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  1. JASinIL2006

    One more old Boat Rescue

    Ouch!
  2. JASinIL2006

    One more old Boat Rescue

    Are you sure, Scott? My spreadsheet showed I paid $125 for a 5 gallon pail of 435 laminating poly resin from US Composites in 2013. Their price now for the same is $178. I don't know what the special shipping fee is these days, compared to before, though.
  3. JASinIL2006

    One more old Boat Rescue

    Looks like you know what you're doing! I just looked at my records from 2013, and poly resin is 30-40% more expensive today than what it was 10 years ago. I suspect other materials will also be more expensive, so you might want to adjust your budget.
  4. JASinIL2006

    Best slip on shoes?

    Actually, the stuff I saw about the changed sizing came from runner’s forums. I don’t think everybody’s feet suddenly got wider…
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    Best slip on shoes?

    I'm going to try them, too.
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    Best slip on shoes?

    Do you know how the Restore TCs compare in sizing to Hoka's other models? I wear Hoka Bondis all the time and recently I had to switch to a wide model because they changed their sizing and the regular sized models became too tight. I have bad knees and have worn Hokas for years, before Deckers...
  7. JASinIL2006

    Replacing transom foam seal

    3M Adhesive Remover is great for removing sticky residue. I’d never reuse that foam gasket, either. Why risk all that work to save a few bucks?
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    Removing transom bolts Gen 2

    And I'd be prepared to give it several cycles of heating and then cooling down. Since the housing is aluminum, it should move much more than the studs.
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    Battery Charger Noco Genius or Minn Kota?

    I have a Noco Genius (2 bank) and it's been great.
  10. JASinIL2006

    Engine size for Wooden Boat?

    That is some gorgeous woodwork in that boat!
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    Suggestions on how to fill my onboard gas tank?

    If it were me, I'd just add the oil to the tank before filling at the gas station and let the road agitation do the rest. Modern 2-cycle oils seem much easier to mix than in olden days.
  12. JASinIL2006

    Does Anyone Know Any Halloween Songs?

    Not really a Halloween song, but Alice Cooper’s Black Widow is pretty good, especially with the spoken intro by Vincent Price/
  13. JASinIL2006

    doing my 1st boat seat cover reupholstry job...

    Make sure you thread is UV-resistant. We had some upholstery repairs done and the shop didn’t use UV-safe thread and now our seams are splitting.
  14. JASinIL2006

    Marine or Auto oil pan

    When I had my engine out of the boat, the stupidest thing I did was listen to people who advised against putting a drain hose on the oil pan. Every year when I'm fiddling around with sucking the oil out via the dipstick, I think of how much easier it would be to just pull a hose out of the...
  15. JASinIL2006

    The End

    Winterized the boat this weekend. As I get older, it’s getting harder and harder to do this myself. Even after adding draining plugs to the PS cooler and the large water pump hose, draining the block- and getting the plugs back in - is getting harder and harder. I don’t like the looks of an...
  16. JASinIL2006

    Help Identifying this hull

    How much is he paying you to haul it away? That boat looks really rough...
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    Battery charger recommendation for winter

    I turn on the NOCO about now and leave it on until Spring.
  18. JASinIL2006

    Battery charger recommendation for winter

    NOCO Genius chargers are great. Turn it on and forget it until Spring when it's time to go boating again.
  19. JASinIL2006

    1970 Larson Lapline - Floor Help Needed

    I didn’t see any restoration threads of that boat here at iboats, but here’s one from fiberglass.com. Not sure what year it is, but it might be helpful. https://www.fiberglassics.com/forum/member-projects/116752-larson-lapline-all-american.html
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    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I heated my garage with propane heaters when I was glassing my boat. Unless you’re running a chopper gun and are putting extreme amounts of vapors in the air, you’re not going to have a problem with a propane heater. The MEKP is the really flammable stuff, so I just make sure that I opened it...
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