Thread: What are you working on?

That's small work, Mike. When I do glass work, were talkin about separating the hull, remove the floor, stringers, bulkheads and transom, grind it all smooth and start over.

Yep...the whole thing.!!!

My best friend..

Originally Posted by outback

That's small work, Mike. When I do glass work, were talkin about separating the hull, remove the floor, stringers, bulkheads and transom, grind it all smooth and start over.

Yep...the whole thing.!!!

My best friend..

Dang Mike, I had no idea that you got that deep in it!
Never seen anybody use a mask like that, I use a 3M full face.
Glad to do it on weekends but wouldn't want to do it every day. Some of the old timers at the boat yard are pretty lax about using a mask and laugh a little when they see me all suited up.

I suit up, and tape everything shut.
The mask is a GI issue, gas mask. The little apparatus near the mouth, hooks into a canteen, and the lever controls the straw on the inside of the mask. It never fogs up. But I wear a junk hoodie, and tie it around the outside of the mask.

Keep a bottle of baby powder in your bench, use it anywhere there is or may become exposed. The powder fills your pores, and helps reduce the " thousand pygmies with spears" itch.

Pinned up Josh's Wilkinson, tonight.
Some collarless pinning with nickle silver rod, annealed of course. Alls nice n snug, and went over without a hitch.





Four layers of 3/4 oz. Fiberglass, and ya can't even tell its there.



Off to the rocks..

Man that does a nice job, of course skilled hands is the big secret.

Great work.

Originally Posted by outback

I suit up, and tape everything shut.
The mask is a GI issue, gas mask. The little apparatus near the mouth, hooks into a canteen, and the lever controls the straw on the inside of the mask. It never fogs up. But I wear a junk hoodie, and tie it around the outside of the mask.

Keep a bottle of baby powder in your bench, use it anywhere there is or may become exposed. The powder fills your pores, and helps reduce the " thousand pygmies with spears" itch.

Washing the human body parts off with very cool to cold water (along with some soap) is a Must 'in my humble opinion'! Warm and Hot water just opens the pores and lets those little pygmies and their spears in deeper.

Before I became a school teacher, I did construction. Lots of insulating. The cold showers and baby powder are absolutely the tricks for working with fiberglass. Cover with baby powder and wash with super cold.

I just have a picture in my mind of Mike all gussied-up to do fiberglass......
I might have nightmares!

Incredible job, Mike!

So I have another pair spreading.
(Imagine ME saying THAT?)

I sense a big set of twins......



I shall stop now.

Thanks for stopping there Tom.