John Burritt

Again, tell Carla that Carolyn & I are still thinking of her. If there is anything I/we can do, give us a call.

Glad to hear that part 1 of Carla's surgery went well. Sorry to hear that 1 & 2 couldn't go together. Please tell her that our thoughts continue with her. I seem to remember that Marissa has been pretty good at running the office. I'm sure she'll be up to speed fairly quickly. I presume you were involved w/ the college setting up the next class start for Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. Please let me know if there is any way I/we can be of assistance. John & Carolyn

Carla/Graham - Hope all goes well. We'll be thinking of you.

Alan - Thank so much for the post. Graham - Good you're getting the positive PR John

At high temperatures, slow hardener is much easier to use. Fast hardener would go off almost before you could apply it.

When in doubt, go to the source. Your trip to the Washington festival will be a prime time to explore all the nuances with Graham. he's always been very helpful.

Double check when the dinner at Little Italy will be.

Miyot - You're just looking for trouble. You can go out & buy nice new handplanes that, with a bunch of work, might work almost as well as the old ones.

You're on the right track. Brushes are great for filling fillets w/ thickened epoxy, but coating the hull works best w/ a roller or spreader - then tipping any runs that develop w/ a wide foam brush.

No scarfs beats scarfs as long as its straight-grained wood. Scarfs work best if they're located where there's not a lot of twist in the wood. Also, I wouldn't put one scarf right next to another one. Stagger them. Miyot got his post up ahead of mine. More specific. Hope it all helps.

For specifics, contact designergraham@gmail.com

You've just got to dig a bit deeper if you want the CCA. Find someone selling wood for piers. You don't have to tell them that your "pier" is stuck to the bottom of your boat. CCA is still available in eastern NC for use under houses and docks that get wet, just not for decks, etc.

Contact designergraham@gmail.com for more specifics on the Princess 22.

Don't lose the planes. Even w/ a kit, planes are super handy for rounding edges, dressing reinforcing stock & a couple dozen other things you haven't thought of, but will get you finished before you remember where you put your router.

Contact Graham re: a Mk 2 kit. Sounds like Chick's boat came in some version of a kit.

Congratulations! Good sharp hand tools not only do at least as good a job as the power "goodies", but they are a lot quieter and not nearly as messy.

Tabernacle plans & info should be available from Designer. Building of one is currently being completed on a CS 17 in boatbuilding class.

Mike - I've always had good luck rolling & tipping 2-part. The one time I tried Perfection was not good. As noted above, AwlGrip has worked well.

Somewhat depends on how you're going to apply the paint. If you're going to spray it, I won't make any suggestions, as I have no experience doing it. For brushing - or more accurately rolling & tipping with a 2-part - I'd be looking at either AwlGrip or AlexSeal. AwlGrip's brushing reducer does wonders in maintaining a wet edge while you're painting. I've heard that the AwlGrip brushing reducer will also work w/ AlexSeal. For a 1-part, I'd talk to a reputable paint dealer about an industrial enamel. Color options may not be as great as "boat paints", they typically are very durable. Built & painted a boat for a guy who wanted it red. At the time, I couldn't find a viable red boat paint, so used "industrial red" (fire hydrant paint). It outlasted everything else the guy did to the boat.

Glassing both sides is an excellent choice to minimize further splitting.

Some questions - Are you epoxying over wood, or fiberglass? Are you using a slow-setting epoxy? If not, it may be setting up before you can get it smoothed. Are you applying a fairly liberal coat of epoxy? Not enough may be leaving the rough surface. Was the wood fairly hot when you coated it? If the coating appeared smooth when you wet it out and then turned bumpy, it may be outgassing (air bubbles). I'm sure others will have more questions & suggestions.

Too bad you don't have anything to keep you busy. Just kidding. Its looking great. Keep up the good work.

Quite a set of pictures showing your boat build, and its outcome. It came out really great! Congratulations!

Mixing the slow & fast hardeners lets you mix different amounts of each to adjust the reaction speed to more closely meet your needs & the temp.

timbo2 - Check the photo just above your last post.