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Written by Paul Jacob
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Tuesday, 31 January 2006 |
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Step 5 Finished rudder
It sheds weeds just fine (whew!). I then took it off the boat for final smooth sanding, then coating with a UV resistant varnish. The varnish provides a gloss coat for the surface and will keep the epoxy from degrading in the sunlight. I could have added pigment to the epoxy to avoid the varnish but I wanted to see the balsa core and it also adds a gloss coat.
That's about it. I'm currently working on another rudder just because I have the materials on hand and I really want to get a good shape this time but the first one is very good and the original stock rudder is now my spare.
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| The rudder, prior to trimming...
| ... and in place - note the weed deflector in front of the rudder. |
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