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[83mulligan]

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john, just give me a little heads up and i'll try and work it out. my schedule is pretty flexible, to a degree.

 

[jcsercsa]

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John,
Yeah my in the water date is April 27th ( my b day), good thinkin on waiting for the paint to cure, I am getting mine poaint mid March and then putting it in at the end of April, but you right some good cure time would be good. What type of paint are you going to be using? Im going with Imron. Take care budd we'll see ya out thier in about 9 weeks!

Hay John, I am going to be useing restolem top side !! it say 3 to 4 weeks to fully cure !! I am a little worried about where and tear on it but TD has had good luck so i am going to give it a shot !

Yep I will be on the water by then I hope !! hahah John

 

[jcsercsa]

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john, just give me a little heads up and i'll try and work it out. my schedule is pretty flexible, to a degree.

Man ohh man steve arms are dragen tonight !! Ok I will try to give you some heads up I am really hoping in two weels !! but we will see !!


Ok today got 7 hours on her , and did i really say had 20%
left ????????? lol well now i have about 20% the top and the side are done this round, and got part of the dottom not much but got started on that part !!

ANd i take that back there are a few tight corners i got to hit on the top yet !!

OOOH and think i lost one of the compressers this after noon !! think tha motor went !! I hope it just the belt , but it sure didnt sound like it !! so i was working with just the one compresser !!!!! and I was also hitting the top and the sides with 320 on the elect, sander with the one inch foam pad on it !! man that 320 on there still eats that gelcoat !!

A buddie came over and gave me a hand with that and did a bunch of hand sanding !! THanks Mike !!!

So i still got to hit the bottom good thing there is only about 10 spots not counting the keel !! couple hours hitting that and that should be good !! I hope !!!! Lol

So i didnt get to the tex , I got to hit it after work here in the next couple days , If i want to get her in the water asap !! and there still has to be 40 spots that i want to tex !!

Ok Guys my arms are falling off here , Night all John

 

[Davinciman]

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Hello All
I'm new here.... love your site already.
Awesome thread John... was up till 2am reading it, I only got 3 hrs sleep before I had to go to work for a few hours.
You've inspired me to finish my Grew 147. circa 1973
Not quite as bad as yours was - just the normal fitting spiders and some hull gouges.
I've just finished restoring the paint and decals on my 1970 9.5 johnson outboard on a little Crestliner I just bought... will post up some pics when i get a chance. (indoor job) too cold in Hamilton, Ontario this time of year.
Anyway good work, can't wait to see your paint.
BTW watch the humidity, due to your salamander, when you paint they can produce a lot of moisture - at least the propane ones I've used do.

Hope you don't mind me asking some questions in the future

Cheers and good luck

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hello All
I'm new here.... love your site already.
Awesome thread John... was up till 2am reading it, I only got 3 hrs sleep before I had to go to work for a few hours.
You've inspired me to finish my Grew 147. circa 1973
Not quite as bad as yours was - just the normal fitting spiders and some hull gouges.
I've just finished restoring the paint and decals on my 1970 9.5 johnson outboard on a little Crestliner I just bought... will post up some pics when i get a chance. (indoor job) too cold in Hamilton, Ontario this time of year.
Anyway good work, can't wait to see your paint.
BTW watch the humidity, due to your salamander, when you paint they can produce a lot of moisture - at least the propane ones I've used do.

Hope you don't mind me asking some questions in the future

Cheers and good luck

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ohh man Davinciman !!! too cool hahahaha love it !! So glad you liked it !!! And glad i inspired yea !! she was in petty bad shape when i got her !! but give me another couple weeks !!!!

Yea it does raise the humidity when I frist start out but after everything gets warm its ok , It sweats , but i am hopeing it will be in the 30's here in a couple weeks !! I HOPE man its been cold here !!

And your not to far from me what 3 hours !!I got a cousin that lives over there , On a turkey farm !!

So when you get yours going get a thread going ,I will look in on yea , and any time you need some help just yell !!

hahahaha the kids were just laughing at yea !! just thought i would tell yea that !! love it !! John

 

[ne7800]

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John you figure out how you are going to tow the boat and the camper up here this summer?

 

[jcsercsa]

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John you figure out how you are going to tow the boat and the camper up here this summer?

Got to get a hitch for the car !!! if i dont i will be making two trips !! lol John

 

[Davinciman]

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ohh man Davinciman !!! too cool hahahaha love it !! So glad you liked it !!! And glad i inspired yea !! she was in petty bad shape when i got her !! but give me another couple weeks !!!!

Yea it does raise the humidity when I frist start out but after everything gets warm its ok , It sweats , but i am hopeing it will be in the 30's here in a couple weeks !! I HOPE man its been cold here !!

And your not to far from me what 3 hours !!I got a cousin that lives over there , On a turkey farm !!

