Originally Posted by ColacGirl
Day 59 - 63
No progress on the Play-Pen at all.... our Easter dead line is looking impossible now
Still waiting for the brand patch booster we want. Talked to the supplier again today.... maybe they'll have some tomorrow!
Saturday - went to see Kingtin and crew
Dinner Menu - [s]Steak,[/s] kingtin's gumboots, chips, veg & gravy.
Shopping - 1 switch panel, 1 50lt water bladder, plus 1 variable speed buff.
you guys are true legends. Your project has been a great help to me, I am currently in full itch myself, replacing the stringers and floor of my Seafarer Venus and i find that i keep referring back to your project, thanks for your help and I'm looking forward to the rest of your posts.
this is where I'm at....
tide waits for no man
On page two, had to bump it, whats happenin crew
Cheers
Steven
Finally got the power back on after Larry, one of the first things I did was to check to see how Play Pen was going and what do I find?
NOTHING!!!!!!!!
SWEET BUGGER ALL!!!!!!
What are you doing Bev? Help! I need my fix! Pleeeaaaase, do something, anything and then post it.
Cheers,
Geoff
Hi Geoff,
I hope you didn't cop too much damage from Larry.... we're seeing some pretty devastated properties through the media
There have been no reports because we have been in limbo waiting for the supply of Patch Booster. Have taken the chance to catch up on some other things we've been neglecting during the rebuild.
Also I am not getting the emails that let me know someone has posted a reply on this thread
Update -
Day 66 - After being told daily by Supplier #1 that the patch booster would arrive "tomorrow", we gave up and ordered it through Supplier #2.
Day 67 - Supplier #1 rang to tell me their order has finally arrived.... "Too late!" she cried.
Day 68 - Drove to Brisbane to pick up the Patch Booster from Supplier #2
Day 69 - Finally it is the day to spray the gelcoat on the hull! All systems ready to go... first pot mixed and sprayed... second pot mixed and sprayed... and then the day ended! The patch booster had turned into a jelly like mushOur fibreglassing mate can't believe it, never seen anything like it in all his years of working with the stuff. He is going to take up our cause with Supplier #2.
Where am I going on Monday? Back to Supplier #1 to eat crow!
Looking good.... now where's the rest of your photos? Maybe you can keep the rebuild addicts entertained for me while we're in this limbo
wheres the picies of the stuff ups bev and what not to do.
One of my stuff ups first time around was I asked my off sider to mix the flowcoat (sitting in measured amounts with the measured cataysl next to each pot), I flow coat the whole inside of the boat while offsider passed me the pots, heres me thinking that I must have got the mix near perfect as it wasnt going off in the pot and going on sooo nice. Jumped outa the boat and straight in for a stubbie or 2, come back about 3 hours later to check and find it still wet, not even stick. WTF, looks over at the mixing bench and there sits my little pots of catayls. He had only stirred it and not mixed it.
After a lot of ph calls to find a solution (short of washing it all out with acetone) none forthcoming.
I made an excetive desicion to make a hot brew of flowcoat and redo it, dryed after about 24hrs
cheers
blaze
With all the extacy now comes the pain. It seems that the story was going all too well. Sorry to hear about both problems with the Gelcoat and Flowcoat problems.
I hope things look up from here and the rest of the project Flows better towards the final outcome.
Angla
No stuff ups to take pics of... what went on the hull looked greatIt was only what was still in the tin that turned to a jelly mush.
Ross spent the day sanding yesterday to prepare for the next attempt at gelcoating.
Great thinking on your part with how to fix your offsiders stuff up with the flowcoat
Keep it coming Bev!
Mines come out from under the tarp, and is going to get some work done on it finally!!!Finally have some time available in the near future...
can I say Fishing and Boating magazine on this site?
Colac Girl, your adventures might make a good article for them
hi bev
no need to say any more except
stick with it
Hope its still about (and not on page 2) as I MUST go and do my duty for the weekend and fish
chins up guys
cheers
blaze
Bev & Ross,
I think I'm beginning to miss you both...and I don't even know ya's
Having a break huh? You guys deserve it but not so long that its a major problem getting motivated again. Time to get this soapy back up in the ratings, well at least the first page. Here I go...>click!<
Any fishing is good fishing(should probably say Any fishing is...probably going to be illegal soon)
Bev and Ross
I blame you guys for itching like crazy this morning. Hardly slept last night.
Took the boat out over the weekend to have a "quick look". Found soft decking underneath the spare fuel tanks.
Drilled a 20 mm inspection hole inside this compartment to have a look at what is going on inside there...... Should not have done that. Got the jigsaw out and ripped everything up. The plywood was slimy that is how rotten it was. (The stringers are sound, thank goodness for that.)
Needless to say, the wife got home last night with a garage full of slimy delaminated plywood lying everywhere. She just stood there and shook her head.
The two compartments have to be rebuilt.......... with FIBER GLASS!!!
If this is how much I will be itching just ripping the stuff out, then I definately do not want to find out how much I will be itching when working with the raw material. The boat is booked in at the "boat hospital" for some minor cosmetic surgical procedures in two days time. Sorry guys, but there is no way that I am willing to be itching like this for a week.
Best of luck with your project and keep us posted please.
Regards
Wessel aka Camomile Lotion
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