Trout boat under construction

[Stein]

Well, found out from those that know better on the woodenboat forum that I have to let the epoxy cure a week before topcoating with paint so I'll finish coating the outside tonight then back to finishing the trailer.  It all needs to get done but it's pushing my finishing date hard.  The paint needs about 7 days to cure as well.

Talked to DMV and county treasurer about what is needed to license the boat.  Have to go to county treasurer to get the registration done first, listed as UNTITLED, then send supporting documents and registration to DMV to have hull ID and hull plate issued then I have to go back to county treasurer with all of the above to get a title issued on the boat.  Have to have a title here on any boat that has a motor on it.  Thought about registering it in AR since it will live there but don't have time this time around to go to Yellville.  Probably do it on renewal.  Permanent residence is still in NE anyway.

Homebuilt trailer isn't a problem, just tell them you made it, color and weight capacity and they issue the registration.

[Stein]

Here's what a $100 trailer looks like.  All brackets and old bunks stripped off.  Welded brackets back on to fit my bottom runner widths.

Got the trailer sanded and painted and new bunks made.

Sanded, sanded and sanded some more.  That epoxy sands really hard.  Finally today I got the first coat of interior paint on.

[Stein]

First coat of exterior paint on.

When I took this pic it made me think that the color of the interior paint which was "sand beige" on the can isn't as dark as I thought it would be nor as dark as the color chip on the label.  Would have been more accurate to call it "masking tape".  Dead match.  Doubt that would sell much boat paint, though.  I already had the top of the blue taped off with standard tape but it wouldn't stick to the bottom chine log which is epoxy coated.  The green frog tape did, though.

Also I have been concerned about a smooth painted interior being slippery when wet.  I considered several things that can be mixed into the paint for texture but many like sand or walnut shells aren't comfortable if you kneel down in the boat in shorts and are tough to keep clean.  I read about painting the last coat and spreading sugar on it, let it dry and wash it out. 

Before diving into it I tested a panel.  Two coats of paint, albeit on a scrap of plain plywood without epoxy so it shows the grain.  Masked the edges off and rolled on a third coat and covered it with sugar. The next day I scrubbed it off while flooding it with water. The resulting pattern is very soft, feels like suede. The interesting thing is when it was wet the straight painted surface was very slippery under hand. The textured part gripped very well, zero slip. And, it feels nice. The pattern is extremely even, just a matte surface. It was tough to photograph well.  I feel confident enough in it that I'm going to mask each floor section and do this for the last coat.
 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Smorr offroad park in Seymour would be closer than those other parks you mentioned from Bull.      http://www.smorr.net/....

[Stein]

8 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

Smorr offroad park in Seymour would be closer than those other parks you mentioned from Bull.      http://www.smorr.net/....

1 1/2 hours.  Not bad.  Thanks.

[Gavin]

You can buy some plastic granules to texture your paint at the pool store. Used some when I repainted my in-ground pool steps last year. Works great and easy on bare feet.

 

[fshndoug]

that is a boat to be proud of

[Stein]

11 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

that is a boat to be proud of

Thanks!  It's been fun.  Can't work on it tonight, Def Leppard/Tesla/Poison concert (showing my age here, saw them in '83 and '85) but only the last texture coat on the floors and one coat of blue left then cure for 3 days.  Still need to mount the winch that I disassembled and painted and the lights but other than that it's DONE!  So paint on Thursday, first water trial Memorial day.  I'll take it to our cabin here in NE.  It's on a little no wake lake but I don't think that will be an issue with the 4hp. lol

[Stein]

Finished. Not a moment too soon, heading to AR on Thursday.

Bought a new 9.9 for it.

Went for maiden voyage today and BPS sent me home with the wrong gas tank.  It didn't have a primer bulb.  Went back to BPS and got another tank.  They let me keep the old one since it had gas in it already so now I have a 3.2 and 6.6 gallon tanks.  Maiden voyage postponed until tomorrow.

 

[BilletHead]

  Fine looking craft you constructed Stein! Thanks for letting us follow the build. I (WE ALL) are waiting for the picture of the floating boat. Totally awesome,

BilletHead