either having 2 people applying resin and one person mixing batches or resin, or 1 person applying and 1 person mixing.
The next night I brushed on the 3rd and finally coat of resin on the inside of the hull. I think its turninig into one sexy canoe! :)
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