Well next time someone tells you they hope to sand the hull and have it primed in 48 hours, just laugh and say it isn't going to happen. Last week consisted of sanding, sanding and yes, more sanding! After one night of sanding with the boat suspended from the ceiling I woke up the next morning with a sore neck..decided the best plan was to flip it over. Quite the adventure that was. Didn't have the manpower to flip it over so I tied up the transom and and brought it all the way up to the ceiling with the chain falls. After I had it 17 ft in the air (which was still 6 inches short!) I was able to twist the boat around and bring it down on some saw horses.
I started sanding with 60 grit. Worked the gouges and scrapes as well as any trailer marks. I filled with the West System Epoxy fairer and then sanded again with the 60 grit. The most filling was done in the transom area and towards the bow where it rested on the trailer. Than I moved to 120 grit, 220 and 400 to finish it off. By the time it was done I had a nice 'glass-like' finish. I wiped the boat down with a degreaser and lint-free shop towels. Tonight I spot primed all my fill work. Of course it never ends there, found a few imperfections and valleys (mostly in the transom area) so its back to filling.
I've decided to keep the classic Glastron look with an 'updated' paint scheme, going to go white and red. I'm HOPING to have the red sprayed by this weekend, but it all depends on how picky I get on this fill job.
