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Hey darin..you said your using auto air colors..are you using the clear too??
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Cool..thx darrin..does it hold up well to hatch tape??Comment
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First, the details on the clear-coat. It's PPG DCU2042. Here is the info:
It dries really nicely, and if you are careful in applying it (setting up your environment), it doesn't seem to leave a lot of residual fumes. Dries pretty quickly as well.Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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OK, well... it's "back from the grave" that almost was. Legg Lake island overhang +1, Darin's Lynx, 0.
Last November, while attempting to capture the P-Ltd OPC Tunnel SAW record, I had a momentary lapse in spacial relationships and ended up hitting the infamous overhang on the island at Legg Lake.
The damage was localized, but prominent, and to add to the pain, the Dubro 3.5 Outboard mount did it's job and the nylon block sheared away... highlighting the need to add a lanyard to these setups to prevent the now detached outboard assembly from sinking to the bottom of the lake. Yup... Make that Island Overhang +2...
Anyhow, I spend part of the winter very carefully repairing the hull, and the results aren't too bad.Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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My repair pics are all stuck on my phone, but basically just show glassing and filling and sanding and more filling, etc... Standard repair stuff. I will say that this area is now the strongest part of the boat. I'll get the pics off my phone and post them later.
Back to the clear-coat... I sprayed two coats of the PPG last night. Turned out nicely.
As you can see, matching the colors, being both water based, and metallic, was a challenge for me. Not really even close, but I just couldn't get it to work out. I guess it's a full-race boat now!
Have the new Lawless 3.5 Lower all modded and bolted in place as well. Had I felt like soldering at 8pm last night, I would likely have finished this, but I was pretty tired at that point. I'll try to wrap it up tonight or tomorrow...Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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All finished up and ready to go again.
I installed a different ESC, but am going to go back to the original ICE 100 I have been running. The newer, larger ESC added 3oz to the overall weight, (it's twice as heavy as the ICE 100), and with the little bit of extra weight added due to the repairs, I don't want to carry that much more.
Otherwise, I just hope I was able to get things really close to where it was before and that the tuning process gets her back where she was prior to my brain fart!Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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Hey Darin, any chance on some footage of this? I am building a similar setup and was curious as to how well they handle?
Looking good mateComment
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It still looks awesome, and now it has a little bit of soul!!! Great repair job. So, are you wet sanding anything? Your finishes look really nice. Mine aren't even close to that before wet sanding.Comment
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The base coat of Pearlized White (Auto-Air Colors) and the "Sparkelescent Mango" (also Auto-Air) are water based. Because the original paint was done over the factory white glossy primer base (properly wet-sanded out), the repair area ended up being darker primer, and I had to use more coats of the base paints to get the primer from showing through. I would do it a little differently next time (God-Forbid!!).
Once the color was setup nicely, I did do a bunch of wet-sanding on the repair area. Color-sanding, really. I used 600 and 1500 grit to try to tone down the orange to be a better match and to blend the tape-line. Mostly worked.
The clear is PPG, and it's as it was shot... I haven't wet-sanded it out as of yet.Darin E. Jordan - Renton, WA
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