Project Fuggly - No Longer Fuggly And Splashed!!!!!!

[gomopar440]

GM, That sounds similar to the exhaust filtration system for the plasma spraying room we set up. All the fumes from the liquid metal build up process passed through a water filtration system and out a 18" hole bored through the building's concrete and stone outer wall. From the outside walking past the exhaust vent all you would get is airflow with no smell of any kind.

 

[archbuilder]

More sanding tonight, blocked out the dog house. I think everything is about ready for final prime other than some sanding in the front deck area. It was dark when I sanded out the dog house, I'm thinking there will be a few chips here and there that need some glazing putty in the sunlight. I'm picking up some steel for the paint booth tomorrow....so juggling the paint booth and final boat prep this weekend.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

You are a patient man!! All that sanding would have driven me to the loony farm by now, lol.

 

[archbuilder]

Thanks Chuck......gotta keep sanding or it will irritate me later, lol.

I took the afternoon off and should have worked on the boat, but I needed to unwind some after the week at work. I did pick up the paint booth steel, the top is the 24' sticks, its hard to see it but there are also 5 20' sticks below.




I also fiddled with the blower some tonight. It had a 3 speed control, thermostat relay and power cord. I don't need the thermostat relay so I was going to pull it, but I was a little confused by the wiring......after poking around with the ohm meter I figured out the ground wire from the cord was actually wired to the neutral on the motor and the plug....not the ground terminal on the plug. The hot leg was wired to the relay correctly, but there was some other funky wiring going to the relay.....finally figured out it wasn't doing anything. After that I rewired the hot leg directly to the speed control and now we have a fan! Actually tomorrow I am going to pick up a new cord, switch, box for the switch and re-wire everything up to the speed control....and actually ground it!

It puts out a lot of air, but vibrates quite a bit. I need to make a stand and maybe come up with a flex connection to the plenum box for the filters... Tomorrow I will be back to prep on the boat and hopefully spraying the last coat of primer after the game. Boomer Sooner!

 

[mickyryan]

top shelf man ... top shelf

 

[archbuilder]

Thanks, we'll see how it turns out lol!

I did get everything in final primer (hopefully), looks pretty good.

 

[gomopar440]

It's looking great there Arch! When people who haven't seen the before version of her, actually see her for the first time, they won't understand why you named her "Fugly". :crazy:

Can't wait to see her in her final color(s).op2:

 

[archbuilder]

Thanks Gomopar! I went out and unwrapped her...



Then I spent about an hour putting epoxy on the seat frames. The main seats are done, now I just have to finish the other side of he seat bottoms. Steak time now!

 

[sphelps]

Looking great arch ! Bring on the Aqua Green ! !

 

[mickyryan]

cant wait to see this sexy beast all sprayed and lip sticked up

 

[gm280]

Arch, I see you shot the entire top now with primmer, ready for paint next. Are you going to wet sand that primer to 400 or 600 grit first? Just wondering. I am priming and filling and priming some more now myself. But there are so many pin holes that I am literally going over the entire hull with a find tooth comb filling all those holes. And that is because the 2K high build isn't covering over them. The are just large enough to not fill in with just primer, but too small to use thick coatings of filler either. But I am getting close. You are well past me in that respect and yours looks really nice. JMHO

 

[archbuilder]

Sam / Mick I am ready to put some paint on and cross sanding off my list! She is a big girl and just sanding the top is a chore!

GM, I'm going to let it cure for a day or two, then carefully go over it. I still have a couple of pin holes, so I will hit them with glazing putty. After that I will go over it with some 220 to knock the top off, then switch to 400. I'm planning on wet sanding it, you get a little sanding sludge to clean up, but I think it leaves a much nicer surface. And no dust......I'm tired of dust lol! Today I am going to clean up, its a freaking mess......then maybe get a little work done on the paint booth fabrication. GM have you tried a glazing putty, usually it works great on pin holes.

 

[Patfromny]

Great progress arch, you must be getting excited. It has been a long road with fuggly huh? I got here because I was following a pontoon party barge build with crazy cardboard work that just stopped. lol. I can't wait to see the finished product and the spray booth too. That is some serious iron for a foldable, portable booth. Me, I would have draped plastic over a few 10x10 easy up canopies...Maybe add some castors, and call myself a genious.

