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- Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:23 am
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Early Phantom on e-bay
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2569
Re: Early Phantom on e-bay
Rats - out-bid at the end. I was just trying to work out how to break the news of another varnish job in the household.....
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:58 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Stain under varnish
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4218
Re: Stain under varnish
I keep trying Oxalic as I hear from many places that it is the stuff to use but have never had much in the way of results with it. However if you need some there was a chap on e-bay that was selling it for a very good price - I was amazed to have it delivered the next morning when I had only ordered...
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:43 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Getting a decent paint finish?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14091
Re: Getting a decent paint finish?
I tend to fill, sand , prime then fill all the bits I missed first time and prime again.... If I haven't missed any then it only needs one coat but how often does that happen? The nice flat primer does tend to show up any imperfections. You only really need to re-prime the filled spots but I usually...
- Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:15 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Getting a decent paint finish?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14091
Re: Getting a decent paint finish?
I kind of agree with Ed - that was the point of putting the picture of the Osprey varnished on the drive with a cheapy paintbrush and single pack varnish. You can get reasonable results without any sort of black art. I normally use the roller and tip method but on that boat there is so much fiddly s...
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:37 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Getting a decent paint finish?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14091
Re: Getting a decent paint finish?
Done with a cheap and nasty B&Q brush by the side of the road.......
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: Boats and bits for sale
- Topic: Jenny Brushes on eBay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1440
Re: Jenny Brushes on eBay
He also has foam rollers that don't dissolve in 2 pack - 4" x 24 for a tenner including postage. Very good product and much cheaper than chandleries. He responds very promptly to questions and is very easy to deal with....
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:19 pm
- Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
- Topic: MOGO
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15962
Re: MOGO
A standard Mirror board is just made from a piece of ply so no problem in running a saw down it.
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:33 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Drying out
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8597
Drying out
I have a workshop on short term loan - I also have a wooden Osprey which has suffered from being outside over the winter and has water under the varnish. I would like to dry it out fairly rapidly and am thinking of a plastic sheeting tent with a dehumidifer in it. Would this help speed things up or ...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:57 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Whitefriars Winter Classic and Lost Class Meeting. 8th Feb
- Replies: 100
- Views: 28026
Re: Whitefriars Winter Classic and Lost Class Meeting. 8th Feb
As a long time lurker who would rarely have anything erudite to add to this forum can I just say that the wandering off topic replies are its greatest joy and bring much in the way of information and entertainment. So in terms of taking this even further away from the original topic my father used t...