Hello fellas.
I've been away quite a while - on holiday, at work, being busy at home trying to move house, etc. So apologies from me, I've only just seen the last 2 posts. :-[
1. BobF, don't worry mate I wouldn't ignore your posts, I didn't mean to imply your advice about wetting the mahogany strips was wrong, I think I may have made them too wet and literally swelled the whole thing instead of just one side. One of the reasons I started this thread was to ask advice from people like yourself who know more than me, so please continue to advise!
2. Boatmadman, on returning from my holiday last night I found a parcel of resin thinnners from Fibretech. As for how much thinner to use, I only had a quick look at the instructions, but I
think it said 1 part thinner to 5 parts resin. I will need to double check this tonight when I get home though, so give me 24hrs to confirm!!
3. Andy and Voyager, I was really sorry to miss the Black Park Regatta. I was looking forward to meeting you and others, and chatting, asking about motors (in fact asking about pretty much everything!
) etc. Unfortunately we got chance to go away on holiday a few days early, and we took it. I had to miss the regatta. I do plan to go down there on a Sunday morning soon though and make an effort to chat to the gang.
I haven't touched the Slo Mo in what seems like ages - I get so little 'free' time. I now have the polishing cloths from Hannants though so along with the resin thinnners I can really crack on with it all the 1st chance I get. It's obvious from looking at the cloths though, they are extremely, amazingly, incredibly fine. Even the roughest one just feels like a normal peice of cloth! The finest is going to be like rubbing the boat down with a strip of leather!!!
I need to start with quite smooth-ish wet and dry paper first, then the smoothest I can find, then the cloths. Whatever happens, my results will be posted for your information and entertainment on here!!
Have a good day, people.
Julian.