 

[gm280]

Sam / Mick I am ready to put some paint on and cross sanding off my list! She is a big girl and just sanding the top is a chore!

GM, I'm going to let it cure for a day or two, then carefully go over it. I still have a couple of pin holes, so I will hit them with glazing putty. After that I will go over it with some 220 to knock the top off, then switch to 400. I'm planning on wet sanding it, you get a little sanding sludge to clean up, but I think it leaves a much nicer surface. And no dust......I'm tired of dust lol! Today I am going to clean up, its a freaking mess......then maybe get a little work done on the paint booth fabrication. GM have you tried a glazing putty, usually it works great on pin holes.

Yea Arch, I am using Ever Coat Easy Sand filler/spot putty. It does a good job, but there are so many pin holes, it is taking a longer time then I thought. This tri-hull boat wasn't manufactured with quality in mind. So they didn't work out the holes and therefore I have them at least over the front area back to at least half the hull. But it will be covered over soon and I can continue with the priming/panting efforts.

Arch, do you use an pneumatic inline sander on yours. It really does a nice job with long board sanding. Just wondering.

 

[archbuilder]

Hey Pat, I kind of wish I would have finished the pontoon, but I just kind of lost interest in it. The more I worked on it, the more I wanted to make it more of a house boat.......and the toons were too small. I may build one from scratch one of these days, starting with a pontoon kit.

I have several other projects that I will need the booth for, so I wanted to build a long term solution. Here are a couple of things that I have planned around:

1. Needs to have a modular length, it can be put up as 8', 16' ,24' or 32' long. Or realistically about any length you cut the 2x4s on the side.
2. I wanted it wide enough to be able to paint something 8' wide (fuggly) and have 3' on each side. You really need that much room if you are using a ladder.
3. Fairly easy to put up. I want to be able to put it up in about half a day with 2 people.
4. Breaks down into small parts for storage.
5. Needs to be 9' tall. Fuggly is right at 7', so that gives me room to stand up and spray the top of the windshield frame.
6. Frames need to be strong enough to support small hanging parts.
7. Minimum number of fasteners. I think the only fasteners will be some drywall screws that attach the 2x4's.

It is all clear in my head, we'll see how it comes out! I did look at canopies and carports, but couldn't find anything that was the right size.

Just keep at it GM, it takes some time. Sounds like your hull is pretty rough! I do have an air file, but I only use it for rough body work. The guys I worked with taught me to do the finish work by hand.....you get a "feel" for it that way. They are a great time saver and really handy. I didn't break mine out on this project, might have saved me some time on the back deck....but I just decided to do it by hand.

 

[Patfromny]

I agree with you on all points arch. I too wish you finished the pontoon. It would have been something. I agree with the dimension of the booth too. I had planned to paint my boat myself and got all the way to priming. However, once I primed the boat I realized that my garage space was woefully insufficient for me and my novice air gun skills. It was fine for primering but I couldn't see myself spraying two colors with a crisp line and all. I would have had to empty the other bay of my garage to accomplish the feat with any hope for a nice finish. That wasn't going to happen. The other bay is filled with an old convertible project I abandoned years ago and moving it would have eaten up all my remaining time. You definitely need lots of room all around the boat to paint.

 

[gm280]

Arch, three feet area is tight when spraying. I spray in a "breeze way" that is about 18 to 20' wide and 24' long and 9 or more feet high. So it allows me to work around whatever I am spraying. Three feet is doable but tight. I am watching your paint booth come to life though.

 

[Patfromny]

Arch, three feet area is tight when spraying. I spray in a "breeze way" that is about 18 to 20' wide and 24' long and 9 or more feet high. So it allows me to work around whatever I am spraying. Three feet is doable but tight. I am watching your paint booth come to life though.

I would say three feet is tight but for this paint job, Arch is only painting the top. I at least think that is the game plan.

 

[archbuilder]

3' is tight, but it works. I wanted 4' but that sort of crowds the space where I want to set up the booth. And everything should be that size or smaller that I have planned.

Has anyone used an SEI drive? I was looking at them today, they have a good warranty and are pretty reasonable.

 

[mickyryan]

heard nothing but good things about sei, from the interwebs, they stand behind there warranty really well . if I was to need to buy a outdrive that's exactly who I would go to. 3 things I never rebuild myself on transmissions, rear end differentials or outdrive gears lol .