Author Topic: Please don't hate me, I still love Glastrons (Read 70516 times)

V153 · « **Reply #80 on:** March 26, 2016, 02:52:49 PM »

I dig the blue too Gil, but boy I dunno. There're an awful lot of stress cracks in this thing, led a tough life.

Don says he's got almost a gallon of some super duper white he'd let me use. Thinkin shoot the deck white, then lay some blue metal flake vinyl stripes? Mebbe a couple on either side of the hull as well? (Like the one pictured earlier with the Chrysler on it?)

Got some more goo on. Yeah I know it's hot and sunny. Windy today too so now I'm violatin TWO directions. But dang it I just cain't wait!

Lookin like two applications oughta just about do it.

V153 · « **Reply #81 on:** March 26, 2016, 05:24:32 PM »

Gettin there: Lemme tell ya that black primer or whatever it is is some tough stuff. Probly shouldn't even bother sandin it off. But I cain't resist the blue flake, or what's left of it, underneath

Hyperacme · « **Reply #82 on:** March 26, 2016, 05:48:53 PM »

Blue or Red ...
Looks cool no matter how ya do it ...
With all the angle ... would a wrap be a nightmare to do ?

Hyperacme · « **Reply #83 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:01:45 PM »

V153 · « **Reply #84 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:31:33 PM »

Quote from: Hyperacme on March 26, 2016, 05:48:53 PM

would a wrap be a nightmare to do ?

According to Don they now have some newfangled kinda 1/8" tape with a thin wire buried inside. Lay that down first, then lay your vinyl on top. Then ya ya yank up on the wire and it cuts/trims the vinyl perfectly. Brilliant! Why didn't I thinka that?

Fwiw I'm kinda diggin a reverse kinda stripe like the one(s) I invented ...

Hyperacme · « **Reply #85 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:46:42 PM »

Works for me !

V153 · « **Reply #86 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:48:05 PM »

Thanks for the pics Gregg. More 'data' the better, I reckon.

Hey what's the coarsest wet/dry paper? Seriously. 320's bout the roughest I can find over the counter.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #87 on:** March 26, 2016, 06:56:01 PM »

3M Collision Repair

http://3mcollision.com/products/abrasives/sheets?aad_grade_range=253

thedeuceman · « **Reply #88 on:** March 26, 2016, 08:12:34 PM »

You mentioned "rat boat"...
I think you should wet sand and buff it with the blue and black The way it is. say the heck with the stress cracks and go with it

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David CVX-16 · « **Reply #89 on:** March 26, 2016, 08:26:09 PM »

Quote from: V153 on March 26, 2016, 06:48:05 PM

Thanks for the pics Gregg. More 'data' the better, I reckon.

Hey what's the coarsest wet/dry paper? Seriously. 320's bout the roughest I can find over the counter.

Sometimes I start with 220 wet or dry. It is available here.

V153 · « **Reply #90 on:** March 26, 2016, 09:15:36 PM »

Quote from: thedeuceman on March 26, 2016, 08:12:34 PM

You mentioned "rat boat"...
I think you should wet sand and buff it with the blue and black The way it is. say the heck with the stress cracks and go with it

This is a priceless Allison with a rich history Joe. Already got a rat boat That said. I am poor. So we'll see what happens.

V153 · « **Reply #91 on:** March 26, 2016, 09:34:17 PM »

Quote from: David CVX-16 on March 26, 2016, 08:26:09 PM

Quote from: V153 on March 26, 2016, 06:48:05 PM
Thanks for the pics Gregg. More 'data' the better, I reckon.

Hey what's the coarsest wet/dry paper? Seriously. 320's bout the roughest I can find over the counter.

Sometimes I start with 220 wet or dry. It is available here.

I thought 220 too David. Cain't seem to find none nowhere. Kinda like Bunny Bread I spose. Used to be my favorite, now I'm told they don't make it no more. I think this is all part of a conspiracy intended to drive me completely insane.

Y'know Bunny made hamburger and hot dog buns well as sandwich bread. All good. What happened? Used to tell the kids Bunny Bread was made from real bunnies. Spose that had anything to do with it? ...

V153 · « **Reply #92 on:** March 26, 2016, 10:05:02 PM »

Which reminds me. Did y'all hear bout the rabbit escaped from the lab? Was befriended by some wild ones. Hopped around and ate carrots and reproduced with them all day long. That night announced he had to go back. His new friends exclaimed, "Why!?" He said, "I really need a cigarette" ...

But I digress

Hyperacme · « **Reply #93 on:** March 26, 2016, 10:25:06 PM »

Try to stay focused Doug ...

V153 · « **Reply #94 on:** March 26, 2016, 11:17:23 PM »

Quote from: Hyperacme on March 26, 2016, 10:25:06 PM

Try to stay focused Doug ...

Yes I know Gregg, but there are just so many distractions these days. Oreo's made in Nova Scotia, Twinkies banned. The Bunny Bread debacle. Where will it all end?!

V153 · « **Reply #95 on:** March 26, 2016, 11:42:38 PM »

Okay I'm back. Imo there is no better close quarter scraping tool for softened paint on fiberglass, than my patented sawed off plastic chopstick. If'n it starts gettin dull just nip a lil off'n the end ...

V153 · « **Reply #96 on:** March 27, 2016, 05:22:47 PM »

Today's progress: Whatever that black stuff is they laid it on thick. And it kinda thumbs its nose at the Citrus strip.

V153 · « **Reply #97 on:** March 27, 2016, 10:06:09 PM »

Quote from: thedeuceman on March 26, 2016, 08:12:34 PM

You mentioned "rat boat"...
I think you should wet sand and buff it with the blue and black The way it is. say the heck with the stress cracks and go with it

Fwiw the present consensus is to scrape off all the white. And as much of the black mud as possible. Then lay a buncha clear on top.

Fuzzbutt · « **Reply #98 on:** March 27, 2016, 10:30:17 PM »

I don't know about covering that beautiful blue flake. I'd try and save as much as possible and work some sort of striping vinyl to cover the troubled areas.

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David CVX-16 · « **Reply #99 on:** March 28, 2016, 08:16:23 AM »

"The present consensus is to scrape off all the white. And as much of the black mud as possible."

Yes, you would not want to call your boat "Tar Heels" or "Black Stuff"