Oyster

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Frank posting as Oyster to see if the "hidden flag" is still being added to his posts. Here are some emojis:

I am part of the supporting member too, or at least I got a receipt for it, which I don't see any ads. But I show the hidden post designation and I cannot add any faces and have not heard anything relating to the few posts I have tried to provide. Maybe I have my own shadow ban taking place. Oh well,

Whats up with that when I attempted to post on the painting trim topic. Posted just now · Hidden Don't listen to Alan, in particular. There is nothing wrong with contrasting painted color trim. Anyone that gives you grief about painting your trim, get a lawyer to do a contract that they will maintain the varnish as a "ten" as long as you own the boat. Painting has been a standard practice long ago before everyone went all "gotta have two part paints, solar panels, fiberglass over wood, and outboard motors to get away from the dock " sailboats. If you do not want hardwood varnish finish work, then just use teak and let it grey out. Studies have found that you will get decades of trouble free use from this practice.

Posted just now · Hidden Don't listen to Alan, in particular. There is nothing wrong with contrasting painted color trim. Anyone that gives you grief about painting your trim, get a lawyer to do a contract that they will maintain the varnish as a "ten" as long as you own the boat. Painting has been a standard practice long ago before everyone went all "gotta have two part paints, solar panels, fiberglass over wood, and outboard motors to get away from the dock " sailboats. If you do not want hardwood varnish finish work, then just use teak and let it grey out. Studies have found that you will get decades of trouble free use from this practice. [spoken in the spirit or razzing and approval, no emojis allowed for my post]

He is such an amazing person, with the one of a kind spirit that keeps him going and living life to the fullest, even with what would be restrictions that others would have given up at his age. Kudos Graham to continuing to live out new dreams. I bet some of your group in New Bern looks up to you and quite possibly your adventures gives them incentive to look on the bright side of life when they awake in the morning.

My go to bottom paints for boats that's design to sit largely on trailers, most of their lives, I stick to the Interlux Ultra hard bottom paints so that i don't get the chalky residue on my hands, body or on the bunk carpets. This is the case with most Ablative paints. Now of course it cost more and most come in gallon only cans. But your prep work ,unlike if you want the fine arts finish from topcoat paints is fairly simple and straight foward. Interprotect 2000E over your glass work after some fairing compound to fill the weave of course the paint over and proper prep work. This method had worked from this end.

Say what? I am afraid that my puter will crash if I install the Y2K version. I will try it on my bride's computer tomorrow. By the way moderator, I get this at the bottom of my post, which restrict me from posting this message. "The value entered includes a character that is not allowed such as an Emoji."

Lucky dog, being on the pretty body of water these days. When I click on the link it takes me to the Google link with the black screen. But when I click on the black screen all I get is one big black screen and a blue spinning icon. Maybe its my old fashioned windows 98 puter.

I cannot get the video to show or open.

So far the state of N.C. has been one of the only states with some common sense as it relates to registering home built boats. But I have been holding my breath and waiting until some import decides to bring their complicated and multiple steps to the state to register these types of one off boats. Reading the horrors of getting a one off home built boat registered in a ton of other states is enough to make someone not build one if they research this ahead of time. We all take a long period of time to complete these projects. And we don't always keep receipts as good as we should of the many pieces that goes into building one over time. I had rather not know or mess with what it costs to get one in the water for my on personal use. It makes the experience better and more enjoyable. Where else do you find something that you can take five minutes to fill out a simple check the box two page form and sign it and mail it in and in two to three weeks you are in business to add your numbers and stickers to the boat without and hassle without any further ado. I will add that you can go to most trophy outfits and get them to do an engraved contrast color plastic sticker with your hull number and place it on your transom, many with small screws at each end if you ask and one inside under your gunnels, or in a locker somewhere to further generate a nice touch and legal process.

Yes, the humidity does slow the drying of Wet Edge. But like so many varnishes over epoxy this has also been the case. So whether its a bonding issue of some out gassing of fresh materials over certain primers or the combination of the enviroment creating the slowing drying times, its hard to tell. Normally the thicker the material, the longer drying times. So I also took this into consideration. My favorite generic Rustoleum, XO Rust covers really good, but takes a bit longer to dry in damper conditions in the summertime. My experience is that Wet Edge has more body to it than the Brightsides, which was fairly thin. This has always required many more coats to achieve enough paint to cover your primer and stay glossy down the road. It will and has mildewed for me if my boat has sat for any length of time. I have not heard the reason for its demise and removal from the paint selections. But it was overpriced for what I felt it was worth for the long term durability. Of course I used to use my boat a lot more than many garage trailer queens. :<}

Well Brightsides is no longer avaialable. But I subscribe to the method of using Interprotect 2000 for a barrier coat for the bottom primer, sand PROPERLY and then paint over it with any and all topcoats. If I use a two part paint i also used the brand's primer over it before applying the topcoat. If its a day use boat from a trailer, I have never had a problem, even using a generic brand of Rustoleum, XO Rust from True Value hardware. There is a new single enamel, Wet Edge that i have used and its far superior to the Brightside paints. . One a point is turned over upright, I am not really interested in dealing with blistering paints.

I am not really a fan of plastic tanks. I use aluminum tanks from RDS and always coat them with either Coal Tar Epoxy or Interprotect 2000 barrier coat . Once you install a tank below deck, you may need to tear up a bunch of stuff to change out the tank when you get some smell or leaks. Plastic tanks, unless they have changed have fuel gauges installed in them. And overtime, even if you do not get any smell that wicks thru the plastic, with expansion and contraction the screws have a way of working free and gas leaks from around the threads. [just my observation, even in production fiberglass boats with plastic tanks below decks too. ] There are outlets that custom build just about any size or shape, of course with some lead time.