Got to the shop this evening, the molds popped right off. The first pic is right after using a claw hammer to pop off the mold any tape left on came off with the grinder. it only took about 5 minutes to get both sides cleaned up, tape off and hairs ground down. then put a straight edge across the top to evaluate where I was. I originally thought I was going to need more glass, but I was very close and after about a half hour of grinding we were almost home. And I havent had to pick up a block yet
, I will have plenty of that in the coming weeks. I used the grinding dust and resin mixed up into a slurry and shapped in the end of the strakes and ran a skim coat over the entire area. The right side starke was about an 1/8" shorter than the left, that is why the mold is back on, The slurry will make up that difference no problem and will bond with no issues. Everything is being ground with 24 grit so there is plenty of rough surface to bite to. I am trying very hard to get back tomorrow night and put this portion to bed, I need to strike a chalk line and determine a straight line on the keel side from the existing strake, and then grind down my slurry and finish shaping. In a couple of pictures you can see 5 one gallon cans, those are all filled with grinding dust from what we have taken off the bottom of the boat, I also have a 5 gallon bucket at home full of dust as well from the stringer removal, so 10 gallons of grinding dust not to mention all that I have swept and vaced up. This is a flippin messy, itchy process, but I am really having fun doing it.
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