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"My Girl's" Refit
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 06/26/11 - 4:36 PM
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Four and a half bells and I have found myself busy with sanding orange peel today.
Went to a 220 grit with my DA but had to back off to a 150 to get a bit more bite.
White cover all,escape respirator, gloves and glasses will have me protected enough.
I am changing the paper pad often enough and it is progressing rather nicely.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 07/01/11 - 8:24 PM
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The rewards of the sanding have started to show and are a real pleasure to look and feel.My hand passed on the flat and mat surfaces passed on a notion of approval to the critical board.
I did have to improvise on getting the scene settings just right.
The overshadow from natural daylight on the hull sections begged to be addressed.
I did bring in my portable flood lights to give the surfaces a very clear and lighted view.
Due to the lack of draft control in managing the sanding by products,a small portable fan was put to work to keep my areas and body to a manageable level of mist.
What would have I done without electricity?
Edited by ritzyrags on 07/01/11 - 8:31 PM
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| modenacart |
Posted on 07/02/11 - 6:43 PM
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I found a dry guide coat helped me to see the sanding marks.
They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 07/03/11 - 8:29 PM
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Yes,
Seems like I am doing the sanding over and over again.
I have used the dry guide coat on my initial sanding.
Sanding orange peel to the finished flat ad mat surface is time consuming and thankless detail.
Patience is the key here.
I did start on the bow structure and sanded and shaped the gel to my satisfaction.Every inch will have to be addressed again and again.
The work is going rather well.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 07/07/11 - 8:44 PM
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Well it seems that due to the lack of responses and comments to this long thread
The option of stopping my reports on this long but pleasant refit has come to mind.
I will ask plainly;
Are you still interested in reading about all these steps involving repairs Folks?
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| fred s |
Posted on 07/07/11 - 9:50 PM
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Well, Sir I certainly am. So if you have "only helped the few of us with your knowledge you have helped many." (Hargrave 1906)
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| fred s |
Posted on 07/07/11 - 10:11 PM
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Ritzy,
You may not know how many of us are really interested in your project by replies, comments etc. Remember, we are all in the same boat, so to speak and anything you have discovered in your endeavor, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you, my prove to be invaluable to a fellow Whaler owner.
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| tyno22 |
Posted on 07/07/11 - 11:52 PM
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I enjoy reading the work you have done on your boat. Looks like your project is coming a bit faster than my 19 Outrage that I'm working on. Its kinda of at a standstill right now and am waiting on a few things. Keep up with the posts.
Tony
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| CES |
Posted on 07/08/11 - 3:30 AM
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A Lack of comments does not imply a lack of interest.
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| egerrity |
Posted on 07/08/11 - 5:49 AM
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This info is priceless and I have been reading it from the start. Thanks for the updates.
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Posted on 07/10/11 - 12:12 PM
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Gents,
I am a bit relieved to see that some of you are still having fun watching me wrestling with this fun filled refit.
My take has been to mentally appreciate of the work already completed and NOT about the work that still remains.
I did carefully hand sand and detailed the main chines yesterday.
I did scrutinize the first sanding surfaces and saw that a finer grit will be needed to bring it to specs.
I am thinking of changing the name of my classic from "My Girl" to "Purgatory".
Thank you Fred for giving me a kind phone call and give me your appreciation.
I always like to hear from you in Kentucky.
If ever you want to pass your project on, Tony,
I would gladly carry on with your great works.
Thanks for the kind words all you guys.
I really do appreciate it.
Now ..Back to another exciting round of sanding.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 07/10/11 - 10:18 PM
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I think that I have been remiss in the fact that I did not mention that I have viewed Cliff's page and fell hard for his favorite "Lil Fish" Classic 13.
Nice work Cliff,
The Whaler has turned out to look better than the original.
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| krafft |
Posted on 07/11/11 - 4:46 AM
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Serge
Keep up the good work! I enjoy reading your reports!
Thor
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| JohnnyCW |
Posted on 07/11/11 - 8:53 AM
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14,860 views as of this morning. Seems there is at least a little interest in this thread. I know I look forward to the next update.
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Posted on 07/11/11 - 8:06 PM
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After attending to an adoption today,I was back under the mask and goggles to carry on with the load.
I did move to a 320 grit and went over the pre sanded surfaces and dealt with all imperfections.
Due to different thickness of gell from the get go on this specific hull
I made all hull surfaces smooth and ready.
A critical eye from the Chairman of the Board made me move to give the surfaces a last beauty coat.
This coat will be sanded with a 400 grit and will hopefully pass the quality control test.
The cap being next will be sanded from the get go with a 400 due to the much softer Spectrum gell initially sprayed in this phase.
The hull in this state never looked better.
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Posted on 07/31/11 - 6:05 PM
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That will teach me to be so picky..
I have Da sanded the entire cap for the very last detailing and did find that some areas were a bit shallow due to gel coat thickness.
I did hand sanded the entire shape and artfully give it an obscenely glossy last coat.
I will most likely obtain a Finesse It product and will be buffing with the lamb wool buffing pad in good time.
My renamed Whaler "Purgatory" has never looked so good.
I will thank you for the couple of generous offers to buy the Outrage from me at this time,
The obvious reason being
To see that this Thread being finally ended!
There is a bit more work to be done.
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Posted on 07/31/11 - 6:37 PM
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I went from 320 to 600 with a DA sander. Then 1000 with a DA sander, 3M imperial with a direct drive buffer, them imperial if you want. It turned out great.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 08/01/11 - 11:40 AM
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I do have some 600 grits ready to be used.
3M makes a fine line of products for this next polishing job.
Thanks for sharing with your success Modena
I do appreciate it.
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Posted on 08/01/11 - 1:11 PM
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I board sanded with the 320. You have to be careful not to chase low spots though.
Way more work than I expected but it looked like new when I was done.
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Posted on 09/22/11 - 5:24 PM
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The work has gone extremely well in the time spent on the gel surfaces.
A point to be remembered when doing this king of gell coating will be;
Upon the final sanding s and in preparation to using a cutting compound such as 3M Finesse It;
One will remember that the factory sprayed gell thickness WILL NOT BE OF AN EVEN DEGREE throughout the surfaces
And this as noted especially to the cap structures.
You will vision this as the way the start of a built was begun.
1-A separating agent was sprayed inside the mold.
2-Coats of Polyester Gel of various colors were sprayed with elapsed time between sprays.
3-After 5 to 10 coats? as a guess, Drying was timed and controlled with proper temperature and humidity.
4-Polyester resin was rolled thickly and sprayed in.
Fiberglass clothing was applied throughout the inside surface of the inner mold.
5-A predetermined amount of coats and cloth was applied and let set as a finished product.
6-The mold was then removed, leaving a smooth and shiny hull surface.Assembly of the two half hulls would follow making the Whaler hulls what we have come to like so much.
When redoing the surfaces by gell coating anew,
it will be very important to remember that to spray plenty of thickness will be preferred to the opposite.
The sanding efforts will be often going deep enough to show the original gell due to the high and low points from original designs.
The cap was thus lovingly crafted more than once.
Edited by ritzyrags on 09/22/11 - 8:27 PM
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