{"id":1377,"date":"2010-04-27T08:08:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T12:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:21","slug":"eva-too-deck-glassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/eva-too-deck-glassed\/","title":{"rendered":"Eva Too &#8211; Deck Glassed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excuses for no &#8220;before&#8221; or &#8220;during&#8221; pictures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The dog ate them. Ooops, we don&#8217;t have a dog.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve seen this stuff before.<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t want to get poxy all over the camera.<\/li>\n<li>Forgot.<\/li>\n<li>Too stressed by the messy challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/mc13_deck_glassed_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1378\" title=\"fiberglass cut off\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/mc13_deck_glassed_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of scored and ripped fiberglass\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/mc13_deck_glassed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1379\" title=\"deck glassed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/mc13_deck_glassed-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of full deck\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Glassing the deck was simpler because it&#8217;s smaller than glassing the full hull. It was more difficult because it consists of two overlapping pieces. Other than that, it went quickly and with a little less mess than the big job.<\/p>\n<p>Like many woodworking jobs, prep takes almost as long as doing the job. Prep in this case included much better sanding than the hull because the deck will be finished bright and every little scratch is visible through the glass: 120, 150, 220, 320, brush off, vacuum, wipe with tack cloth, wipe with alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>Hint: wipe on a liberal wetting of alcohol. This briefly simulates a clear finish, highlighting any remaining scratches. It evaporates off quickly, leaving no stains.<\/p>\n<p>Prep also included applying package tape where I don&#8217;t want new fiberglass sticking to the hull. The tape was applied with it&#8217;s top edge right at the line which will be the bottom of the rubrail, 3\/4 inch below the rounded over deck edge.<\/p>\n<p>After about 8 hours of cure, I scored the fiberglass that was hanging over the side with a sharp knife. That score line is about the middle of where the rubrail will be, about 3\/8 inch below the deck. Then, I pulled the excess fiberglass upward, breaking off at the score line. Score and rip. Neat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excuses for no &#8220;before&#8221; or &#8220;during&#8221; pictures: The dog ate them. Ooops, we don&#8217;t have a dog. You&#8217;ve seen this stuff before. Didn&#8217;t want to get poxy all over the camera. Forgot. Too stressed by the messy challenge. Glassing the deck was simpler because it&#8217;s smaller than glassing the full hull. It was more difficult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boatbuilding","7":"category-eva-too","8":"category-mill-creek-13","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8190,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/8190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}