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Re: And the project continues....

Post by jfrprops » Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:19 am

My old engine is going to be sitting pretty in that ride!

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Peter M Jardine » Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:20 pm

What a great color..... and nice job. :D

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:41 pm

Got the top half painted today and needless to say, I am very happy with the way it turned out. Part of this project is to prove that you can build a excellent user quality boat on a shoestring budget. While you could spend thousands to get a paint job like this, I have lots of time, but only around $500 in this job.

More to come...interior vinyl will be ordered this week. I have researched several trim shops locally and have gotten a quote that I can live with from a guy with decades of experience. He is going to make the covers from my current seats and I will install them and wrap all of the flat pieces myself.

Here are the pics of the top half...
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by jfrprops » Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:02 pm

wow! really POPS! great job......will follow your interior work with interest as I face same job on Argentine boat soon .....

John in Va.
1980 Fairchild Scout 30
19?? custom Argentine Runabout 16'
1954 Whirlwind deluxe dual ckpt 16'
1921 Old Town Charles River 17' (founding Captain, James River Batteau Festival)

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:44 pm

Well, the boat is going to finally see the light of day this weekend. I am going to put her back on the trailer and bring her home so I can finish up there. I dropped the interior off today and should have it back by the end of next week. I will keep you posted on her progress.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Episode VI » Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:38 pm

Impressive...keep it coming! :D

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by jfrprops » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:48 am

Do keep us posted! Really looks impressive.

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Chad Durren » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:57 pm

Looks great. Can't wait to see it with the new upholstery and the Q dropped in.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:32 pm

Got my front seat covers back today...they look great. The seat back plywood is delaminating so I need to cut a new piece for it before I can install them. How many hours are in a day? I need each day to be around 36.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:36 pm

Here is a shot of the engine cover. This is just temporarily laying over the foam, the finished installation will be much tighter without the wrinkles. I got all the pieces back today and just need to start wrapping the old foam.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:06 pm

I keep plugging away, taking care of some small, tedious tasks such as cleaning up old exhaust pipes, polishing the Hull ID Tag, and tackling the interior a piece at a time. I have been painting the plywood base of each piece of interior before putting on the upholstery cover, so the process takes a while with paint drying time (2-3 coats min.) A slow process, but I have put off the scheduled finish until Spring, so I can take my time and address some things that I know will bug me if I don't do them such as painting the bilge, painting all of the wooden seat frames,etc, cleaning up the outside and probably painting the fuel tank, and the list goes on. I have very little free time right now, so I sometimes spend late night hours in the garage "destressing" from the rest of the world around me. Here are a few pics of the progress.
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New dog house cover.
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Not the original, but a good period correct pattern that is going to look fantastic against the red boat.
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A little known secret to cleaning copper...toilet bowl cleaner and a red scuff pad. Try it, you'll be glad you did.
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The original finish was black, but I was unsuccessful in replicating that process, so I polished it.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:17 am

I am slowly moving along here, my life is pretty insane right now. My wife has been to California for training twice in 3 months for 10 days at a time, leaving me with all 3 little ones to care for. I get very small blocks of time, usually late at night, to sneak in a little garage time, so progress is being made, albeit very much slower than I would like. I have a line on some teak boards that I plan to have resawn and use for flooring, it is currently held up in receivership, but should settle soon and I have a good inside track on obtaining it, keeping my fingers crossed. Here are a couple of quick shots.
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I decided to have a little fun with the otherwise boring and ugly galvanized fuel tank.
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Finally started painting the bilge and frames after some intense cleaning.
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Exhaust final clean and polish.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Peter M Jardine » Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:00 pm

Ahhh perfect, a guy polishing his exhaust pipes. We are brothers. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

This is the stuff our wives look at dumbfounded amazement :lol:

Love the upholstery pattern. 8)

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:36 am

Thanks Peter. My thought is "If it can be shiny, it should." I polished the brass straps for the exhaust pipes the other day. I hate to put something together that is covered in overspray or years of grime.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Chad Durren » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:22 pm

Looking good. I cleaned my cooper pipes last week using the toilet bowl cleaner trick as well. I will never sand another piece of copper again.
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Re: And the project continues....

Post by Peter M Jardine » Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:26 pm

I had not hear that tip before... going to use it... :wink:

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Re: And the project continues....

Post by quitchabitchin » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:26 am

I was in the chemical sales business for several years. We always demo'd the toilet bowl cleaner by shining up a dirty penny. The industrial ones are the best, although also the most potent. Most contain some type of acid, quality determines the concentration, so I suggest diluting the stronger ones, especially if using them on brass/bronze. Copper is pretty tough, just be sure to rinse well as to stop the chemical cleaning process. I actually rinse with an akaline solution to neutralize any acidic residue. Just mix a genral purpose cleaner with water for this step.
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