Polishing the Finish - microBootlegger Sport - E66
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- The final work on getting the boat itself completed is polishing out the finish.
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Tools:
Festool Rotex 125 - Rough Sanding - amzn.to/2r9TwoD
Festool RO125 Polishing Pad - amzn.to/2zZUtEY
Festool RO125 Foam Polishing Pad - amzn.to/2JIsb1d
Mequiar's M105 Mirror Glaze Compound - amzn.to/2JGtdea
Mequiar's M205 Mirror Glaze Polish - amzn.to/2uCGHTH
The Zen of Boatbuilding - thank you!
Those tiny variations that might spring into your eye, reminds others that this boat is built by hand, and as such a rare and beautiful thing, so different from all our usual stuff. Your standards are high, it's a great inspiration to throw in some effort whatever we do. I love that stern, looks like it will reduce some drag, slipping through the water like it nearly never where there. Beautiful!
Well done Nick ! I will always look up to your workmanship, with awe ! Thanks !
This has been a great series. I have really enjoyed watching and comparing this build to your class at the WoodenBoat School. I'll be watching for the final few videos. Thanks for taking the time to make these.
I have learned so much from you. Great teacher in describing all intricate components from begining to finish. My hats off to you--the things I always wanted to know!!! Thanks for taking the time and hard work, Nick.
BLUE DAVE
11:42 - sage observations from a true craftsman. Really nice stuff Nick - always enjoy seeing your work.
Well Done Nick. Thank you for sharing such great detail with those of us that build these as amateurs. I learned a lot. Thank you!
That finish is stunning. I know what you mean about those little imperfections that only you can see. I've had that happen with lots of my projects. My customers don't see them but I do.
Thank you for showing us your process. This whole thing is art!
My name is Nick, I had a cat named Shada (pronounced as you pronounce your last name), and I like building/making things and watching others do the same. Suffice it to say, I very much enjoy your channel lol fantastic work, sir.
Thanks for this wonderfull series. After bingewatching them I want one too... to build it myself :-)
I really like your contemplations about how perfect it should be, and that even you see the imperfections on what you build. I'm sure my (first) boat will have a lot of them, but building it seems to be a nice journey. Thanks for the inspiration
Great build series, Thank you. Whats next?
I'm working on some paddles.
Thank you, Nick, for the honest notes on the balance between striving for perfection and getting the project ready. Learned a lot from these sentences.
And a question (which may sound stupid, but I'm just getting familiar with kayaks): why the skeg box is out of centerline?
The skeg box is off center so when the boat is dragged up or down a beach, it is not end up putting all the weight on the open skeg box. Offsetting the box reduces how much sand gets mushed up into the box causing the skeg to jam.
Filming and editing shows things a great deal. I've been wondering though, how many kayaks could you knock out in a year? With and without the filming. I know there are a great many factors to consider on that. Boat type, availability of good lumber, weather and so many other things. Just wondering how many someone that actually knows the craft can do.
A big year for me is 3 boats. The video work on this project may have doubled the time to build it. Left to my own devices without other projects to worry about, I could make more, but building for customers does make me slow down and be careful.
The problem you have of always seeing the imperfections is the reason why your boats are so beautiful. My only question would be what type of polishing compound do you use and does it ever make sense to use some type of wax to further protect the finish?
Mequiar's M105 Mirror Glaze Compound - amzn.to/2JGtdea
Mequiar's M205 Mirror Glaze Polish - amzn.to/2uCGHTH
Wax might not be a bad idea. I tend to avoid it because I'm thinking about the problems it can cause when it comes time to refinish, but I probably shouldn't think that way.
I'm curious as to how much the completed boat weighs. Also the skin on frame one. Great job as always.
This one came out at 36 pounds [16kg] and actually the SOF version came out at nearly the same weight. The carbon/Kevlar cloth on the interior probably added a pound or so over a glass interior. The SOF version would be lighter with a lighter weight cloth as well.
Nick Schade Thanks. That's pretty impressive.
The larvae has been fertilized with epoxy. Ever vigilant, the worker drone polishes the larvae's shell. Soon the metamorphoses from tree to sea kayak shall be complete. The larval pod will sprout an appendage much like a human torso, and breaching the surf break, will depart for points unknown. And the process begins anew...
You have done a fantastic job, and it has been instructive and entertaining to take a peek in your shop every few days. Thanks.
Can a boat like this, perhaps with some modifications, make a pacific crossing, say, from California to Hawaii? Will it be strong enough? I'm thinking of a hybrid design where the kayak would be the Ama in a Pacific Proa...
The boat would be strong enough. It's the human that would be the weak link.
Polishing mirror. :-)
Have you tried customizing your own design?
Is that clearcoat varnish?
And in making the bow, do you join each strip together or stips joined on each side of protruding bow beam. I am a beginer.
BLUE DAVE
Every boat I make is custom in one way or another.
The finish on this is a two-part automotive clear coat.
The strips land and stop on an inner stem and the the ends are capped with an outer stem.
@@NickSchade I see now...thanks.
beautiful boat! I really admire your eye for detail. True craftmanship. Any idea on how many hours you spent making it? Just curious. I spent nearly 400hrs making a cedar strip canoe (and it doesn't look half as good :p ).
This kayak probably has about the same amount of time in it.
Nick, have you buffed out varnish and how long would you wait before buffing out the final coat of varnish? Thanks Doug
dbarr15 I have buffed standard spar varnish. It does benefit from waiting a bit. I would wait at least a week, but longer is better.
Would this final 800 grit, 1500 grit then polish be suitable for varnished boats as well, or is this something you'd only do on the automotive spray finish? My final coat of varnish on my deck got dust in it from a brush I didn't realize was dusty. I'd prefer to do a procedure like this rather than add yet another coat of varnish (I already did 6 coats). Thanks for showing this!
I have done it to varnish as well. It seems to work best if you let the varnish harden for a week or so.
I may have missed it, but what wood do you recommend for a bright white accent line?
Also how do you avoid a thin accent line bordering the deck centerline not to become thicker when you sand (for lack of a better word) the chine into it. In other words when you make the centerline pointy and sand on an angle it seems to be increasing the thickness of accent lines to the either side of the centerline. I hope this makes sense. Beautiful build by the way!
I used Alaskan yellow cedar for accents on this kayak. It has a nice, consistent bright color. It does look a bit yellow, but the contrast is good with the western red cedar.
I make the accent strip the same thickness all the way through the boat, and it is placed at a angle so, when I sand down, it is always showing the same width of material. The angle is a bisection of the angle between the two sides of the "chine" line, sort of like a miter.
Aspen makes a great accent strip ! Stays white.
My tip of the day: Never buy a magnifying glass! It is magnificent!
Hi Nick, I built one of your lovely expeditions a couple of years ago and it needs a varnish. I was very interested in your buffing/polishing in this video and was wondering what paste you used
Mequiar's M105 Mirror Glaze Compound - amzn.to/2JGtdea
Mequiar's M205 Mirror Glaze Polish - amzn.to/2uCGHTH
Is that a Rotex 125 og 150 ?
I have the 125 and also a 90
music is loud and annoying
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