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I went to the shop, took the upper leg, sanded it with 400, 600, 1500, then McGuire's and buffed lightly. This is the color I wanted. I don't like that dark beige that Johnson/Evinrude has. I just wanted to cut the white down a little.


You can slightly tell that the color is not exactly white. This is what I wanted. After I get everything painted, I will go to West Marine and pick up the blue. Then it will look great. Shiny? I haven't used step 3. That's the glaze.

Looking great!

As you can see, I passed my welding final. Actually, I did well. The final exam was a nightmare. "For a N3-3M FCAW, what would the ESO be"?

Congrats Craig

Good job Craig. Do you do aluminum yet. Humm aluminum trailer..

What's next, you ask? Upholstery! There is an upholstery class that is offered by a sewing machine co. here in Long Beach, CA. So, now that I weld and will soon know how to sew, I can do all the work. I won't have to pay anyone else to do any work on my boat.

I set the needle bearings and seals.

I then installed the water pump.

I lined the upper leg with high tep fibercloth, 2 layers.

This is the new exhaust muffler that is aluminized. I drilled holes in it and bent them over to create baffles. I didn't want to assemble a motor without a muffler, it will warp the valves. I then trimmed the pipe to fit the upper leg. I'll photo the leg with the new muffler tomorrow. I even have the blue paint for the motor pan and transome mount.

Nice work You have a lot of talent

I've done a little work on the outboard. The exhaust is finished and fits nice.

The paint I bought matches good. I used and industrial oil base. Alot cheaper than 2 part epoxy and alot easier to repair. Everything gets banged up sooner or later and I didn't want to spend 70 bucks to repaint. Besides, the white is marine paint. The color is above the waterline. I should have everything together by the weekend. That's not where that parts goes. I just wanted to shoe the color match.

I wanted to change the color scheme a little, so I painted the botom part of the motor pan white where the upper leg is. It ties in better. After the transome parts are dried, maybe tomorrow, I'll re-assemble and start to work on the motor. I need to detail it some more. My hands got a little dirty.