Sanding

This week has been taken up with sanding the heads and forward cabin soles, it is a bit of a long slow process starting off with 320 grit wet and dry with the aim of working through to 600 grit. It would be a lot quicker to power sand at least for the initial levelling up but the dust gets everywhere and I am not too keen on wet sanding with a mains voltage machine. I have come across a few spots where there are high spots in the layup which will require the further application of flocoat once the preliminary sanding has been completed, the forward cabin being the worst affected I think that this was due to the 450g biaxial cloth being a bit too heavy and the consequent problems with forming it around the bilge access opening.

Forward cabin sole showing high spots in the layup

Heads sole still a way to go

It looks as though the first round of sanding will take most of my time next week.