SANDIN HER DOWN.

[fishmaster63]

well, i started sandin her down but had to take a break to get my 4 year old at daycare. figured i would set him up in the little pool and get back to the boat... yeah right. now that i have my little helper with me it should only take me 4-6 times longer. just fed him pizza and now im waiting for him to finish so i can get him back in the pool and get back to work. at this rate i should be in the water by november.

[Blue_Runner]

I know how it is, I have two of those little boogers ;D

[fishmaster63]

takin another break. potty break. i also have two but his brother is in school thank god. 8 years old and knows it all. with all this help its a wonder i get anything done. then my wife should be home soon and will piss and moan because i didnt get anything done.

[parishht]

Imagine that, wife P & M because of working on boat and nothing else,
how could she!?!?

I've got one the same way.

[msbhammer]

Hmmm, your wives must know my wife as well. ;D ;D ;D

[macojoe]

Wow!! I am glad I had my wife when the kids were young!!

I have to Boy 20 and Girl 17, and changed like 2 dipers in my life!! For real!! ;D

[fishmaster63]

well, now i know why the yard wanted $600. to sand and paint. HOLY $HIT ! ? ! what a job. i just finished one side and it took me 5 hours. any of you guys ever sand a bare hull for paint prep? what a pain in the ***. i wont do that again.

[Mac_Attack]

Yeah but you cherish those two times, see you still remember them. Kids are quite a bit of work but as mine are testing their wings now I know I'll never regret that work! Bill Mc ;D

[captbent]

;D TRY SANDING TOP TO BOTTOM I KNOW ITS A SOB I SANDED COCKPIT TOO ABOUT 10 DAYS 4-8 HOURS A DAY BUT I WAS INSIDE AND WINTER, MAKE SHORE YOU HAVE A GOOD DUST MASK

[Blue_Runner]

Hats off, you guys are troopers! I hung up my boat sandin hat over a year ago, and I don't care if I ever pick up another sander again! At least not on a boat. I will be sanding around my exterior door casing soon though. :(

[76GMC1500]

I just sanded mine. *I did it with a 25 pack of 60 grit discs for a random orbit sander. *A circular sander or dual action would have probably been faster.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/76GMC1500/DSCF1117.jpg


I've been grinding fiberglass recently, that is a messy job. *I found a bit of a problem while doing some fuel tank work. *There was a 1/2" thick film of fiberglass dust along the bottom of my boat before I vacuumed it. *It's really miserable rolling around in the bilge with fiberglass dust everywhere. *Nowhere near as bad as on your back with bottom paint dust, though. *While doing the bottom paint, my goggles would fog up every 3 minutes and really did nothing to keep the dust out of my eyes. *It was terrible.

I am doing fiberglass becase a stringer was cut to pass the fuel fill hose through. *It was also cut deeper than it needed to be. *The result was the stringer broke, probably while trying to do 12-15 knots in 8-10ft swells at 8 seconds with 3-5 foot wind waves. *I didn't know it was broken until I pulled the fuel tank. *I was able to cut the damaged section out, scarf in a new section, and lay 2 layers of laminate in a day. *I was going to finish today, but it is 90+ degrees right now and I had the wrong hardener. *My resin pots were setting hard in 3 minutes. *The day before it was 60 degrees and I was getting 15-20 minutes before the pot would even start to gel, 8 hours till solid.

There is very good reason I do all of my sanding and such. *I did this in a day for $16 worth of wood and $150 worth of resin and glass. *I can't imagine how long it would have taken for a yard to do and what the cost would be. The bottom paint job costs $11 for sanding discs, $65 for a sander, $60 for primer, $12 for safety goggles, $24 for dust masks, and $180 for paint.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/76GMC1500/DSCF1349.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c8/76GMC1500/DSCF1356.jpg

[willy]

GM I'm with you Bud, all my life I did all those things around the home (busting up concrete, sanding the house etc.) because I did not want to pay some guy to do it. Now I've got the recently reconstructed vertraba in my neck so the days of on my knees or back sanding are over. I will have to pay to have it soda blasted when I do it from now on. I will reserve my energy for the finish work and tipping a few afterwards 8)