The Workshop News

Side keels
Coating Bilge Keels with MAS Low Vis Epoxy
Prepping and epoxy-coating the schooner's welded bilge keels — grinding back the surface, cleaning with Bio-Solv, and a fast-gelling Low Vis coat. Read more...
A year in the workshop
A Year in the Workshop
A year-in-review update on our 38ft schooner build — finishing the hull with biaxial cloth and filler coats, plus an unplanned workshop roof repair. Read more...
Trouble with hands and other problems at the workshop
Trouble with Hands and Other Problems at the Workshop
A rough year in the workshop — a subcontracting mix-up, a personal loss, and a skin reaction to another brand's epoxy that reaffirmed why we only use MAS. Read more...
Amine blush explained
Amine Blush Explained: Why Wax-Free Epoxy Changed Boat Building
What amine blush actually is (not wax), why skipping the wash-between-coats step can weaken your bond, and why MAS's 2:1 castor-oil system never produces it. Read more...
Sometimes you just have a bad day
Sometimes You Just Have a Bad Day
A near-perfect day of coating the schooner hull, undone by mysterious craters in the epoxy — and the 3am discovery of what really caused them. Read more...
Junior, our 1950's Yachting Monthly dinghy
Junior our 1950’s Yachting Monthly dinghy
Why we use MAS epoxies, progress on Junior's hull and transom, and a quick update on the 36ft schooner in the shed. Read more...
The trouble with Junior, continued
The Trouble with Junior Cont.
Stripping old varnish, rebuilding strength with MAS Deep Penetrating Epoxy and Low Vis resin, and why we only touch what we can afford to finish. Read more...
The trouble with Junior, Part 2
The Trouble with Junior - Part 2
Removing 99% rotten brass screws from a 1954 Yachting Monthly Junior dinghy — a slow, tedious job made easier with MAS FLAG epoxy and Workshop Mix. Read more...
The restoration of Junior, Part 1
The Restoration of Junior - Part 1
How we came to take on a rotten, unloved 1954 Yachting Monthly Junior dinghy — and why “restoration” doesn't always mean rebuilding from scratch. Read more...
Using epoxy to repair doors and brickwork
Using Epoxy to repair doors and Brickwork
Strengthening wind- and water-damaged brickwork with MAS Low Vis resin, then bonding new door supports with MAS FLAG, fast hardener and Workshop Mix. Read more...
Fabricating a steel ballast keel box
Fabricating a Steel Ballast Keel Box for a Boat Build
Fabricating a 5,000kg steel ballast keel box — drilling and tapping the plate, fixing it to the hull, and preparing to sheath the hull in glass cloth and epoxy. Read more...
The sanders we actually use for sanding cured epoxy
The Sanders We Actually Use for Sanding Cured Epoxy
Which sheet, belt and random orbit sanders hold up to sanding tough, cured epoxy — the ones we still use, the ones we've retired, and the ones we wish we... Read more...