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by piperdown
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild
Replies: 233
Views: 22257

Re: 1986 19' Atlantic rebuild

When you have the deck out sand the PVC pipe so that the tape will hold better to the pipe. This has been discussed before on here. That slippery pipe does not form a good seal to the fiberglass unless something is done to rough it up. Tom He said he sanded with 36 grit sandpaper to rough the pvc t...
by piperdown
Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: Gel coat on a big boy toy.
Replies: 25
Views: 3390

Re: Gel coat on a big boy toy.

This is vicariously fun!
by piperdown
Thu Dec 29, 2022 4:25 pm
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: No Excuse
Replies: 228
Views: 17274

Re: No Excuse

Warms my heart seeing her run again!
by piperdown
Mon Nov 21, 2022 6:04 pm
Forum: Builder's Sail Boats
Topic: VG23 New Build
Replies: 322
Views: 94692

Re: VG23 New Build

Very neat and a fun build to watch!
by piperdown
Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:51 pm
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: No Excuse
Replies: 228
Views: 17274

Re: No Excuse

Actually, now it kind of looks like the Grim Reaper's scythe........
by piperdown
Tue Nov 15, 2022 1:50 pm
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: Dykem blue for guide coat?
Replies: 4
Views: 938

Dykem blue for guide coat?

Any of you heard of using this before? Putting dykem (?) blue in acetone or denatured alcohol and spreading across a surface to be faired and sanded. Acetone or denatured alcohol evaporate and you're left with a blue color that you sand. Like using a paint guide coat or graphite powder. It talked ab...
by piperdown
Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:12 pm
Forum: Cracker Larry's Corner: Boat Repair and Rebuild Support
Topic: No Excuse
Replies: 228
Views: 17274

Re: No Excuse

Fish hook?
by piperdown
Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:20 am
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: Cleaning bubble rollers.
Replies: 5
Views: 657

Re: Cleaning bubble rollers.

MEK will melt cured epoxy. I keep a container with some in it to degunk bubble busters. A stainless steel wire brush makes short work of it. I'll have to try that. I was using what OWT and FG were doing, but sometimes I waited a bit too long to dump the rollers in my acetone pail. Then it was a pai...
by piperdown
Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:18 am
Forum: Anything else and for sale. . .
Topic: ISO wood stove
Replies: 11
Views: 1688

Re: ISO wood stove

A couple of my thoughts. We had a wood burning insert in the fireplace when we bought the house. Until the insert got hot enough it wouldn't draw properly. I used to have to use a plumbers blowtorch to get the wood burning hot and quick (oak and hickory). Fast forward a couple of years and new doors...
by piperdown
Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: Heavier GF16 having trouble getting on plane
Replies: 50
Views: 2805

Re: Heavier GF16 having trouble getting on plane

About the only other possibility is if he is too low with the prop, but he would still be able to get rpms up to wot with lower pitch..if he is up too high; he'd spin out on a turn Dan looking at his pictures I think that he may be a little too low, it is not a great pic to be able to tell so I adv...