I hate sanding...
that is all
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Art Haberland
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Re: Minor Rant
LOLArt Haberland wrote:I hate sanding...
that is all
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Charlie P. (NY)
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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.
What fun.
I miss the days I could have been a fill in for Uncle Hunchback Smurf.
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Michel
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I don't paint so I don't sand! 
Michel Boulet
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Now: "Papou" Tanzer 16 dinghy
Montreal
"Let the world say what it will"
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lustyslogger
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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?
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Michel
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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?....
Maybe I am not a real sailor?....
Michel Boulet
Ex: "Mari-Bell" Sandpiper 565 (18.5367454 ft)
Now: "Papou" Tanzer 16 dinghy
Montreal
"Let the world say what it will"
~~_/)~~
Ex: "Mari-Bell" Sandpiper 565 (18.5367454 ft)
Now: "Papou" Tanzer 16 dinghy
Montreal
"Let the world say what it will"
~~_/)~~
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lustyslogger
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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!
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Art Haberland
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If you can't polish it, Paint it, if you can't paint it, Salute it.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?
my sanding:
Getting the cabin ready for some two part epoxy primer before painting it.
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Re: Minor Rant
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.
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Art Haberland
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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 