Tag: Coatings
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Bulb is now bulbier!
We had to redo the threading on most of the bolts. They were damaged from the manufacturer, the guy who grinded the bulb probably was drunk or something… We also digged out some parts of the mold that had fallen into the cast, and filled the holes with fiberglass and polyester. Now it’s looking nice.…
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All Hands on Deck
Well… most hands, anyway. The first patches of anti-slip was a bit disastrous, but now the team has a good hang of the technique. We might end up redoing the first one, it was the sail-locker hatch which can easily be redone. At the same time, a good part of the deck equipment is ready…
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Goo. We’ve got it.
Goo (noun) Definition: sticky substance Synonyms: crud, glop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, sludge, slush, yuck This Thorcoat stuff doesn’t act anything like a paint. It’s more like an extreeeemly sticky dough or something. Not so easy to work with. In the end I just stuck my hand in the bucket and put it on…
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Having a Blast in the Snow
We’ve gotten the keel surface treatment going. Step 1 is sandblasting: The blasted steel has a beautiful surface actually. Smooth dark and extremely matte grey. Too bad I can’t keep it like that! When the sandblasting is done we have to paint the first ThorCoat layer very quickly, otherwise the steel will get oxidized and…
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On the importance of being protected: The keel.
The keel is made from the SSAB super-duper Hardox 450 steel (remember the funny commercial about it?). Now this steel is not stainless, so it needs to be well protected from salt water. Usually you do this by painting it in epoxy. For the Journeyman keel this is probably not so good, since the steel…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Chainplate!
So I’m off to celebrate Christmas in Stockholm and New Year in Berlin. I am wondering what it will be like to go to these gigantic cities? Will I suffer from cultural shock after 6 months in the Saaremaa countryside? I don’t think I’ll do any blogging there, so you will probably not find out…
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En fena på kölen
Sent igår kväll dök kölfenan upp. Det känns bra att en av dom delar som jag för 6 månader sen inte visste hur jag skulle lösa nu ligger här på golvet med alla sina 550 kilo höghållfasthetsstål. Ingen skönhet än kanske, men det är en del jobb kvar. Det vita som ser ut som färg…