Been working on my door, it's pretty much roughed out and ready to finish. VG fir is great stuff, that's the first time I have played with it. Pretty happy with how my door turned out. It seems pretty solid.
I also got to play with soft sand today, medium grade, and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out (without it being dry yet). The texture seems about perfect, I was kind of worried that the medium wouldn't have enough grit. But it certainly looks like it's going to to the job pretty well, so I might have to invest in a big ole bucket of it because there are going to be a lot of things I am going to want to put that on.
Still painting too, one more time sanding the sb side and then final coat and the exterior should be pretty well and done, minus the boot stripe. I went salmon fishing on a wood boat out of half moon bay last week (the hulicat) and sort of paid attention to the fit and finish on that boat, and came to the conclusion that I am kind of obsessing a bit too much over the fit and finish of mine. Wood boats are supposed to have character right?
Anyways, I think it will look good but it certainly made me feel better about the blemishes and flaws that I didn't fix... White paint so far has also been much harder to use, I tend to want to get full coverage so I put it on heavy, then have to sand out a bunch of runs and sags. It's also extremely hard to see how the coat is going on (missed spots or heavy spots) because it all just looks white when it is bright out...
