BlewByYou88
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I thought Winter was going to hit us here in AZ at some point, but, it still hasn't. I started on some projects thinking I would beat the cold, instead I'm just missing out on some beautiful 80 degree weather on the water.
I have also determined that I shouldn't touch anything on the boat anymor. For every "ONE" thing I try to fix or improve...I break 5 others. SO here is how my project list is going so far.
Wanted to do a complete clean up on the pulpit, so I tried to figure out how to get it off and sand it completely. Found that if you use a small battery powered impact, you can get most of the Ny-lock nuts off of the screws, this would save me from having to drill out and replace the Teak Bungs.
Looks like Sea Ray used a 4200 type sealant to hold the pulpit to the deck.'
The pulpit was far more warped than I had known, and required major sanding.
Cleaned up my old Benson Windlass which is still kicking strong after 24 Years
I had some splits in the wood, so I pured glue down into the cracks and pressed it in my habor frieght shop press for a couple days.
I used Sikkens Cetol oil on everything thus far, seems to do alright.
I was trying to do some polishing on the rear, where I tried to remove the old blue Louvers....big mistake. I ended up cracking the first one, they were quite brittle. Then to find Sea Ray used some sort of Clear 5200 to hold the dang things in....I ende up breaking everything out and ordering some new Louvers. I went with these Attwood ABS plastic chrome ones for now, we'll see how they do. I had to also purchase new collector boxes for these as well. NOTE: These were not a direct replacement fit on my boat. I have had to use my dremel quite a bit to ream holes a bit bigger, and I had to drill new screw holes to hold the vents in.
My old regulator started cracking, and was yellow, so I ordered the new ABS chrome one, I think it looks pretty good. The Spigot was also leaking, I didn't care for the brass ones at home depot, and I was having a hard time replacing the one that was existing with new guts or s stainless replacment. I ended up spending a ridiculous amount on this Scandvic spigot, but it looks so
sessy!
SOme new cup holders have also been added. They have a blue LED in them. I will get some night shots. Not to bad, got em for $12 a pop at my local MM.
Still have more winter plans, I need to get:
The trailer sand blasted and powder coated.
Deck Carpet
Some Upholstery work done
and God only knows what else....I will keep ya'll posted!:smt101
I have also determined that I shouldn't touch anything on the boat anymor. For every "ONE" thing I try to fix or improve...I break 5 others. SO here is how my project list is going so far.
Wanted to do a complete clean up on the pulpit, so I tried to figure out how to get it off and sand it completely. Found that if you use a small battery powered impact, you can get most of the Ny-lock nuts off of the screws, this would save me from having to drill out and replace the Teak Bungs.
Looks like Sea Ray used a 4200 type sealant to hold the pulpit to the deck.'
The pulpit was far more warped than I had known, and required major sanding.
Cleaned up my old Benson Windlass which is still kicking strong after 24 Years
I had some splits in the wood, so I pured glue down into the cracks and pressed it in my habor frieght shop press for a couple days.
I used Sikkens Cetol oil on everything thus far, seems to do alright.
I was trying to do some polishing on the rear, where I tried to remove the old blue Louvers....big mistake. I ended up cracking the first one, they were quite brittle. Then to find Sea Ray used some sort of Clear 5200 to hold the dang things in....I ende up breaking everything out and ordering some new Louvers. I went with these Attwood ABS plastic chrome ones for now, we'll see how they do. I had to also purchase new collector boxes for these as well. NOTE: These were not a direct replacement fit on my boat. I have had to use my dremel quite a bit to ream holes a bit bigger, and I had to drill new screw holes to hold the vents in.
My old regulator started cracking, and was yellow, so I ordered the new ABS chrome one, I think it looks pretty good. The Spigot was also leaking, I didn't care for the brass ones at home depot, and I was having a hard time replacing the one that was existing with new guts or s stainless replacment. I ended up spending a ridiculous amount on this Scandvic spigot, but it looks so
sessy!
SOme new cup holders have also been added. They have a blue LED in them. I will get some night shots. Not to bad, got em for $12 a pop at my local MM.
Still have more winter plans, I need to get:
The trailer sand blasted and powder coated.
Deck Carpet
Some Upholstery work done
and God only knows what else....I will keep ya'll posted!:smt101
