1963 Boston wailer 13 footer

[mickyryan]

that it has. been trying to prep the fence for staining, however its been raining every day.

i cant remember a dry season so wet! lol

 

[sphelps]

It’s Florida ..Land of liquid sunshine ...

 

[Scott Danforth]

It’s Florida ..Land of liquid sunshine ...

however usually we are rain free in December, January, and February.

 

[mickyryan]

so i sprayed some gelcoat this morning omg do i have lots of fairing to do , lol i bet by the time im done i coulda just bought a dang 13 footer for cheap and been done with this lol ahh well where would be the fun in that right?

 

[chevymaher]

however usually we are rain free in December, January, and February.

So are we. We just call it snow in those months.

 

[mickyryan]

Half way there but lots of sanding left lol using gelcoat with micro balloons to spay it and then fair it out and see what i still need to fill , using a thickened gelcoat with microballoons as filler , whole think will be sprayed with smooth raptor liner to keep it from getting beat up anymore but id like to have a nice finish before i spray so it dont look hokey.

 

[kcassells]

Dams nice little toboggan Mick!

 

[mickyryan]

Kc i wish i was working with wood! lol all this fairing is making me hate fiberglass again lol.

 

[kcassells]

How's the surfboard going?

 

[mickyryan]

its been too cold to do anything, i have rested from it or resisted temptation for 4 days but today that's over , we headed to 80's , imma try to get bottom finished this weekend

 

[Scott Danforth]

you can sand when its cold.....

 

[kcassells]

you can sand when its cold.....

Mick wont even go outside below 80.

 

[mickyryan]

yeah 60 is when i slow down like the iguanas lol

 

[tpenfield]

@ 18˚ F . . . I gotta put on a sweat shirt to go outside

 

[mickyryan]

tp! i would freeze first step out ..... how do y'all even launch in that cold weather

 

[Scott Danforth]

tp! i would freeze first step out ..... how do y'all even launch in that cold weather

chainsaw....... BTDT

 

[oldrem]

Somehow I missed this one. Just finished reading all the way through. Looks like another fun project.

 

[mickyryan]

long board sanding ftw, did one more fair skim coat on the bottom and its damn near perfect, Raptor liner should be here today , hoping to get bottom done so i can flip and get to the fun stuff ill post some pics today when i get a chance!
i debated just sticking with the gelcoat on bottom , however i think for longevity since ill be in shallows with this id go with raptor liner to prolong the life of the gelcoat.

 

[Scott Danforth]

you do know Raptor liner is not that thick. not like Rhino or Line-X.

 

[mickyryan]

yeah its about 30 mils when i shoot it , i use more then most folks usually do , i dont like linex because its more like rubber, where as raptor is urethane, so it can be thinned and shot with less texture yet you can build up layers , who knows maybe ill regret it one day but with the flex and give in these wailers gelcoat don't seem to not get cracked where as this is slightly more flexible, i will say linex makes a beautiful bed liner though , my truck gmc 2005 was shot with raptor from factory and its held up pretty well .