1979 Viking build

[LakeFever]

We busted out a solid day. The deck is 80% sanded prepped for duratec primer. Working on filling in a few cracks whoever separated the deck caused and added some csm over the old rigging holes. Sanded the transom down to prep for faring putty. Goal is to have it in primer tomorrow night

[LakeFever]

Long day but we have primer. Pinholes galore though so still more work ahead instead of the sand and paint i was dreaming of. Had another problem reveal itself after primer we couldnt see at all before. More spider cracks near the rub rail. Either caused from whoever separated it or dock strikes. Not a big deal just a bummer to have to grind the duratec off in those areas and lay a few small pieces of csm down and fare/prime again. The transom turned out sweet we are very pleased with it. Barely any faring putty on it too just a bit where the csm tapers into the sides of the deck.

next move is to fill the pinholes, repair the spider cracks, and start the final sanding. Then paint. Getting close now

[LakeFever]

Two steps forward, one step back.

[LakeFever]

I also went over the entire hull with cabosil thickened duratec primer to fill pinholes before we start sanding the primer. Works so slick. Look close. This is in the dash area only a couple but easy to photograph. There was so many pinholes. I spent hours filling them all

[XstreamVking]

TON of work but well worth it in the end. Did mine many years ago and it's needing a fresh deck finish. Ugg. Not looking fwd to it. Do it right now and enjoy the results for many seasons.

[LakeFever]

This whole build has been an enormous effort for sure. I have simply run out of time for this so we are trying to blast through this stage as quickly as possible. If i wasnt feeling the time crunch so much i would have covered the entire deck with 1.5oz csm and fared it out just for longevity insurance. If i have to refinish the deck again in ten years im
fine with that.

[XstreamVking]

I think you are good for at least 10... Did mine in 08, and it was good till 2019-2020 then the deck finish got ugly.

[tnelsmn]

Looks great, Lake! My fiberglass supplier convinced me to roll the first coat of primer to avoid the pin hole issue. This was mostly sanded off while block sanding, then sprayed the second coat.

[LakeFever]

We had some pinholes on the hull but maybe 25-50. On the deck? There waa thousands, literally like chicken pox all over the thing. I remembered reading your thread about rolling it on and we did roll the areas i did glass work for the first coat, then sprayed over them wet when we sprayed out the hull. I didnt want to roll the whole thing to save time sanding. In hind sight this was unwise and we were rushing like mad trying to just plow through this. Got bit, but the putty trick worked thankfully. Im trying to round up support for one final push and get this thing wrapped up. Tight schedules making this very hard to accomplish now

[XstreamVking]

Sand and inspect, sand and inspect. Then spend an hour or two spraying the pretty stuff. THEN....Beers and smiles all round. Mine took almost a YEAR working on and off....

[LakeFever]

Sanded for two days straight. Still needs another day of sanding to straighten it all out then prime again, then finish sand, then paint. It seems so close

[tnelsmn]

Looking good man! It's so worth it when it's done to have the laser straight finish.

[LakeFever]

We are managing a few hours each day and got the thing fully blocked out. I shot it with the rest of my duratec today its looking nice and straight. We will block cut this down to 180 and then we switch gears and go into paint world. Starting with black tinted 2k primer then cut that down starting with 220 ending in 600 dry before we lay the base clear on. Getting excited now. Shoulders are shot

[LakeFever]

Sanded the final round of duratec to 180 and laid down black urethane 2k primer

[LakeFever]

Cut to 500, ready for paint