National 12 Rough Diamond

   I seem to keep crashing other peoples threads so I thought I would start my own.

I bought this 12 in the summer and sailed it up to about the end of Sept. I then brought her home where she sat in my garage for a month or so.
I then talked my wife and son(11) into helping me turn her over for a coat of paint.

I had read on here (i think) that a random orbital sander would be the best bit of kit for the job.
I planned to just rough her up a bit and give a fresh coat of paint. There had been a couple of repairs that had been varnished to seal.

After half an hour she looked like this .

This is point where I decieded to take the whole lot off.

That was about 2 hours of sanding.

More tofollow if your interested. ?

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	I seem to keep crashing other peoples threads so I thought I would start my own. I bought this 12 in the summer and sailed it up to about the end of Sept. I then brought her home where she sat in my garage for a month or so. I then talked my wife and son(11) into helping me turn her over for a coat of paint. I had read on here (i think) that a random orbital sander would be the best bit of kit for the job. I planned to just rough her up a bit and give a fresh coat of paint. There had been a couple of repairs that had been varnished to seal. After half an hour she looked like this . This is point where I decieded to take the whole lot off. That was about 2 hours of sanding. More tofollow if your interested. ?