This post shows the canoe after Jeff and Roger had sanded it on the evening of the 23rd of December, which led to some aches for Jeff the next day! It was tempting to touch it as it was so smooth, but we avoided letting the oils from our fingers get on the canoe before it was fibreglassed.
The next session was a longer one with several breaks as we fibreglassed the outer hull of the canoe. While the day was long, it was a good one. All of us were able to help and working as a team is always satisfying, especially, when you get results like we did! We lay the fibreglass over the canoe like a sheath, prepared epoxy and applied it in a timely fashion. After 25 minutes, excess epoxy was 'squidgied' off (technical term:)) we gave it time to dry and then repeated the process 2 more times to reach this glossy finish! We were happy to see the wood highlighted, the 'eyes', the 'arrows' and the bird-like features...we loved the contrast in light and dark and look forward to seeing it from the inside perspective.
Next, Jeff and Lucas will be spending the day power-sanding the inside because it can now come off the mould! Yay!
Following that, we will all go and fibreglass the inside of the canoe which will be done on Thursday! After that, we have final details to add like the seats, yolk, and gunnels... we can't believe how fast we have progressed. Jeff doesn't want to rush the process on one level, as he's going to miss going when we are done. There is something very fulfilling about building something special with your hands...:)
1 comment:
Very cool. What an amazing project and what a great job!
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