Surforming Every Bump Before Aramid

Ok, yesterday was again hot so next layer of epoxy went on only in the evening, with some surforming beforehand.
But today it an early start and surform in hand - and it is a fight against all the small bumps on the surface. Previously I have been correcting all the places where there was some air trapped or edge of the fabric created a (very small) ridge. But today is all about the smallest bumps - usually created by resin drippings from the tools I’m using, onto the half cured surface of resin. If I leave them on before putting an extra layer of epoxy they will cause a lot of problems and much bigger bumps in a new layer. But even more important is to get rid of even the smallest bumps on the edges - stem, stern, keel - because if I put aramid onto them, they may cause it not to lay flat but instead get a fold or air bubble. And that is kind of a problem with putting aramid as a last layer - it is not stuff you can just sand or surform! Well, that is the reason I’m putting it there - to make sure all these edges are well protected against rubbing on sand, small stones etc. - after all, WE ARE GOING to go on the beaches. Tops of the keels are protected by iroko. But other parts have only 4 layers of glass. So aramid is going there to provide the same kind of protection this piece of hardwood does.

Btw, surform is the best tool I have ever used to remove ANY bumps from the laminated surface. The thing is, you can just run it over the surface - and as long as it is smooth it won’t damage it in any way, as sand paper would. But if there is any bump, any uneven bits, it will catch them and cut into them leaving smooth layer behind. This way I can go over every square inch of the surface and make sure it is smooth (well, I’ll miss some for sure, I’ll rediscover them when putting fresh epoxy on :)

So now vacuuming and epoxy goes on. But before that I’ll prepare last bits of glass and aramid tape to go on at the same time.