Thread: Another OZ MK2 PDRacer build in Sydney "Wood Duck"

Originally Posted by AlexN

Very funny. Of course I'm still sanding - or should be.

Really - due for this reason my BETH "YuanFen" does not look as beautiful as the piano... I do not have enough patience to do it. She is AS IS, but is ready to sail!

Originally Posted by AlexN

The Boss in fact makes threatening noises when I even slightly allude to the next boat...

That trick of having DIY airplane plans laying around is supposed to be really effective for that......

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Really - due for this reason my BETH "YuanFen" does not look as beautiful as the piano... I do not have enough patience to do it. She is AS IS, but is ready to sail!

Hi Rob,

It's actually not the appearance but the servicability of the finish that has been worrying me: the current layer of varnish can be peeled off with a fingernail. Imagine what will happen in use...I'd be recoating the thing and waiting for it to dry with such frequency that the boat would only see water every 3 months or so. Bit of an exaggeration, but that's how it has been looking at the moment.

And I'm sure that your boat looks lovely .

Cheers,
Alex.

Originally Posted by dkirtley

That trick of having DIY airplane plans laying around is supposed to be really effective for that......

Now there's a thought - the (similar) scale rc plane plans method hasn't worked, but maybe you have a point :). Maybe just the mere mention of such a scheme might do the trick ;). In reality, however, the Boss has got fed up with my continual moaning and banging on about finishes and doesn't want to see (or hear) a repeat performance.

Fingers crossed that le Tonk reverses the the situation! (I'm not holding my breathe, though.)

Cheers,
Alex.

Yet another day of avoiding the sanding completely . I'm getting very good at that . Praps I need a round tuit. Anyone got one?

Originally Posted by AlexN

Yet another day of avoiding the sanding completely . I'm getting very good at that . Praps I need a round tuit. Anyone got one?

Can you come up here & type in about 4 months worth of petty cash dockets (before they fade) so I can finish my BAS?
I'll come & do your sanding... anything to get out of this bloody paperwork.

Originally Posted by AlexN

It's actually not the appearance but the servicability of the finish that has been worrying me: the current layer of varnish can be peeled off with a fingernail. Imagine what will happen in use...

Ouch! I see... But it's not for my patience - I need to work quickly and efficiently, but for woodwork it is not good way.

Originally Posted by AlexN

And I'm sure that your boat looks lovely .

Thanks! She looks lovely - on low density photos especially .

In the unlikely event that anyone is wondering what might be happening here, the short answer is: nuffin'.

The long answer is that I am waiting for some new varnish to arrive and I am being really lazy and avoiding doing any sanding whatsoever. I seem to have developed a severe aversion to the latter .

Even five minute's worth or less of said activity gets me really riled up. Still.

While I have recanted my ideas about giving up the boat and/or getting out the axe, I am still really twitchy about the whole thing. A surface coating that takes over two months to become serviceable - if that - is really a bit much.

We'll see how the next batch of varnish behaves once it gets here (and I get the sanding done), won't that be fun, kiddies?

Get stuck into it & knock it over so when the new vanish arrives you can attack it straight away.

If you don't it will just sit there & fester.

OK. Just to recapitulate, and to remind people of what the boat looks like in case they've forgotten:

1. Sanding the most recent Goldspar top-coat smooth, prior to putting on the next (four) coats...


This image can be found somewhere on my Flickr account



The photo also serves as a refresher course in Flickr uploading, since I haven't done anything for months. Today's sanding sessions could be said to have provided similar familiarisation with actually working on the boat. Have I already said that I am beginning to loathe sanding? I did a quarter of the foredeck, the starboard side-deck and both aft air-tank sides. That isn't very much - especially with all the nooks and crannies to come (shudder), but it's a start. The trick at the moment is not to look further ahead than the next square centimetre, otherwise I'm likely to rush screaming for the nearest exit. I've also got the mast and rudder-box and so forth to deal with (the latter right down past the resin to the wood) so I'll leave quacking about things right there.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Get stuck into it & knock it over so when the new vanish arrives you can attack it straight away.

If you don't it will just sit there & fester.

Hi Cliff,

See above, especially the comment about not looking farther ahead than a very small area ;). And yes, it has been festering away quite horribly. Thank you for your support :)))).

Cheers,
Alex.

No wuckers.... here is a little reminder for you.

YouTube - sanding

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

No wuckers.... here is a little reminder for you.

YouTube - sanding

Heh - very good. I particularly liked the idea of the five-part wet-sanding tutorial . Not sure why it needed five parts - perhaps I should watch them all when I switch to a machine that will allow me to watch YouTube videos (it's a javascript and/or Flash issue and it drives me fair up the wattle).

Actually, I really like the idea of using a spray bottle to apply the water (see Part One - that's in a comment under the video...). Wish I knew about that one earlier!

Cheers,
the alex.