Doreen learned about mixing epoxy with filler today. Using the gram scale to mix our 2:1 combination epoxy, she whipped up a couple or three batches of about 150 grams each of no-blush epoxy. She then added some West 403 filler plus some other I had on hand to stiffen up the mix for applying into the channel she had made with blue masking tape. This channel is on the underside edge of the largest hatch doors on ETAK, the ama hatch opening covers. I want about 1/4" of this mix to seal off all the wood along the base of the hatches. We also worked together on one edge of a wet locker cover. First I sawed off about 1/4" of the plywood, then we filled the same type of channel along the edge to seal the plywood completely.
The area where I have been removing the old alkyd base paints on the forward main bulkhead is turning really ugly! At least that's what the first mate said today when she saw the work I had done just two days before. I am taking the surface down to bare plywood in order to put on a thin layer of fiberglass cloth. Take a look at what has come off already and see if you agree with Doreen. Still lots to go yet.
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