The Kit
| The Mirror Kit
The Mirror kit arrives in a crated
box, with the wood carefully wrapped, and various bags of hardware.
Carefully inventory this hardware, but do not open individual hardware bags
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My kit was shipped by truck from Toronto, Canada to Minneapolis, MN, and arrived in two crated boxes - a larger one with nearly all the wood and hardware, and a long, narrow one containing the mast pieces and gunwales. | ||
| A quick word about epoxy.
I used "West System" epoxy products, and I have nothing but good to say
about them. Don't skimp - buy the pumps for each of the
cans. They automatically mix at the proper 1:5 ratio. The can on
the left was called "205 Hardener," which I used when the garage was a little
cooler. The can on the right is the 105 Resin. I purchased a
gallon of resin, and the matching amount of hardener. I ended up returning to the store later for more.
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Get about 50 (or more) of the disposable resin brushes. You will need lots of these! If you are pre-coating your wood (highly recommended!), buy some foam rollers - lots of them. Home Depot also had some neat small square disposable mixing trays. I went through about 20 of these. They were about 75¢ each. | ||