Carl

I learned to wear gloves after taking the outer husks off a batch of walnuts to use the husks as trap dye. My fingers were tan and brown...

Thanks Joe. That black duck decoy is the urn decoy I made for Pearl. I hunt it on the first day of the season and the same spot...

Fred, There are a few of us around in South Jersey that have converted 13’s. Mine is a 69 that I rebuilt a few years ago. I use a...

I'll note that my Smokercraft in an older hull (1987) has the center bench remover and a floor installed. Their Alaskan TS DLX 15 is a...

Define open water? I hunted out of my Smokercraft for years on Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound. Deep, wide and stable. Before that I...

Carl~ I'm guessing you "know" because you saw me - age 12 or so - spraying Testor's Red on my AMT 1953 Ford F-100 (1/25th scale) in my...

Perhaps build a cradle. The notched cradle could sit down over the gunnels. Positioned between the skeg and the chair back with enough...

Tim~ I would lightly wipe (do not soak!) the nylon with acetone prior to spraying - to make it more chemically receptive to the paint...

How about cutting a slit into a pole noodle, putting the noodle over the drive shaft, then place a couple of tie down straps around the...

Nope, comes in a small spray can. Testors Dull Coat. I used it back in the day when I built my flock of 1:48 scale WWII aircraft. It...

I have the extract boat. I have a 1990 Merc 2-stroke 15hp and a 2023 Tohatsu 15hp 4 stroke EFI. I cannot tell the difference between...

Could try Dull Coate before you go with a flat paint???

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Sometimes low tech is the best tech.