Shakespheare?

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haventaclue
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You use to have :hilarious: :hilarious: :hilarious:
no matter how bad it is,it can always get worse,I'm an optimist

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Disregard the rust,it's been dealt with.
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Crack on Merc800 saddle
Crack on Merc800 saddle
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Got the trim on a second chance after the guy that sniped failed to make contact, odd!

Crack on with the Shakey, summer is just around the corner and the English arrive in May :wot:

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Congrats. Hope it's all it says it is. :perfect: If you're coming over,hope to meet have :drink: and are you bringing the Shakey?
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Sadly not able to come over, hope the sun shines and all goes well. From what others have said and T15 has posted it promises to be a cracking do.

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A little further on :) two steps forward one back :grrr: Now you know why I use the signature that I do. :hilarious:
Anyway it's back to the wet 'n' dry,barcoat,more primer,and we'll give it another go next week/month/year :( .
Water and oil in the airline :grrr: :grrr: Got an earful for that from my mate who did the spraying for me. :hilarious:
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and then
and then
looks ok from this angle
looks ok from this angle
Primed and been refilled
Primed and been refilled
no matter how bad it is,it can always get worse,I'm an optimist

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i feel for you... she will look fabulous in the end.. shiny paint jobs show EVER blemish... anyway, its better than watching telly :-)
don't loose heart.. you'll be really proud when she's in the water and people you don't know, say how beautiful she is...

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Thanks for the words of encouragement :thumbsup: Piece of useless information,NEVER EVER spray anything silicone based OR leave a silicone based tube of grease open anywhere near where you're going to spray paint with 2k paint :grrr: :grrr: :grrr:
The Shakey now has a name.............."Murphy's Law" :hilarious: :hilarious: :hilarious:
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I had a visit from Murphy myself :D Keep up the hard work it will be worth it in the end :thumbsup:

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Another step on,two back :grrr: .But, "Murphy's Law" is finally painted.
A catalogue of errors :oops: ,bad luck :grrr: and sheer stupidity :cry: contributed to a very trying job.And I won't elaborate on that.
But I got her back,took her to another friend with a commercial paint oven.He put a barcoat,epoxy primer and a couple of coats of lacquer.
At the heel of the hunt,it turns out that it was the fibreglass it self that caused the reaction to the paint.Maybe it absorbed oil or something from the air. :hmmm: I don't know,but it give my mate,who is a commercial painter,on a commercial premises ,a hard time as well.
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Decided to try a different type of paint,epoxy primer. This is where I threw my hands up and took it to the oven.As this coat of primer dried slowly,a change in wind direction blew dust in the garage door and all over the deck
Decided to try a different type of paint,epoxy primer. This is where I threw my hands up and took it to the oven.As this coat of primer dried slowly,a change in wind direction blew dust in the garage door and all over the deck
Painted on a few white stripes,no like.
Painted on a few white stripes,no like.
Placed hardware on for a look.Got a nice bow handle and fairleads from ebay.Thank you Rapier.
Placed hardware on for a look.Got a nice bow handle and fairleads from ebay.Thank you Rapier.
no matter how bad it is,it can always get worse,I'm an optimist

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