Buying Epoxy, New Build Blog

 A minor purchase was made today,  of 1.5l kit of Bote Cote epoxy resin.The drive out was interesting with several roads closed due to flooding.  Anyway,  it cost $84, and apart from a Reason Orbital Sander and some sandpaper discs,  has been my only purchase for the refit so far.  

Hopefully the torrential reasons and horrendous humidity will have a rest and the I can proved with sealing up the blades and patching the stbd. tiller. 


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Tonight I discovered a new to me Tiki 21 build vlog by Rex Payne and his life partner from Spring Hill,  Florida.  Nice build too. 

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