More Varnishing and Staining

I have moved onto the stained sections of the boat and have made pretty good progress. Getting the stain even was hard and it did not come out perfect, but I think looks good. I found in applying my varnish I ad these dishes, not fish eyes and finally figured it out, it was moisture drops form my respirator. I sanded down the affected areas and applied my third coat of varnish last night. I still have some sages and am resigned to that fact. I just do not have enough light to catch all the angles.





I am hoping to put the fourth coat on tonight and take a break. It does not look like I will have the boat ready for this summer, but next year it should be in the water.

Also I had a birthday recently and my entire family pitched in to buy me a new aluminum trailer, great huh. I am expecting it this week if everything works out. More to come.

Getting closer!

There has been alot of work this month on Frolic. I am ready to Stain the boat. I have finished the varnish work on the interior that had no stain on it, the rib detail and interior lapstrake. I had sanded and tacked everything then taped in my previous post. I then sealed the area with CPES then 4 coats of Epifanes. Here are some pictures of the result. I believe it came out well. One surprise was when I applied the CPES to the wood, dark areas appeared. I can only think it is areas that had moisture get into the wood. When the inside was sanded you really did not notice it, but now as you can see there are dark areas. I guess I should have bleached the wood, maybe next time!






My goal is to Stain tonight then tomorrow, followed by 2 days of sealing. More to come.