So when you get yours going get a thread going ,I will look in on yea , and any time you need some help just yell !!

hahahaha the kids were just laughing at yea !! just thought i would tell yea that !! love it !! John

John I'm sooo glad i amused your children!
On my project boat, I took some pics yesterday....after a long nap.
I'm still not fully recovered from the late night
I will resize the photos and start a thread soon.
On the humidity thing, I did a job once and the vapour froze to the exterior hollow metal door frame I was supposed to paint.
It gets freaking cold here, as you well know.
Cheers and good work

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hi all

Well I took a look at the compressor , [ it was my dads it was from the 70's] its just a 1/2 hp and hits 90 psi, Well while i was looking at it and plugged it in and it felt like it was turning so pulled the guard and the pulley just come right off , it was the set screw that hold the key !! so just tightened it back in place and the moved the motor to tighten up the belt , and she is running great now !!! so that is really cool , didn't want to go get a new 1/2 hp for it !! so back to running two compresses !! yeaaa !!

I wanted to get to do some texing done but , the boy took the car to the the tex center to do a tire balancing on the tires well it wasn't driving right so went and checked the lug nuts and sure enough 3 weren't tight and the he bent the valve stem behind the caps !!!! @#$#$@#@#$#$# /
So that is all squared away now !!

Well I had the heat going on in the garage while i was working on the compressor and the car , I am leaving one of the light on all night to keep it kind of warm in there so i can hit it frist thing in the morning !!

I also talked to Steve this morning and he said he might stop by one of the next two days !! and talked to my brother in law and he said he would come check out the body work on Friday !! He is a body and paint guy !! so it getting close !!!!!!!!!!!! John

 

[83mulligan]

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John, I got some time tomorrow. Let me know what's good for you. I'll help you for a few hours. Looking forward to seeing all the hard work in person!

late morning or afternoon works for me. Send me a p.m. and we'll work it out. I'll even break in my brand new respirator sanding some tex for you if you want, haha.

 

[jcsercsa]

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John, I got some time tomorrow. Let me know what's good for you. I'll help you for a few hours. Looking forward to seeing all the hard work in person!

late morning or afternoon works for me. Send me a p.m. and we'll work it out. I'll even break in my brand new respirator sanding some tex for you if you want, haha.

OHHH MAn pm is on the way !!!! lol too cool John

 

[Darren Nemeth]

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Hey, guys! I and the Batboat just got lucky. A new lady friend has THREE air compressors and other equipment that will make my finishing it much easier!!!

Holy One In A Million!

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hey, guys! I and the Batboat just got lucky. A new lady friend has THREE air compressors and other equipment that will make my finishing it much easier!!!

Holy One In A Million!

HAHAHAHA too cool Darren !! got to love it when a plan comes together !! pun intended !! lol John

 

[Darren Nemeth]

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HAHAHAHA too cool Darren !! got to love it when a plan comes together !!

In this case it is a "Plan 9".

BTW, her ex-husband is close Capone family. Yep, THAT Capone Family. Not yet divorced yet but separated for over two years so I am keeping an eye on things. lol!

 

[jcsercsa]

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In this case it is a "Plan 9".

BTW, her ex-husband is close Capone family. Yep, THAT Capone Family. Not yet divorced yet but separated for over two years so I am keeping an eye on things. lol!

HAHAHAHA Kimd of fitting for someone with the Bat boat!!! kind of like it was ment to be !!! LOL She from saginaw ?? John

 

[jcsercsa]

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OOOHH Heats going , just the one light out there all night keep it just under 50 in the garage, and it was 8 outside there this morning!!!! Time to get going !!! John

 

[Darren Nemeth]

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HAHAHAHA Kimd of fitting for someone with the Bat boat!!! kind of like it was ment to be !!! LOL She from saginaw ?? John

No. Bay City. As of today we are just very good friends now. She said I can still borrow her stuff.

 

[jcsercsa]

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No. Bay City. As of today we are just very good friends now. She said I can still borrow her stuff.

Well that could be cool !! you ok with that ??? John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Ok guys and gals !!

Man spent About 11 hours out there , had a good interruption 83mulligan stopped by and we sat there and shot the bull for about 3 hours !!It was really good to meet you Steve !!So what did you think ???? still ready to hit yours ??? lol

Ok did a lot of hand sanding and was using one of the little triangle sanders !! Mike brought it over for me and it worked petty good for some tight spots !! after Steve left did another couple hours of sanding and put some TeX on !! We will see how it goes tomorrow , I really dont see me painting for 2 more weeks !! Man i would much rather be doing the stringer and the transom then all this sanding on the gel coat !! John

 

[83mulligan]

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Hey, like john said, i stopped by today and we had some really good discussions about our projects. Guys, John has done a REALLY nice job on that boat. It's going to look awesome with the new paint job and it is solid as a rock. I'm inspired to get going on mine for sure. Thanks for all the great tips, John. Looking forward to helping each other out and putting some fish on the decks this summer!

By the way, fellow I-Boaters, John's lovely daughter is raising money for the school band and has lots of high quality chocolates for sale if you are looking for a nice gift to smooth over anything with the misses (read washing grinding clothes in family washing machine oops) be sure and drop him a pm! haha, cheap plug for you, john!