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Did you buy braided line for a rub rail? You must've had alot of money left over from your ETEC purchase. I used black nylon. I feel cheap. ;)

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yeppers

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1/2" braid...ortta be a perfick feeyut ;D ... that's gonna look REEL good, Slinger 8) ...don't be too shy w/the camera once she's all together...she might even qualify for W.E.T. ...specially transom shots showin' off that purdy lil' E-Tec ;) ...Hubba-Hubba 8) ...

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Do you keep in in the water all summer or trailer?? If on a trailer I would reconsider just nice paint!

But eaither way, you doing a great job!! going to look and run sweet!

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m j I keep it in the water 5-6 months

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Carry on, Slinger ;) 8) ...

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Yep Paint away!!

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well fellas its a job well done ;D ;D ;D and theres no bad spots on the hull if it werent gonna rain tomorrow Id be painting :-/

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http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...8/DSC03417.jpg

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Nice. The discoloration, is that where they went through the gelcoat?

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hey air .... no thats just the very first layer of paint he said he didnt want to try to get it spotless cause then that would effect the gelcoat . the bottom is in perfect condition I wont have to do any repair ;D

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we have to remember there was 20 layers of paint on there..........................

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Man thats nice Lumber!

Cant wait to see it finished up!!


Dont those rubrails take like 5/8 or even 3/4 rope though? :-/

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Very nice, now get to work ;D

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stink its 1/2 I think i mite get new rub rail been shoppin around :-/ just another 5 hunnnnnggg

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That rub-rail was just the one I's thinkin' about on yours...w/the blue rope it'll REELY look sharp!!... ;) ...

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Gee you got to be small and limber to get under there ans blast!! Not to mention all the mud on the ground you crawling in!!

Looks good!!

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mj the mud was from after he was done I rinsed the boat cause he said that if I didnt the dust would yellow an stain the glass........

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That is pretty amazing, well worth the price!

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thats for sure I could not see myself under there sanding it...lol :-/

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[quote author=lumberslinger178 link=board=General;num=1176327666;start=45#47 date=04/14/07 at 17:05:29]

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When I 1st looked at this pic, I thoght yer goin' HoverCraft on us ;D ...

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Can you image? How can they even see when they are doing it??

How long did it take him to do it??

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it took him about 3 hrs from start to finish... he was a pretty big guy too...

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Can you xplain to me whats going on in those pics? I am not familiar with "soda" blasting. I just assumed that it was a different blast material, but was essentially the same as sand blasting. Whats that big bag for? I'm confused. *???

Sorry for the dumb questions... :-/

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I think the bag is to contain the paint thats blasted off. The EPA is pretty tuff on these guys especially when you working so close to the water.

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So the guy is INSIDE there, blasting? :o

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Bag is for containment of particulate matter...byproduct of the process commonly referred to as "sody-blassin''.... ;D ...

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well this weekend is goin to be in the sixtys .... so iam a painting ;D ;D ;D........ And I mite just enjoy it ;D

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Looking good there Lumber. ;D

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any progress on the bottom paint lumber ???

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Think he's gonna paint her this weekend. ;)

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tomorrow afternoon will be some new pics of the barrier coat and then sunday bottom paint ;D ;D ;D

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Glad to hear that you are going with a barrier coat. I did the same. ;)