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    Funnies

    I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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    Funnies

    That's scary!
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    Funnies

    The Louisiana State Bird!
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    Funnies

    I need one of these!
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    Funnies

    I've got one year to go before that!
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    Need to look inside an engine, down a drain or whatever? Endoscope for $11- not a trick!

    Well for $11, when it becomes a paper weight, just but a newer better one.
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    Need to look inside an engine, down a drain or whatever? Endoscope for $11- not a trick!

    Have you used it yet? I was thinking about getting something similar
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    Paint question. Color showing up during sanding?

    You're boat looks good. The reason for the bottom coat is Salt water. Most of its time it'll be in the Indian River so that extra barrier will help with corrosion. And the airboat coating will resist the damage beaching will do.
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    Paint question. Color showing up during sanding?

    Yeah. I'm going to paint above the line white with the same paint. Below the line is going to wait until it becomes my full project (floor, pour foam, console for remote steer motor) and I'm currently thinking about using the bottom coating for airboats, since I do beach it on islands in the...
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    Paint question. Color showing up during sanding?

    That looks pretty good LaqueRatt. Have you found there is much of a difference between brands of closed cell rollers? Here are a could pictures of where there is still some of the original paint. And here is a picture of what my quick paint job looks like. I'll probably paint above the line...
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    Paint question. Color showing up during sanding?

    Thank you all for the replies. I've been extremely busy with work this week. I just painted an area big enough for the numbers and safety decal. After reading the replies, I'm thinking that the underlying blue color is whatever Southwestern (I think that's the manufacturer) used on the bare...
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    Paint question. Color showing up during sanding?

    I'm going to start off with a short back story. I bought my 1960 Arkansas Traveler and it had the registration numbers painted on the boat. There is some whitish paint with black letters. Cool I don't have to worry about stickers coming off. I get checked by FWC after fishing yesterday and...
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    2LB. OR 4LB. FOAM ON A 14 FT MODIFIED V-HULL

    I recommend you check out Tiny Boat Nation on YouTube. They have some really good videos. They're geared to making small making small fishing boats out of tin cans but a lot of the info applies to restoration too, like using pour foam and sealing wood. My original plan was to do a boat like...
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