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CharlieJ

one point to bear in mind about the sharpies and boats of that ilk- they were designed to carry LOTS of cargo in the form of either oysters fish or whatever, and get back to port fast, to get the best prices. The SA may well have been too much for an empty boat, but load that same sharpie with 2 ton...

CharlieJ

till it's tacky but not sticky. If it is layup resin it will feel slightly tacky when it's ready. Before that it'll be sticky- your finger will stick.

CharlieJ

[/quote] Besides, 'What the boat wants, the boat gets ... Money is just a silly, nonconsequential, concept' -Britton[/quote] ROFL- yep- that's why neither my wife nor I save receipts for things on the boat, unless they are needed for warranty stuff. Otherwise anything that gets spent on the boat is ...

CharlieJ

lol- or sandblast it. Our self built front door has a sail set into it using plexiglass. Laura wanted to have it have a frosted look, so I sand blasted it lightly. The plexiglass sun peeping out behind the sail isn't blasted, so it makes a nice contrast.

CharlieJ

Awlgrip's a bit different. I can get that in quarts as needed, plus I'm usually shooting an entire topsides or deck. Or an entire boat if one of the smaller ones I build. In the last 10 years I've painted 18 boats, ranging from a 6'6" dink through one designs and catamarans, up to a 25 footer, ...

CharlieJ

Well- I looked into Tile Clad. OUCH!!!

Minimum quantity 2 gallons ( 1 gal part A, 1 gal part B), $106 dollars for the two gallons??? WITH my contractors discount!!

I don't think so.

CharlieJ

Rachel- You've sailed aboard Tehani- that's what the interior is painted with. Acrylic Latex enamel. Sands just like alkyd enamels. Washes just like alkyd enamels. LOOKS just like alkyd enamels. Except it dries faster, thins and cleans up with water and doesn't have the long residual odors of Alkyd ...

CharlieJ

you're talking apples and oranges here. The acrylic latex enamels bear little to no resemblance to the old latex paints. They AREN'T soft and they sand very well. In fact it's a really hard paint. We are preparing to spray paint the rear wall of my wifes art studio tomorrow with an acrylic latex ena...

CharlieJ

I've heard of the Tile Clad once before. I will look into that for redoing my own cockpit lockers during this spring haulout. We HAVE to haul out this year- been three years in May and the bottom paint is really beginning to show it. We also have Interdeck on our boat- I really like it. When we laun...

CharlieJ

ONE more project to finish first. Gotta finish Mark's boat. Then maybe we'll even make it over to see you - who knows?

CharlieJ

Well- the paint of choice for years for INSIDE a cabin, has been Sherwin-Williams Incredi-coat. An interior Acrylic Latex. I usually don't mention the brand and type because for some strange reason, Sherwin-Williams doesn't SELL that particular paint nationwide. It's only available, so I've been tol...

CharlieJ

Yep- Semi Gloss ACRYLIC latex paints are the ticket as far as I'm concerned. Water base, water clean up, little or no smell. Paint today and sleep in it tonight ( with some ventilation). Scrubable, durable, little or no mildew problem ( add a mildewcide if you want) and available all over. What's to...

CharlieJ

lol- no, it hasn't, but she's been really busy.. Working some boat shows, a trip to the keys recently and cold weather has conspired against her.

I'm betting she'll have that bilge painted in another month or two anyway.

insert VERY BIG GRIN here

CharlieJ

with our new gasoline mixtures, and the additives they now use to replace lead, I'd not even dream of mouth starting a siphon any more. There's some bad stuff in there now.

And I have 100 gallons in a 24 foot Searay, sitting there going bad in the storage barn.

CharlieJ

I'm also with Tim on getting swaged terminals rather than the nico press fittings. Its not that much more expensive and I get sleep at night. Why would you not sleep over properly made nicro pressed fittings? They are as strong as any other end connector, made correctly.. Hell- I sailed a 35 foot t...

CharlieJ

Tim- I certainly can't argue against that- hey- that's how I make my money- from people who pay me to do work on their boat they don't feel confidant, or don't have time, to do themselves. In fact, I'm in the midst of putting new engine beds in a boat sitting outside the shop right now, for a little...

