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Sep. 23rd, 2022 12:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scrottieBoring update. Portlight installed after a quick leak test of the glazing but still need to silicone in the smaller, outer channel (which could hold more glass or plastic but doesn't) or else water doesn't even need to get past the glazing to leak all over. That meant more time with my friend, butyl. Butyl all the things!
Grinding on the part of the hatch, or rather what the hatch sits on, getting ready to put fiberglass on there. That has the original paint by virtue of being hidden under the hatch normally, which is this really thick chaulky stuff, tho it may not have been chaulky 60 years ago, who knows. Got a drip out of an interior screw right under that, so more marine spackle, aka epoxy, to the rescue.
Picked up the box I mailed to myself yesterday and repacked it all in to the four panniers. Wobbly rear rack actually worked better with both sides loaded for balance. Now I have a bunch of winter gear and a warm sleeping bag, but it's still summer. Hmm.
Rio Vista for a few groceries and to stretch my legs today. Tortillaritos are once again the main staple.
Met more dogs at the hidden beach the other day, and their owner who worked in waste water management and wanted to talk about it.
Mostly trying to dive in to this new app and tasks on it but didn't do much of that today as there was some other randomness, almost finishing that portlight, and now I have an overdue shower to attend to.
There are some expendables that don't really have any kind of alternative or replacement that are really, really useful, and I've found enough of them that I need to make a list, so...
3M 4200/5200 polysulphide sealant, but everyone knows this already.
Goo Gone, for removing butyl after you can't scrape any more out.
Plumber's epoxy sticks, for when you need either a very small amount of epoxy, or when you need some thickened epoxy that won't drip or sag. You can slice off a sliver, knead it until the colors are mixed, and then it kicks hard and sets up fast so smear it on whatever repair. Great for filling holes where you've removed screws or filling gaps. This is what, after trying a dozen things, finally stopped the centerboard crack leak so I could epoxy over it.
Plumber's sandpaper cloth. Hand sanding oddly shaped things or wet things don't work well at all with paper backed sandpaper. This stuff doesn't tear or the abrasive doesn't fall off when it gets bent. Related to above.
Isopropyl alcohol. Mucking with disposable gloves so you can use acetone or the like is a wasteful pain. Spray some alcohol on and wipe it down with a clean rag to remove the Goo Gone or sanding dust or whatever.
Adding this Motsenbockers silicone dissolver to this list too. It claims to break down other kinds of sealants too including polyurethane sealants and epoxy (!) but I haven't tested that. If you aren't supposed to get it on acrylic, then it probably is mean to plastics like epoxy.
Grinding on the part of the hatch, or rather what the hatch sits on, getting ready to put fiberglass on there. That has the original paint by virtue of being hidden under the hatch normally, which is this really thick chaulky stuff, tho it may not have been chaulky 60 years ago, who knows. Got a drip out of an interior screw right under that, so more marine spackle, aka epoxy, to the rescue.
Picked up the box I mailed to myself yesterday and repacked it all in to the four panniers. Wobbly rear rack actually worked better with both sides loaded for balance. Now I have a bunch of winter gear and a warm sleeping bag, but it's still summer. Hmm.
Rio Vista for a few groceries and to stretch my legs today. Tortillaritos are once again the main staple.
Met more dogs at the hidden beach the other day, and their owner who worked in waste water management and wanted to talk about it.
Mostly trying to dive in to this new app and tasks on it but didn't do much of that today as there was some other randomness, almost finishing that portlight, and now I have an overdue shower to attend to.
There are some expendables that don't really have any kind of alternative or replacement that are really, really useful, and I've found enough of them that I need to make a list, so...
3M 4200/5200 polysulphide sealant, but everyone knows this already.
Goo Gone, for removing butyl after you can't scrape any more out.
Plumber's epoxy sticks, for when you need either a very small amount of epoxy, or when you need some thickened epoxy that won't drip or sag. You can slice off a sliver, knead it until the colors are mixed, and then it kicks hard and sets up fast so smear it on whatever repair. Great for filling holes where you've removed screws or filling gaps. This is what, after trying a dozen things, finally stopped the centerboard crack leak so I could epoxy over it.
Plumber's sandpaper cloth. Hand sanding oddly shaped things or wet things don't work well at all with paper backed sandpaper. This stuff doesn't tear or the abrasive doesn't fall off when it gets bent. Related to above.
Isopropyl alcohol. Mucking with disposable gloves so you can use acetone or the like is a wasteful pain. Spray some alcohol on and wipe it down with a clean rag to remove the Goo Gone or sanding dust or whatever.
Adding this Motsenbockers silicone dissolver to this list too. It claims to break down other kinds of sealants too including polyurethane sealants and epoxy (!) but I haven't tested that. If you aren't supposed to get it on acrylic, then it probably is mean to plastics like epoxy.
