'86 ADVANTAGE Bubbledeck

[Holorinhal]

I got the stringers, bilge and transom, primed today. Tomarrow after the primer has cured,I will sand with 220, and then spray the black gel.










I busted my ass and got the stringers, bilge and transom, shot with color.
I sanded all the pimer down with 220g, cleaned up and wiped every thing down with acetone. Man I love this prestec poly primer. it sands like butter and did not clog up the paper.




Here are the products that I used. Prestec 27x1 clear gel addative, black polyester gelcoat, MEKP catalyst and some acetone to reduce





The clear doesnt look all that clear, kinda rose colored? no matter it is going into black gel.



Mix the clear gel and black, 50/50





mixed catalyst 2% and started spraying. I started with the transom and got a good tack coat on, then went up front to start on the stringers. The gun spit a couple times and then nothing comming out. I am like Holy Shit, the gel has gone off allready!
I got back to the bench and sure as shit the gel was hard and the gun was toast.
It was rather warm yesterday and I found out that 2% was too hot. I backed the catalyst down to 1% and reduced the gel with 10% acetone and had no more issues.







Well that gun was fried! Its a good thing that I have stocked up on these harbor freight throw away guns.





I shot a generous tack coat, let that start to kick and shot two more wet coats, letting each coat just start to get tacky,before shooting the next.
As You can see in the picture above, the transom looks really wavy, because I didnt add any filler on it to flatten it out.
On the other hand, I am really stoked about the way the stringers and bilge turned out. The stringers especially came out very flat and no noticeable waviness.
Its not perfect, but I am happy with the way it turned out.
I still need to sand, and I have some clear coming from Sher-fab, that should be here tomorrow. I will shoot the clear and then it is on to rigging and carpet.










I flow coated the stringers, bilge, transom and front bulkhead, yesterday, with prestec 27x6 clear gel.
I almost killed me to sand on the fresh black gel, But I got it all preped out with 220g.





I got every thing wiped down with lacquer thinner, and started shooting. I shot the transom first then turned to the front bulkhead.
I shot one generous tack coat and two wet coats, letting each coat start to kick before shooting the next.



After shooting the transom and bulkhead, I shot tree coats on the bilge and stringers.










now that that is done, I can get on to putting this thing together.