CharlieJ

Yup- that's like mine except mine will swage four different sizes rather than two. I've had it since the late 70s. Rigged a whole trimaran with it. Slow but effective. Now when I use it here at my shop, I can use air tools- that air rachet SURE speeds things up-grin. I carry it aboard though, along ...

CharlieJ

Thanks Rachel- having too much fun to sleep? You should be here- blowing 28, gusting 35, raining like the next flood. Wind chill is 33 degrees- OUCH for us wimps here on the Texas coast. Well- maybe you should be where you are instead-Grin. Wish we could have made the weekend with all of you. But te...

CharlieJ

That's what I'm changing to, but I can't find pelican hooks I can use with nicro pressed ends around thimbles. I use thimbles up front with line lashings at the pulpit. I want to make a gate just forward of the cockpit, between two stanchions. So far haven't found what I'm looking for- used to have ...

CharlieJ

Acoustic- no, it isn't funny. It's absurd. It's as absurd as someone buying a brand new boat, then squawking about paying for decent anchors. Or dock lines. And it's things like that that drive serious boat repair people ( Like me) up the wall when we run into it, or have to argue a customer OUT of ...

CharlieJ

Quetzalsailor

Get "UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED" on your link

CharlieJ

OH yeah- My new shop has my big compressor sitting outside in a closest under a lean to that holds the lumber racks. It's insulated and oh boy is it nice. You can be in the back corner of the shop and still talk on the telephone while it's running.

Was one of my MUSTS in this shop.

CharlieJ

Zach- that's a Cross 35. I started it in 1976 and launched in 81. Cold molded western red cedar and epoxy. We lived aboard and cruised for several years, then brought the boat over here to Texas and sold it. Wish I still had that boat and this wife- we'd be gone sailing. Interestingly , we had just ...

CharlieJ

Uh- as a pro builder, let me modify your statement a tad-

Prime, FILL, sand until you are satisfied- Primer alone will NOT fill flaws

THEN topcoat

CharlieJ

My perfect home would look something along these lines- http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1199401766.jpg And when it got cold, I and the perfect home, would be someplace warm And yeah, that's me standing at the cabin edge in the yellow foulies. Picture taken in the Elizabeth River off Norfolk in 1982 ...

CharlieJ

We do a rare daysail, usually with a visitor from out of town. Normally when the boat leaves the dock, we'll be gone for at least one day, if not more. We have small boats for daysailing. A pair of Dolphin Sr's for single handing and an 18 foot sharpie that takes us both to sail. No racing in our li...

CharlieJ

LOL- ok- you asked for it- here's a few. The sails areen't correct- they are being sent back for a rebuild. http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1197849056.jpg http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1197849087.jpg http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1197849124.jpg My next project is sitting in the back ground. A Ba...

CharlieJ

First ( Rachel- are you there?) I'm gonna pick a nit. Your "topsides" aren't plywood. Your DECKS are. A boat's "topsides" are the hull between waterline and deck, technically. End of nit picking- grin Otherwise I totally agree with Tim. I build wood epoxy, composite plywood boats...

CharlieJ

I don't Brooke. I use and prefer the sticky backed discs. As many as I use, they are cheaper and I so seldom try to reuse a disc, it just isn't worth it to me. I get mine from a tool supply place in a near by town. You can also order them by the boxed roll from numerous sources. I often buy boxes of...

CharlieJ

oh man- go for the brushes- costs about 12 bucks and takes about 10 minutes to change 'em out. I've worn out 2 sets in each of mine. The one quit, but the other is still running strong. And we have used the crap out of them in the woodshop. When we were refinishing furniture, we'd commonly go throug...

CharlieJ

when they DO finally die ( one of mine shed a section of armature) I keep the carcass for parts- switches, speed control, etc.

CharlieJ

lol- I've had two PC 7335's and should I need another all round sander, I'd buy another one.

I also have a smaller ROS from PC and one from DeWalt, but the 7335 has been and continues to be my work horse.

CharlieJ

oh man I'd hate to have paint that shiny on my 46 year old hull. I shot with a two part ( not AwlGrip) poly, but I made sure I shot for a semi-gloss finish instead of that high gloss. My wife had faired our hull to a "fair thee well" but there are still flaws that show in any hull that old...

