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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Mon Aug 09 1999 - 08:18:16 EDT
In a message dated 99-08-07 17:13:51 EDT, you write:
<<
Just checking to see how the Anti Bond worked. I haven't seen any posts
from 'Nina The Clever' lately. I hope you haven't become buried under
all the projects you have going, unable to communicate.
>>
Gary, thanks for asking. Anti-Bond worked like a charm. I removed the track
with brute strength (the 5200 hadn't completely cured) and picked off
whatever I could (sorta fun, like picking the scabs on your knees when you're
a kid) and then soused it with Anti-Bond. Lotta elbow grease still required,
but it did the job OK.
Next I got new track and reinstalled it using regular ol' caulk. Feeling
very clever, I inserted the rope edge of my new side curtain and stretched it
up to reach to the top of the cockpit canopy only to discover I was shy about
a 1/4 inch! Nina the Clever, indeed.
So, disassembled the whole shebang, tore out seams, faced the top edge
instead of tucking it under and voila it fit!
Nina the Creative Problem Solver
But then I discovered I needed a hot knife to cut the bias binding that will
bind the edges of the "smile" where the zipper goes. Sigh. More mooning
about waiting for the UPS man. I thought my days of waiting for a man to
come by were long gone, but NO-O-O.
Making the best use of my time, I replaced the headliner where I had that
stanchion leak (which doesn't leak anymore, praise the Lord). Couldn't find
plywood thin enough, don't like masonite, scraps of formica too thin and
brittle, so ended up using a scrap of 100% rag matting board from a frame
shop covered in white vinyl which sorta matches what I've got everywhere
else. Should last a few years anyway, if it doesn't get wet.
Nina the Resourceful
But the teak in the cabin and cockpit was beginning to look a little tatty
now that the exterior teak was so shiny and lovely, so I hired back my
beloved teak refinisher to do the rest which I'd planned on putting off until
next year. So much easier to hire someone to do this work than to do it
yourself. I know, heresy to some of you, but to me, BRILLIANT.
With the time saved here, I fixed the forward hatch, the companion step
locker, attached several key hooks of various sizes to hold stuff below,
spliced up some new docking lines complete with ends whipped and leather
chafe guards (very spiffy), and hammered out four new chapters of my novel.
Nina the Energetic and Brilliant Heretic
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