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[ray schrauwen]

Really?....

You talkin' to me, Ray? If so, it's mostly in the finishing. Way too much time wet sanding and polishing.

[ray schrauwen]

Could one of these squeeze into the class? 1/10th it says on Fine's site. A buddy might donate me one. The real Question is will the allotted motors push it??? H&M twin wing, heard it mentioned once or twice...

[T.S.Davis]

Shot primer on two boats this weekend.

The nice thing about primer is that it can hide a multitude of sins. It can also help you locate them. The first pic here is a spot that I missed when filling. I find and fill the most egregious violations before I start sanding.

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A note on sanding dry or wet. If you have a large surface that's supposed to be flat. Don't put faith in you fat hand to apply nice even pressure everywhere. on a flat section like a tub I use a stiff....ish foam sanding block that I wrap my paper around. This helps to sand that surface even straighter. Less likely to get that waving effect. Then on the curved surface of the deck I have another sanding block that is more spongy that will conform a bit to the curvature.

The Thomas came out smooth as silk. Wet sanded it some. It's ready for the aluminum color.

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[tjcast]

The Thomas came out smooth as silk. Wet sanded it some. It's ready for the aluminum color.

Aluminum!!! You really are a glue sniffer!? You may as well put a bulls eye on it!!! Can you imagine how much damage you will have to fix because people can't see an aluminum colored boat!! Just saying

[tjcast]

Unless that is a base coat for a transparent topcoat

[T.S.Davis]

I will have green chrome scattered all over it.

[Shooter]

Aluminum!!! You really are a glue sniffer!? You may as well put a bulls eye on it!!! Can you imagine how much damage you will have to fix because people can't see an aluminum colored boat!! Just saying

I agree. Paint it black.

[tjcast]

I agree. Paint it black.

Pink will show up better!! Besides consider the intimidation factor ! No one wants to get beat by a PINK boat !

[flraptor07]

I'm gonna have to agree with the Pink boat thing, that would be embarassing!

[ray schrauwen]

Note to self, order pink paint...

[rdcracer]

My gosh we will all have pink boats

[ron1950]

so whats new here? thread seems to have died right after primer....come on T whats up? and also how about the bradshaw boat?

[T.S.Davis]

I've been focused on our up coming season and getting ready for Atlanta. I rebuilt my spec Pursuit, built another Pursuit, and repainted my kids Thomas.

I did take the time to sink and lose a brand new boat. So I got that going for me.

[ron1950]

cinderella story...boy out of lower Michigan leading the pack sinking new boats...oh he sunk all of that one!!!!

[rayzerdesigns]

I'm gonna have to agree with the Pink boat thing, that would be embarassing!

hey my boats are pink..and they do there fair share of winning