Another Day on the Bottom

Some people go to gyms...

We lasted 1:40 grinding on the bottom today.  For the first time we covered ourselves in corn starch, the idea being that it fills the pours so the fiberglass can't.  It really does work.

Corn startch to the resuce!

We're both less itchy after showering.  The 16 grit paper cut right through the bottom paint, gel coat and barrier coat, but it's so coarse it misses as much as it takes off.

We've both gotten good at recognizing blisters in the fiberglass: they're usually a little darker than the surrounding glass; the fibers in the glass are more pronounced--as though the resin had been washed away; and some ooze liquid after being disturbed.  The fix is simple enough, run the edge of the sand paper across the entire blister until the glass is the same color and consistency as the surrounding glass.  None of the blisters have been over 1/8" deep and most are 1/16" or less.  At least 2/3 of the starboard side and 1/2 of the port side is now done.