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claymore wrote:

Nick wrote:.Love what you've done with the front windaes

I'm having the Clearview spinner thingie removed - it was too high and I could never see through the blasted thing apart from jumping up and down

Would a pair of platform shoes not have been cheaper? They'd have gone well with your flares.

BTW, "Anna and the Bean" is a great name. Genuine.

The auld tub is looking very good in Nick's pic.

We have found petrol works well

Can't find my matches......

claymore wrote:Can't find my matches......

Lovely boat, what is she and the length? I particularly like the curve on the handrails going round the stern, looks very secure and the step down to the deck.

You may have to 'cut' the section where the letters have been to remove any residue that has stained the gel coat. When I removed a previous name it was stained underneath a slight yellowish colour. It polished out.

BlowingOldBoots wrote:

claymore wrote:Can't find my matches......

Lovely boat, what is she and the length? I particularly like the curve on the handrails going round the stern, looks very secure and the step down to the deck.

You may have to 'cut' the section where the letters have been to remove any residue that has stained the gel coat. When I removed a previous name it was stained underneath a slight yellowish colour. It polished out.

She is a Claymore 30 - Alan Hill design.
The boat name stuff is to do with our other boat which is a Micro 18. Its been on Windermere and is moving to Coniston. The name and the Windermere numbers have become very tatty so hence the activity.
I used a heat gun to good effect but there is still the outline of the letters visible and some of the glue is still stuck there. I've sharpened a chisel and am going to have a tickle tomorrow morning.

claymore wrote:

BlowingOldBoots wrote:

claymore wrote:Can't find my matches......

Lovely boat, what is she and the length? I particularly like the curve on the handrails going round the stern, looks very secure and the step down to the deck.

You may have to 'cut' the section where the letters have been to remove any residue that has stained the gel coat. When I removed a previous name it was stained underneath a slight yellowish colour. It polished out.

She is a Claymore 30 - Alan Hill design.
The boat name stuff is to do with our other boat which is a Micro 18. Its been on Windermere and is moving to Coniston. The name and the Windermere numbers have become very tatty so hence the activity.
I used a heat gun to good effect but there is still the outline of the letters visible and some of the glue is still stuck there. I've sharpened a chisel and am going to have a tickle tomorrow morning.

I'm considering removing my existing tatty coveline stripes and replacing them. Is a heat gun and sharp chisel the way to go? is a hair dryer hot enough?

I don't think a hairdryer would be hot enough. I did most of it with the power washer with the spinning patio cleaner thingie head and then am removing the tough bits with the heat gun - keep it moving!

claymore wrote: Wully - do you not find the meths drinkin gives you itchy legs?

Naw - that's the shaving that does that.

You gone Brazilian?

claymore wrote:You gone Brazilian?

baldy - I find the optical illusion adds enhancement, not of course that one requires such tricks.

Booby Trapper wrote: I'm considering removing my existing tatty coveline stripes and replacing them. Is a heat gun and sharp chisel the way to go? is a hair dryer hot enough?

I used a hairdrier today to remove my coveline. I only had an old blunt chisel to start raising an end to pull. but the job went well, if slowly. I would NOT use a heat gun as you want to use your fingers to pull the stuff off. Mine was very old (at least 18 years, as it was on when I got Wight Dawn) and it did break quite a bit, which slowed me down. It took about 45 minutes to do both sides and left very little sticky residue.

But it did leave another coveline underneath! This is thinner stuff and does not respond to the hairdrier treatment. It may even be paint. It comes off in wee bits which stick back to he hull somewhere else. I may try the solvent trick yet. I am trying to get the boat all bulled up as she will be at the Kip spring show. We saw two boats we liked in the autumn, but they have now gone. After you saw us in Millport with seven aboard, we realised that we need a bigger boat!