Tired of Fairing

Believe it  or not, it took a lot of fairing to get the hull straight and smooth.  I kept thinking that every time I put more QuickFair on, it would be the last time.  I would let it harden, and the head up to the lake to sand it smooth, just to discover a few more places that needed to be filled.  I also had one mix of QuickFair not get mixed quite right, and  as a result it never set up properly (never hardened).  This was a real bummer, as it meant I had to first sand off all of  this "bad" epoxy, and then mix up a new batch and apply it.

In the end, the boat looked pretty lousy, with the splotchy tan bottom, but it really felt pretty good and  smooth.  It just looked bad.  So I couldn't wait to get some paint on it.  In the lower picture, you can see all the blisters that were hand ground out (with a dremel tool), and then refilled (with QuickFair), and then sanded smooth.  This is sanded with about 80 grit sandpaper.  It was very important to use longboard sanding techniques to ensure that the hull remained straight and  not rippled.  So most of the sanding was done by hand with a long board.  It was getting close though!  Almost ready for painting!