Hi,
Just had my first experience with Z-Poxy.
What a great product this is. I am currently building the Anteo 2 from Mantua/Panart and decided to make the hull waterproof.
First I thought about using polyester, but with polyester there is a risk of not sticking to wood properly without the application of a primer.
After seeing a video on YouTube of modellers using Z-Poxy I decided to switch to that.
This is how I worked.
After sanding the hull with rather coarse sanding paper (I used grit 80) I took away the dust with a vacuum cleaner and applied a coat of Z-poxy with a flat brush on one half of the hull.
The Z-Poxy partially soaked into the wood and filled the small gaps between the planks.
Then I put down a fine glass fiber cloth (which I obtained from Hobby King). It soaked itself into the Z-Poxy. I used an old credit card to stretch out the cloth over the hull and take away any excess of resin. To swipe of the credit card I used kitchen paper with I immediately disposed into a bin just aside me.
I did not put any cloth over the keel, but cut it of using a sharp hobby knife just in the corner of the planks touching the keel.
The other side of the cloth I just left hanging over the edges as I decided to cut that after drying.
When dry I did the second half of the hull.
After drying I cut off the excess of cloth and sanded the hull.
When sanding I discovered some small voids under the cloth witch I removed using a razor blade and sanded it down a bit.
Then I applied a second coat of resin. Again just using a brush. I is a amazing how the resin stretches out and removes the brush traces.
Just sand it again and done.
I attached a picture of the hull after applying the cloth with the first coat of resin.
