dwg2116 Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 1:49 PM, TheWeezer said: But it is all loaded up in the trailer to take to get painted. We will be talking it on Friday to the paint shop as well. My dad was excised to get his spot in the garage back! What? Sacrilege ! You're sending it out to get painted? How are you ever going to learn to hate life if you never fair, sand, prime, sand, and paint a boat? Or it could just be that someone in your house is alot smarter than some of us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 I’ve been tempted a few times, especially after seeing Chick Ludwig’s and B&B’s paint jobs. But I’m too cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 Awww, c'mon Thrillsbe, "Chick Ludwig’s and B&B’s paint jobs." HA! B&B's, yes, but you forgot your glasses when you looked at mine! YOU on the other hand do great paint jobs. You even sand and do multiple coats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dunsworth Posted August 30, 2021 Report Share Posted August 30, 2021 Chic I've seen your work before I built my Belhaven up close. and its second to none. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadrePoint Posted September 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2021 Still Waiting for Pink Paint The Wheezer, and her dad, have been trying to get an auto painter to paint the Spindrift 10. Some arrangements fell through; others haven’t returned the calls. As I understand, she has finally locked in a painter… fairly soon, perhaps. She has been busy all summer (including a two-week YMCA kayak cruise in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, which included some sailing time) and is now back in school. Meanwhile, I volunteered to install the hardware on her mast and boom. And, to hold the three mast sections, sail, and perhaps more, my wife sewed up a pink bag… just for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwg2116 Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 That's a shame. I saw the topic pop to the top, and I was hoping we would hear it was done. There's not a lot of sailing time left this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Cracker Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 @TheWeezer would you give an update on your project? I'll be starting a Spindrift 11 with my two sons who are about your age. Any advice you can offer sure will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeezer Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Hi salty cracker I had to take a break during my high school swim season so I have not been working much. Point padre just got the paint for my boat in so I hope to start painting it myself next weekend! I know you will love building a boat with your kids! It will be a forever memory! My best advice is take time! Don’t rush it. And it’s OKAY to make mistakes I made multiple mistakes and we found away to fix them all! Don’t get frustrated just take your time! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 That’s right, Weezer, we all make mistakes. What makes one skillful is how they manage the mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoody126 Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 sewcalled MISTAKES are simply learning what knot2do the next tyme sw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadrePoint Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Christmas break, and The Weezer is back from family visits with some time to start the painting process. Yay! I thought we might as well try out the “roll and tip” approach in the initial primer coat. Biggest challenge? Maybe keeping her hair out of the paint??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Happy to see her back on the job. Looks like a can of Primekote. Good place to start. Getting my hair in the paint is one problem I don’t have. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Awesome. My least favorite part of building, but part of the journey. On a side note, there is no chance that everything you are wearing doesn't get paint on it. My kids (and my) confidence in their abilities to stay clean is way higher than reality. That looks like a nice sweatshirt. Enough dad talk. I'm looking forward to the day you are rewarded for all your effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadrePoint Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Steve W said: That looks like a nice sweatshirt. Enough dad talk. I played the dad with her… but she assured me that they were “old” and paint won’t matter. (I didn’t check with her mom .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadrePoint Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Some Pink Primer I stopped in today to see how the first coat of primer is turning out. The Weezer had already sanded things. For a second coat of primer we added about six or eight teaspoons of red paint to about 2/3 quart of white primer… making a light pink. Then, I left to let her do the whole process on the second coat. The Weezer has been very skilled at seeing a process and duplicating it. She might even enlist her older sister (home from college) to help out. (Paint fight in the making??? ) The plan is light pink inside, deeper pink (is that a thing? ) for the outside, white for a bootstripe and the gunwales, and bright for the thwart, deck, dagger board and rudder. Her white sail is SPECIAL ORDERED from B&B with pink numbers. Should be a nice looking combination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I think I was trying to make lighter red when I built the ping dinghy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Silsbe Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 @Chick Ludwig— What’s the difference between pink and light red? I’m scratchin’ my head on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Don Silsbe said: @Chick Ludwig— What’s the difference between pink and light red? I’m scratchin’ my head on that one. Doggone if I know what I was thinking. I was young and kinda dumb back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Cracker Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 11/26/2021 at 6:33 PM, TheWeezer said: Hi salty cracker I had to take a break during my high school swim season so I have not been working much. Point padre just got the paint for my boat in so I hope to start painting it myself next weekend! I know you will love building a boat with your kids! It will be a forever memory! My best advice is take time! Don’t rush it. And it’s OKAY to make mistakes I made multiple mistakes and we found away to fix them all! Don’t get frustrated just take your time! Thanks Weezer for the encouragement. You sound like my older son; He's busy with many interests and hobbies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWeezer Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 After a long but successful high school season, the end of first semester, and getting my drivers license!!! I have finally found time to work on my boat. We put the first layer of white primer about a week ago. Then started mixing red paint and white primer to make pink primer and did the last 2 coats of primer pink! It was super cool to finally see what I have been picturing in my head come together. This morning I got up to start sanding with 220. And we will start working around 9:30 on the next steps. My goal was to get it done by the end of February but now that we are off school for a week I’m hoping end of January to mid February. If no curve balls come my way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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