DISASTER AVERTED!!!!

Well firstly we had a magical sunrise this morning, the pictures don't do it justice. 

Hmm so I said earlier in the week that I was going to do the ugly as well as the good and today I had just that. Somehow I have had a batch of epoxy not set up properly so I have had to try and remove it. This is seriously sticky stuff and when it doesn't set it sticks to everything and is not easy to sand/scrape/grind off as it just gums up any tools you have. The only way to do it is to use heat to soften it and scrape away which is what I did. Eventually I managed to get it all off and I have now reapplied the fairing mix over that area and this time I have put a temporary tent over it to a) keep the heat in from the heater and b) to keep any moisture off it. This time it will work. The pics below are of the tent and the new filler.

I also managed to laminate the starboard side stringer to replace the floors as I did on Monday. I will bring that inside tonight to post cure this to increase the strength of the part. Post curing is a process by which you heat the part slowly to a relatively high temperature to allow the epoxy to gain maximum strength.

Over and above that I have been slowly working my way over the hull to remove any excess epoxy and filler so that I can start with the taping on the gunwhales, hopefully I'll be able to get that done before I go back to work next week.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to leave comments, hints, tips. 

Cheers Jay