A dab of adhesive was needed in two places. Everywhere else seems to be well bonded. The rubber coating hopefully will make the bonding of the adhesive permanent as well as water resistant.
I turned the boat over and prepared it for hurricane Irma. I doubt the boat would have remained intact if the hurricane was a category 2 like hurricane Mathews was a year ago. Fortunately for us, the hurricane turned I.To a tropical storm when it reached Georgia. I'm getting ready to turn the boat back over again so I can finish securing the " Noodles" onto the bottom of the hull! The boat sits up nice and high which is an add plus besides the boat being buoyant. I
It rained yesterday but the"Noodles" remained a tight bond even though there was wet adhesive. I removed more soft adhesive and the "Noodles" were stll bonded together. Applying the sealant helped. I finally bout 3 cans of rubber coating and well applying another coat before I start working on the other side.
I was finally able to work on the boat after having days of rain. I'm really making a lot of progress. I'm using wood glue to attach thin fronds to fill in gaps that's between the thick fronds. I was thinking how it's a work of art but it also have to float, inorder to be a functional work of art. I'm still waiting to buy the heavy duty glue to use as a strengthener. I still have to add more fronds to both sides of the boat, which is the bow (front) and the stern. (back)
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