I am about ready to fair and smooth the stripped deck prior to glassing on my Wood Duck 10 hybrid. The manual says to finish with 220 paper. But I am confused as "Builders' Tips" says not to use 220(to finish with 120) so that glass will adhere better.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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RE: sanding a stipped deck
» Submitted by Andy - Thu, 3/11/10 » 3:09 PM
RichMPL,
I had the same question when building my Shearwater hybrid. See the response from John Harris below:
Gosh, we always take it to 220 and have never had an adhesion problem. I suspect Nick (Schade, author of the Builders Tip), ever the careful boatbuilder, is sanding by hand "with the grain," whereas we use power tools. MAS Epoxy is also non-fussy about wood adhesion, bless it.
Andy