Tack Welds all done!

We are still fighting the heat in Virginia, so I got up early this morning before the heat got really bad. I worked for about 5 hours in the garage and finished all the tack welds. Glad that is over. Reaching over into the boat is not an enjoyable task!

I premixed the cabosil and wood floor before starting on the fillet mix with the 90/10 mixture and began mixing up the first of 8 different mixes. I use red cups to mix, since they are cheap. I use the mark on the cup to fill up with thickened epoxy. I will then mix in about the same amount of the 90/10 mixture. I will add a spoon full or so to get it thick enough so it won't fall off the mixing stick. So using these marks, takes some of the guess work out and makes it a little more of a recipe.

I will then pour the mixture into a pastry bag. I watched a OffCenterHarbor video and the trick is to twist the bag. I was just trying to roll it up and that didn't make it tight enough.  The twisting does the trick. 

Even with the tack welds, I tried to use a fillet tool to smooth it out and make sure the epoxy mixture was making good contact with all edges. I used a variety of tools including a putty knife. Some of the tools are pictured below. I didn't start to use the one on the right until the last batch. I think I like it a lot. It allowed for a lot of different angles. I think I will be making more of them.

Fillet Tools.

Below are some pictures of the finished tack welds. I will definitely have to put some wider fillets to cover up the sloppy tack welds, but without trying to work around cables will be much easier.