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Mill Creek 16.5 Build well under way
It hasn't been a perfect process but I am relatively happy with the process and progress so far. If anyone is interested in my log of it, it can be seen on my Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CorDal-Woodworking/425023900870390?ref=hl
this is a first wooden boat build for me and I have learned a lot and feel like there is still a lot to learn!
Betty
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RE: Mill Creek 16.5 Build well under way
» Submitted by HawksEye - Sun, 12/8/13 » 11:05 PM
Hi Betty-
I peeked at your FB pics. Great job- looks like you're almost there! My first build was a Mill Creek 13' and I, too, made an epoxy blunder that had to be pryed/cut apart (I didn't know about the heat gun trick). Got it covered up with a ribbon. :-) No one else knows, unless I blab.
I'm starting my second SnG build (a Shearwater) and I really wanted to stain it, but I was worried it wouldn't come out well, so I chickened out. If you had issues with the stain, I guess I'm glad I didn't try.
This fall I decided to strip the varnish off the bottom of my Mill Creek and put on a coat (or two) of graphite-epoxy. The snags in the rivers around me are viscious to a flat bottom boat...
Thanks for posting the pics. They were fun to see and brought back memories. :-)
helen