Sanding the interior before the first coat of varnish was a lot of work. I put in about 6 hours of sanding today, and that was with the seats, bulkheads and most of the strakes already sanded. The bottom was messy, even worse than the exterior. I definitely didn't get it perfect. If I had gone after every little imperfection, I would have really ate into to the fiber glass. My fiber glassing skills need improvement. After all that sanding, I took a nap.
After I woke up in the late afternoon, I called my Dad to help me take the boat outside to hose off all the epoxy dust. That wasn't too difficult.
Then I started applying the varnish. I poured some varnish into a plastic cup grabbed my foam brush, and got to work. At first it was peaceful, calm, and controlled. I started at the back of the boat. I set the cup of varnish down on the back seat. I leaned over to work on the bottom and then disaster struck. The boat tilted and the cup of varnish spilled. I grabbed a towel and started mopping it up. Then I quickly tried to spread out what was left over with my foam brush. I got varnish all over my hands and my quick, brutal brushing took a toll on the brush. After I recovered from a varnishing the boat perspective, I tried to get the stuff off of my hands. Latex gloves would have been in order for varnishing.
After scrubbing the varnish and a few layers of skin off of my hands, I finished the varnishing. The insident through me off though, and I was hurried and frustrated. It was also getting dark. After I was done, I noticed I missed a few spots. Fortunately it is one coat of many.
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