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A change of "personality"
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 12/20/2001, 6:17 pm
In Response To: Strip: Call it complete *Pic* (Chris Menard)

: Burn marks on bow are due to the 'drop-light-too-close-to the-boat' epoxy
: curing technique I described in the 'Garage Heater' thread....just adds a
: little personality, yea, that's what I call it, personaity.

Don't do it now, but next fall, before you put your boat away for the winter you can fix all the dings -- and at that time you should sand out the burn marks and put in patches of glass cloth and resin.

In the meantime, have you considered hiding one or two with a bumper sticker, or maybe an owner's plaque? Call the local bowling alley and ask for the name of the company that provides the bowling trophies (every bowling alley has bowling teams, and every team gets trophies) The trophy company can make you a 3 by 5 brass plaque with your information on it: Name and design of boat, owner's name, Hull Identification Number (yes, we can make that ugly HIN look downright purty) date of construction, date of launch, or anything else you can think of, and want to pay for. Secure the plaque with some epoxy resin, or if you want to remove it later, use velcro, or short screws.

Hope this helps. The boat looks lovely.

PGJ

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Call it complete *Pic*
Chris Menard -- 12/20/2001, 7:51 am
Re: Now Ya'll Cut Her in Three like Erez Did 8) *NM*
eric-skinyak -- 12/21/2001, 3:43 am
Re: Strip: Call it complete
Lisa -- 12/21/2001, 12:21 am
Re: Strip: Call it complete *NM* *Pic*
Dick -- 12/26/2001, 11:05 pm
Re: Strip: Call it complete
Dick -- 12/26/2001, 10:58 pm
Re: Dyeing Bungee and Rope...
John B. -- 12/21/2001, 1:09 pm
Re: Strip: Call it complete
Chris Menard -- 12/21/2001, 8:33 am
Picture: details on method?
Bob Branstrom -- 12/20/2001, 8:32 pm
Re: Picture: details on method?
Chris Menard -- 12/21/2001, 8:22 am
Re: Picture: details on method? *Pic*
John Schroeder -- 12/20/2001, 10:44 pm
Re: Picture: details on method?
John Monfoe -- 12/21/2001, 5:10 am
Re: Picture: details on method?
Robert Palmeter -- 12/21/2001, 7:23 am
A change of "personality"
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/20/2001, 6:17 pm
Re: Strip: Nice job! Good clean lines :) *NM*
Roger Nuffer -- 12/20/2001, 10:02 am
Re: Strip: Call it complete
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/20/2001, 9:30 am
Nice work Chris NM *NM*
Jim McCool -- 12/20/2001, 8:54 am