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I hate sanding...

that is all

Art Haberland wrote:I hate sanding...

that is all

LOL

Nothing like hours of sanding over your head while leaning in under a hull.

What fun.

I miss the days I could have been a fill in for Uncle Hunchback Smurf.

I don't paint so I don't sand!

Michel wrote:I don't paint so I don't sand!

What??????

How can you claim to be a sailor and not sand??

When I was in the Navy on board ship we did not sand - we chipped. Then we painted, then we chipped what we just painted.

Every 6 months or so we would remove all the paint from the main deck and then paint it again. Then we chipped.

See a pattern here?

I don't put antifouling under my boat. I just use a hard brush from times to times.

Maybe I am not a real sailor?....

Michel wrote:I don't put antifouling under my boat. I just use a hard brush from times to times.

Maybe I am not a real sailor?....

I don't use antifouling either. I do the same with the brush. I have a curved handle on my brush and I have taped a large plastic bottle to the brush end of the handle. That way it floats up against the bottom of the boat. I mostly have a algae issue but I just saw an ad by Exxon I think that they are going to use algae to make fuel. Maybe I could start collecting it and selling it to them to offset my sailing expenses!

lustyslogger wrote: When I was in the Navy on board ship we did not sand - we chipped. Then we painted, then we chipped what we just painted.

Every 6 months or so we would remove all the paint from the main deck and then paint it again. Then we chipped.

See a pattern here?

If you can't polish it, Paint it, if you can't paint it, Salute it.

my sanding:







Getting the cabin ready for some two part epoxy primer before painting it.

I find beer helps "change my models" enough to make sanding an acceptable chore. Time wise, it's likely about 70% of a small boat build, if done to a moderately good finish. If you're going to put this much time and elbow pain into it, you should at least have a reasonable buzz.

All well and good Par, but as a Buddhist I don't drink. I have to suck it up and take it like the suffering all life is