CharlieJ

We're pretty happy with our Meridian 25. Of course it IS a Dutch built boat, hull #10, and is probably as well built as any of the boats on here. Certainly as well as the Ariels and Tritons I've seen. I have a friend on a 30 and having looked that one over ( I don't know the year) I'd say THAT boat ...

CharlieJ

ROFLMAO!! Gotta be that, for sure.

CharlieJ

Agree- and the easy way to reduce both required clamping force AND spring back is to use more and thinner laminations. If you are working with 1/2 inch pieces, slice 'em in half and use 1/4 inch thickness, minus the kerf of course. Makes it SO much easier to bend. You might need one or two extra pie...

CharlieJ

what a fine cruising boat that makes- outboard rudder, tiller steering, full keel

Lovely boat AND comfortable at sea.

CharlieJ

Nice job- that mast could almost be a twin of mine. What boat was it? Oh- and I agree with you on the radial arm saw. I used to use mine just for rough cut offs, before I trimmed to exact length. Just could not rely on it staying adjusted precisely. When I built my new shop and moved tools, I gave t...

CharlieJ

good- I tried to cut and paste his link and add image tags three times and it never worked for me.

At least now the pic can be easily seen.

CharlieJ

If you right click on his image and then click "view image" you can see the pic

That's some gnarly wire there

CharlieJ

A quote from "the Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction" The WEST system folks. "Heat fasteners which you cannot remove with normal force with a soldering gun using a knife type tip which fits into the screw slot---- You can usually force larger fasteners with more root diameter witho...

CharlieJ

A mold release would also work. Absolutely nothing wrong with heating the fastener though. Works really well. Since he's reinstalling a sail track I'd think over drilling then filling would work anyway- it's gonna be hidden under the track and it doesn't have to be over drilled THAT big. But again, ...

CharlieJ

no need to drill/tap. Fill the holes with thickened epoxy, and set the machine screw while the epoxy is wet. Let it cure, then heat the head slightly with a soldering gun and back it out. That'll leave exact threads cast into the epoxy. Don't over heat- doesn't take a whole lot. Or you can do that w...

CharlieJ

Rachel- that's also my understanding- as long as it's not being atomized, what you are smelling is the solvents evaporating.

Roll on is pretty safe, spraying is not.

CharlieJ

Tehani is a Rhodes Meridian 25, built in Holland in 1961. She's hull number 10. 24 foot 9 inches on deck, 17'9" waterline, 3'3" draft, 7 foot beam, 5400 pounds displacement. Here she is in our slip here in Port Lavaca, Texas http://downloads.c-2.com/photos/1196605050.jpg We've taken her fr...

CharlieJ

Seems to me for what you have outlined, your anchoring system should do fine. But I'd like to interject one thought here. Based on some years of liveaboard and full time cruising experience, I hate, detest, abhor, will not allow on my boat- vinyl covered chain. You can't see if any corrosion is happ...

CharlieJ

For just small projects I wouldn't worry over much about the fumes. You aren't gonna put that much in the air at any one time- not like spraying a piece of furniture or a boat. I know a gal who does Intarisa, named Judy Gale Roberts. They use boxes as spray booths in the woodshop, WHILE she's cuttin...

CharlieJ

Yep Rachel- and I talked to him about it and it does SOUND great. But you know me- I don't recommend stuff I have no personal experience with.

That's why we haven't said anything about the Bristol Finish we used ( or LAURA used) on the mast. we don't know how it'll do yet.

CharlieJ

You can get a large cardboard box, put an air conditioner filter or two in the back with a fan to pull air through the box, and the filters. The outlet COULD go to the outside, but for small stuff I'd not bother. Then set up your stuff to be sprayed inside the box and spray away. The box should be e...

CharlieJ

I have poly on my house floors also- Miniwax brand for floors. I have Zspar 2015 on the interior of the boat. The main thing I dislike about poly is that it isn't all that easy to repair. I find varnish much more forgiving to touch up. And I know Tim dislikes epoxy under varnish because it's tough t...

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