tried out this new fairing compound, icing is the name of it, i troweled out the whole deck to be block sanded, it sanded harder than i figured it would, little bit left to sand and i can spray it with heavy build primer and block sand once again and spray with sealer primer for paint.

 

 

 

 

 

This post FTW!!! Dan and son working together. Nice Tony!!

 

Keep the pictures coming, that thing looks awesome!

ill, keep it posted as we go, will not be working on it tomorrow have work to do at the marina.

 

maybe Sunday.

Holy crap tony get yourself a hutchkins white long board to do some of the sanding, those 9 in blocks take forever when you have a huge area like that. People have no idea how much prep and sanding it take to get something ready for paint. The best thing people say to me when they want something painted is, " its only a quick spritz". Im like what da? yeah and only 2 weeks to prep it unless you want a macco jobs. SOrry bud just venting LOOKING GOOD!!!!

That hurts my arm just looking at it.

That hurts my arm just looking at it.

 

x2. That looks great, quite impressive. I'm looking forward to some more pics, start to finish.

May I make a suggestion? Since it is a curved survace I would use one of the fam sanding blacks that the sell in hardware stores,and I think shop rite has them as well in the Isle with the motor oil and such. They have a rough course and fine side that will also help in reducing the amount of sand paper you have to use.

No offense to anyone offering suggestions but Tony has been doing this for MANY years, I think he's figured out what works pretty well for him.

 

I know a lot of body shop guys HATE big block sanders because you can't feel a curve. I'm assuming that's why Tony is using the smaller blocks as well. It allows the worker to be closer to the surface so he can feel high and low spots.

 

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No offense to anyone offering suggestions but Tony has been doing this for MANY years, I think he's figured out what works pretty well for him.

 

I know a lot of body shop guys HATE big block sanders because you can't feel a curve. I'm assuming that's why Tony is using the smaller blocks as well. It allows the worker to be closer to the surface so he can feel high and low spots.

 

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I made the suggestion based on the fact he stated it is a new type of compound and harder to sand. I suggested the foam sanding blocks because that is what I used on "harder" compounds with great results.The foam blocks are small as well maybe 2.5 x 4 inc or so. I hope I didn't offend anyone, that wasn't my intention,just putting in my knowledge in.

haha no no didn't offend me, I have no idea how to sand a compound you kidding me!! lol