Finished the Guillmont-L stripping. Now to fill in all the oops! I tried to use Nick’s idea of using a “V”-groove chisel to open up some of the spaces, but unlike in his video example, I was trying to go acriss the end of the strips instead of along the grain and it did not work out very well. This leaves me with Dookie Schmutz! The whiter I can make the fill the better. Anything I should do other then take sawdust from my whitest spare strips plus epoxy until it’s like peanut butter. are there any other ways to go about it? Will the “repair” call more attention to it then if I just left it alone and let the epoxy fill it during fiberglassing?
Another question, after fairing and sanding the hull, what should be my next step?
the approach i use for filling in the crack/crevises is wood glue and sawdust. first its easy to sand and second, its a bit easier in my view to get a color match.
a thin crack i wil lay in some wood glue (tip cut with a pin point into the crevesse)…then i will push the sawdust into it using the sawdust of the color of the strip i am trying to match. i will let it set up for a bit then use 60 grit sanding block. bigger cracks may take an additional pass or two.
as mentioned, i find it easier to get color match then epoxy. also no mixing, just easier in my view. you can also do little bits of work at a time. epoxy is tough to mix in small batches and then you are either wasting a lot or trying to move too quick as you are working around epoxy cure times.
based on you pictures, i think you are doing fine for a first strip built. experiment with the technique i am suggesting. its inexpensive to experiment with wood glue and saw dust.
on your second question, you can go either order. i ussually will start with fairing becuase is can be hard to cut recesses properly on a rough surface. but once i cut the recess i typically still have some final fairing to complete the fairing work.
