Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Grain Update - Deck is Glassed

Monday was the day we got everything ready to glass. Kipp, Erik and I sanded, taped and prepped everything and cut the glass to size.

If you ever want to get anything done, invite Erik over to watch. Erik can't stand to be on the sidelines. He is also good at everything.

He took over and went to work.

Sanding.

Masking.

More masking.

I put the camera down and helped out.

It took a bit but it was ready for glass.

Kipp showed me how to trim the glass.

He did the tail himself as it was a bit tricky.

I love how the glass glows.

It looked like a spaceship.

Today was the moment of truth. Time to glass the deck.

I was excited until It was time to drop the catalyst.

Then I got nervous. I'm calling out, "Wait I'm not ready!"

Game on. Kipp didn't listen and he set it off.

We have less then 10 minutes.

It really is a rush. You get into the moment and completely get absorbed in it.

Yet again Kipp was a huge help. David was there as well to document it.






Time to clean up. Kipp is really good about reusing everything. He cleans everything and never throws anything away unless it is completely trashed.

Resincicle.


Oh my. She is beautiful.

Time to cut the the lap and pull the masking.

This was a bit harder then I thought and made a few mistakes.





All and all it was a blast.

Tomorrow we glass the bottom.

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