One thing that I have started to worry about is the amount of epoxy I have left. At $100 a gallon I am beginning to wonder if I have enough to finish the boat. For anyone who may build one of these boats in the future, I have some tips.
- Prep at the beginning of the entire project by identifying when you can do multiple steps at once with the epoxy. Many times I found myself throwing out an ounce at a time since I didn't have anything left to do at that step.
- At the very beginning of the project, do all of the butt seams at the same time. I chose to only do 3 or 4 at a time to fit my work table. In the future I will lay out all pieces at once with the needed weights and mylar so I conserve the epoxy.
- While I was rolling the second coat of epoxy on the inside glass of the hull, I laid out all pieces that I could to coat.
One will need to wait until there are fiberglass scraps, but after fiber-glassing the hull they start to show up. Just keep track and make a plan for the pieces you have.
In the picture below, you can see one of the cockpit coamings on the left, bulkheads center, hip braces top, knee braces on the right and more of the cockpit coaming bottom.
Next I plan to make an official boat by glueing the top onto the hull. I expect to do a little epoxy shaping around the ends. I hope it doesn't end up looking like elf shoes.
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