Getting some paint on the new tender. Acid washing
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Epoxy primer
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First two colors of paint. Will add two more after its flipped back on the trailer and we get the insides done
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The motor and topside tomorrow!
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:30 pm
by jehler
Picture fail!
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Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:37 pm
by 3legged_lab
What's that on the bottom of your pods?
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:37 pm
by Flightstopper
Now where's the new motor all painted up?
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:26 pm
by jehler
Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:07 pm
by JGUN
Looks good. Like the orange. Something we definitely should of had on the last boat.
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:18 pm
by jehler
I threw some tan in with the green there J, you able to stop and help flop her over after work tomorrow?
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:22 pm
by JGUN
Sure.
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:40 pm
by DeadEye_Dan
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Brilliant.
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:28 pm
by 3legged_lab
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Better paint your ass the same.
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:43 am
by JGUN
When are you going to put the return to address on?
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:45 am
by jehler
Wifey didn't like the return address thing, got angry
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:50 am
by Olly
Looking good!
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:26 am
by jehler
Just scored a few bottles of liquid speed, ginna get three maybe four coats of that on today, your gonna need chin straps for your hat J
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:29 am
by jehler
DeadEye_Dan wrote:
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Brilliant.
we were making stencils for the bottom that read "please return boat and bodies to mrs. Jehler..." Wife got pissed lol, so we just did the pods
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:31 am
by jehler
3legged_lab wrote:
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Better paint your ass the same.
a captain never leaves his ship
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:32 am
by huntntech
jehler wrote:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Brilliant.
we were making stencils for the bottom that read "please return boat and bodies to mrs. Jehler..." Wife got pissed lol, so we just did the pods
Looking good!
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:44 am
by DeadEye_Dan
jehler wrote:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:
jehler wrote:Orange on the pods is so the coasties have a better chance of finding our bodies when the inevitable happens up on superior
Motor gets painted tomorrow
Brilliant.
we were making stencils for the bottom that read "please return boat and bodies to mrs. Jehler..." Wife got pissed lol, so we just did the pods
My wife gets pissy when I refer to my pfd as a "body recovery device"
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:41 am
by jehler
That beatch is gonna go so fast now, Clark Griswold ain't got chit in this stuff
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Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:01 am
by Goldfish
What is that stuff? I'm guessing it's clear since you already painted the bottom? How noticable of a difference does it have on the boat?
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:16 am
by QH's Paw
We use Gluvit or coatit and then some guys put wax on that. That's mostly on drift boats and kayaks though. I've got coat it on my aquapod.
Re: Painting the boat
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:23 am
by jehler
Goldfish wrote:What is that stuff? I'm guessing it's clear since you already painted the bottom? How noticable of a difference does it have on the boat?
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:28 pm
