Starting to paint! (Interior)

So I've started putting on primer. I'm using some old System Three epoxy primer that I had from 1994, so it takes a fair bit of mixing to get all the solids in suspension again. But otherwise it seems fine. I'm about to run out of it though so I bought some of their current product, which is gray in color so it will be different working with it.

No idea it would take so long working around all the stringers, bulkheads, and coves. But it is taking a lot of time. Trying to give 2 coats, as I'm not real confident in the thickness of my under coats of epoxy and I want to up my chances of waterproof-ness.

I'm definitely finding some of my areas of amateurish-ness in coving.. lots of little pinholes and areas of roughness.. but I have to keep forging ahead or this boat will never see the water again. I fix what is egregious and what is easy to fix.

Sanding more and more

Just to say I did something today on the boat, I sanded on coves (what joy - and not as well as I would like but someday need to get this swimming pig in the water) and installed the dagger board inspection plates. Starboard hull ready to paint inside after a cleanup, and ready to start sanding on this side.

Prepping for primer

Mucked out the starboard hull so I can scrub off any amine blush (byproduct of the epoxy) for a pre-paint sanding. Also need to fill some areas with thickened epoxy to smooth them out, such as the weave of fiberglass roving that remains a bit rough. Then sand that smooth. Then primer. Then sand that. Then paint. Rinse and repeat on the port hull.