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Just a quick update. I put the final coat of Wetlander on the bottom. The sprayer recommended a 4 mm nozzle for latex paints, and the Wetlander instructions suggested using sprayer settings for latex. I switched to a 2 mm nozzle, and I added 5% water and it made a huge difference. No orange...

I've even had issues with masking tape sticking to the topside paint. I masked it off the topside paint in the evening thinking I'd paint in the morning and about a 1/3 of the masking tape had fallen off overnight. I went around the boat sticking the tape back one and iI felt I was a bit like...

It seems to go on real easy. I'm using a paint sprayer I had for a big staining project. I don't know much about spraying, maybe I have a bit of an orange peel finish. I'm not sure how to stop this - the issue is I have no part to spare to get the sprayer setup perfectly. This is the sprayer...

Seems like a nice place for a snooze ;-)

Eric - I saw the posts on the hard dodger. I like the idea, but I'm thinking about try it on open water and I think I'd with a very low dodger for that, maybe a larger one for most use - so it would need to be removable. I think I will built a canvas one for now - when I get some time the boat...

I managed to get what I thought would be the final coat of epoxy and peel ply on. I ran out of resin and just made due with what had. There were a few areas where the peel ply was not fully saturated. I pulled it off and it looks great, but there were a few low spots, so I decided to get...

Thanks Roy. The combings are substantial - 3/4" white oak and I've been thinking about sometime that could be temporarily mounted across them. I was thinking about a couple milk crates with seats - as you mention they are great storage for lines. We also require some sort of heaving line...

I purchased a sneak box last fall hoping to hunt it and I ended up doing a rebuilt with lots of help from forum members. There is a fairly long thread on that process over here: https://duckboats.net/community/threads/advice-on-sneakbox-aa-broadbill-or-mlb-wigeon.354922/. I hope to finish...

Good to know... I just purchased another gallon of resin. I was stingy that last couple of times and bought quarts thinking I only needed a bit more. My estimates were not good. I may have some in storage for a while. Thanks Scott

I heard today that Snow Geese in southern Quebec are now showing signs of Avian Influenza.

I had that issue this winter when my shop was cold - the resin partially solidified. Like you said, I just put in hot water. West Epoxy does have a section describing construction of a heated cabinet for storing epoxy -- I don't have the reference at hand, but I did see it recently when I was...

I was disappointed, but as I said, I learned. I had thought I could cover the entire bottom with one pieces of fibreglass and peel ply. I ended up cutting the fiberglasss in two and putting the peelply on in one piece. I'm sure it could be done, but I did to do a great job. This gave me a...

Well, I thought I'd be painting the bottom today. Yesterday I took the whole day to fibreglass the bottom and put 3 coasts of epoxy on it. IN the middle off the job my epoxy pump broke and I quickly switched to weighing out the resin and hardener. I was very excited to pull the peel ply off...

I was really tempted to paint it battleship grey to try to use it on open water. I'm not sure why, but even the sink boxes that are used in the Lac St. Pierre are painted drab olive -- so I went with that. I have tried Lou Tisch's use of clear polyethylene on layouts, it is not all that easy to...

Hey Brad, It's been awhile, hopefully you are enjoying retirement. Like you I've been following avian flu... but, mostly for sea ducks. Eiders in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Québec were hit very hard in the initial outbreak in 2022 with mass mortalities on several large colonies. We've...

Just a quick update. First time I've had the boat turned back over since late December. I did some final faring and sanding and installed the sections keel I took odd. I looks like the used 4 oz fibreglass on the outside of the hull. I plan to re fibreglass the entire bottom with 6 oz...