I have returned... with a Starcraft this time!

[BWR1953]

Oh yeah, I also received some more brass brushes in the mail today. Oh. Goodie. :lol:

 

[MD28]

Wow that had to just kill! I think I heard you scream up here in Michigan. Glad you still mustered up the courage to go and attack the gunnel. Maybe just leave the hot stuff alone. :joyous:

 

[nrf414]

Yikes BWR1953 . That looks really painful. Clean topsides though. Good to see it wasn't any worse for ya

 

[Watermann]

Nice to have all that paint stripping "at one with the SC" behind you I bet.

I've poured lead bullets and jig heads for years and got rid of the little hot pot pretty quick. I use a Lee production pot now, very safe. You're lucky that the lead didn't pour onto a more sensitive and important body part.

Also a fork works best for skimming slag.

 

[BWR1953]

Hi guys! We got a little more work done yesterday but were interrupted and sidetracked with a different project before completing the task at hand. But it's all good!

BTW - I'm healing well and no pain. I have pix but I don't want to gross anybody out! :lol:


The boy cleaning up lead spatters off the floor. We collected quite a bit and will clean/filter them for reuse.

 

[Watermann]

Here I thought you were done with the paint removal... just about.

Hey you may be onto something for a new fishing lure, flesh infused into the jig head to attract the lunkers. :disgust:

 

[Decker83]

Page 92 of this thread has been a bad one for you.. I absolutely hate getting burned.. Make sure you don't get any of the stripper on that burn..:faint2:
At least your making some great progress on the boat..

waterman Flesh infused jig head.. (LOL) ound:

 

[BWR1953]

...hey you may be onto something for a new fishing lure, flesh infused into the jig head to attract the lunkers. :disgust:

lmao!!

 

[BWR1953]

Page 92 of this thread has been a bad one for you.. I absolutely hate getting burned.. Make sure you don't get any of the stripper on that burn..:faint2:
At least your making some great progress on the boat..

waterman Flesh infused jig head.. (LOL) ound:

Getting stripper on the burn would not be pleasant. Yikes!!

 

[BWR1953]

And here are a couple pix of the port gunnel after it was stripped yesterday. Tomorrow the starboard side? :lol:

 

[MD28]

Nicely done BWR. You are making paint removal look easy and pleasant, which of course it isnt. But really Im surprised how easy it looks for you. I scrubbed and scraped and sanded for every inch of my boat and yours just bubbles and pops like rice crispys! It has to be the temperature down there! Next time Ill wait for summer to strip paint.

Flesh infused jig heads? Make the flesh some medium rare sirloin and Id take a bite.

 

[BWR1953]

Nicely done BWR. You are making paint removal look easy and pleasant, which of course it isnt. But really Im surprised how easy it looks for you. I scrubbed and scraped and sanded for every inch of my boat and yours just bubbles and pops like rice crispys! It has to be the temperature down there! Next time Ill wait for summer to strip paint...

Hahaha! I wish! :lol:

Stripping paint from this old boat has been a mighty struggle for me for weeks now. Switching to the aircraft stripper is what helped the most. I'd been using the wrong "flavor" of the Jasco stripper and it just wasn't "hot" enough for the job at hand. Of course I didn't know that at the time. While the warmer air temps do help, the hotter aircraft stripper formula is what did the trick. Things got easier after I made the switch.

I won't be stripping any more boats this way again. I've developed a contact with a professional sandblaster guy who does soda blasting and I'll just pay to have the paint removed next time. It really wouldn't be that much more costly compared to the chemical stripper.

This morning I went out to the garage and stripped the starboard inside gunnel. By myself. Again. Bad BWR! :nono:

Sorry, but I forgot to take the obligatory pic of the bubbled up paint. My bad.


After the first scraping. I couldn't reach everything.



And after the second scraping and a quick wipe down. I'll have the boy do the final touch-up later.

 

[BWR1953]

Yesterday I bought this cheap impact driver from HF. Light duty but it'll work for my needs. It beats breaking my wrist like I was trying to do with that cowl hood part the other day. :lol:

This new driver also uses the same battery as my cordless drill, so I didn't have to buy anything else for it... at the moment. Who knows if I'll buy extra batteries and chargers and whatnot later.

 

[baldwibr]

The cordless impact driver was a game changer for me. Definitely invest in some socket adapters. You’ll use it more than you think.

 

[BWR1953]

The cordless impact driver was a game changer for me. Definitely invest in some socket adapters. You’ll use it more than you think.

Yah, I already had the adapters. Backwards order for me. Again. LOL! :lol:

 

[BWR1953]

Well guys, my goal splash date of 21Mar18 ain't gonna happen.

There is just too much that needs to be done before then. It was an arbitrary and non-critical date anyway so I'm not upset. We don't need the boat until our vacation this summer and I'll definitely have it on the water before then. But I'm not going to knock myself out trying to meet an artificial date looming just three weeks from now. BTDT, failed spectacularly.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'd really love to get this boat painted soon. BUT! I have to face a task that I don't want to mess with... but it's important.

I have to completely remove the bow brace that we worked so hard to get right.

When the boy and I were getting the thing together we didn't waterproof the wood. There was no point in doing that if the experiment didn't work. But the final product worked out great, so now I have to remove the thing, treat it with OTF and let it cure, etc. Then we have to clean up the bow area, touch up any paint boo-boos and then reinstall the beastie and rivet it into place. I still haven't ordered rivets! Jeez.

But that brace is STRONG!

 

[Renderwurx]

We all know that reaching a goal simply takes consistent progress. You can never judge progress by looking forward, but looking back and you have accomplished so much my friend... much of which is the tedious bits.

Just aim to make a little progress every day you are able, and know it will get you there. When you are disappointed with a days progress, smile and remember the days that surprised you with leaps and bounds of accomplishment.

 

[Watermann]

The bulk of the work is the tear down, clean up and hull repairs. Once that decking goes in everything flies like a bullet and is the most fun too.

Oh tools yeah I love tools. Just don't expect too much from the little drill that could. :lol: I had to replace the stator on my Merc 140 which meant removing the flywheel. Of course a special removal tool is needed but after that the nut on the end of the crank is torqued at 150 Ft lbs with red locktite! My poor cheapo 1/2" drive pneumatic rattle gun about had a stroke. :happy:

 

[BWR1953]

We all know that reaching a goal simply takes consistent progress. You can never judge progress by looking forward, but looking back and you have accomplished so much my friend... much of which is the tedious bits.

Just aim to make a little progress every day you are able, and know it will get you there. When you are disappointed with a days progress, smile and remember the days that surprised you with leaps and bounds of accomplishment.

Thank you for the kind words! Much appreciated. As Chief Dan George said... "I shall endeavor to persevere!" :lol:

 

[BWR1953]

The bulk of the work is the tear down, clean up and hull repairs. Once that decking goes in everything flies like a bullet and is the most fun too.

Oh tools yeah I love tools. Just don't expect too much from the little drill that could. :lol: I had to replace the stator on my Merc 140 which meant removing the flywheel. Of course a special removal tool is needed but after that the nut on the end of the crank is torqued at 150 Ft lbs with red locktite! My poor cheapo 1/2" drive pneumatic rattle gun about had a stroke. :happy:

Yeah, we're getting there. For some strange reason I keep getting sidetracked with other projects lately.