The Gleda Project » Sanding

1836Hrs – Starting To Look Brighter

Neil — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:30:42 +0000

A good session today. I started with an hour spent sanding the entire sail locker compartment before having a mega clean up and then wiping down all the surfaces with acetone. I then got the paint out again and got a first coat on the beam trough, forward bulkhead and underside of the deck. I have to say I am really impressed with this Dulux Aquatech. It brushes out nicely and it covered really well for a first coat.

After painting I got the joints between upper and lower hulls glassed over so now, after a little bit of light sanding and a wipe over I’ll be able to paint the whole compartment… looking forward to that.

1799Hrs- Not Enough Hours

Neil — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:13:37 +0000

Here I am again, time strapped and slowing. But I’m not complaining as it’s essential I devote more time to the business for a little while. Today I managed just a couple of hours and I spent them planing sanding and routing on the starboard cabin sides and tops, exactly as I did on the port ones on Saturday.

With those jobs out of the way it’s the glass reinforcing of all the hull, deck and cabin joints up next. I’ll have to refresh my memory of Scotts super masking tape technique for getting nice clean edges.

I’m also turning my thoughts to paint for the interior areas. As luck would have it there’s a big article on the subject in this months Practical Boat Owner that just dropped through my door. It appears Acrylic might be the way to go so I’ve got some studying to do there.

I’m still buzzing from having closed the hulls and yes Jacques you were absolutely right. it’s a great feeling!

Imagining Blue Sky Outside

1719Hrs – Sneaking Back

Neil — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:32:02 +0000

Time to build is an issue again and one I’m going to address very soon. For today I just sneaked in an hour and got the outboard tumblehome/cabin roof joint of the starboard hull sanded, routed and prepped for gluing of the half round finishing strip.

1703Hrs- Progress To Port

Neil — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:11:11 +0000

After removing the temporary holding screws from the tumblehomes glued yesterday ( I needed a mole wrench on a couple that I’d managed to epoxy in!), It was out with the belt sander and I spent a dusty hour getting the tumblehomes sanded to something like a nice fit, then, after key grinding all the contact points I grabbed two volunteers (Thanks Rich & Charlie) and got the cabin roof section lifted up into position. The rest of the session was spent planing and sanding to get a nice dry fit and it’s now ready to glue. It’ll be great to get these two big cabin roof sections firmly in place and I’m enjoying the feeling of progress I’ve been getting these last couple of weeks, it seems a long time since I felt I was winning!

Portside Cabin Roof Dry Fitted

1621Hrs- Fairing & Sanding Forward Cabin Decks

Neil — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:34:42 +0000

Solid Timber Fillet Faired In

I squeezed in a short session today, another holiday weekend just past, a 10 day break to Portugal starting next week and my own business to look after mean that time is short right now. No point stressing though I know that things will pick up pace by the end of June and I’m still on target. So today I concentrated on more sanding and fairing of the forward cabin decks, all pretty simple stuff really but quite satisfying. I also shaped in the Douglas Fir blocks that I’d glued in at the forward ends of the tumble homes. The plans suggest cutting small pieces of ply to cover the gap (the tumble homes are cut from standard 2.44m (8ft) sheets of ply but the decks are a bit over 2.5m long so they stop short of the forward beam troughs). I decided to glue solid pieces of timber in there instead and then shape them afterwards. Better job all round methinks.

1618.5Hrs- Sanding & Filling Decks

Neil — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:38:02 +0000

No photo today not much to see, but I have worked hard getting the decks and tumblehomes ready for the glass tape reinforcing stage. I’ve planed, sanded and filled and rounded off all the edges. Hard dusty work but very satisfying to see it all coming together.