[billythekid]

Before painting the boat I put the non skid down on the topsides Before I did it I had to spend a whole day taping everything off with vinyl tape. This was an extremely long processs to get right. It only took a half hour to put it down.









here is my homemade salt shaker its a quart can from home depot





here is the nonskid getting applied. I used a foam roller and used the salt shaker to apply the nonskid to get and even spread.






here is the vinyl tape getting removed. the reason for the vinyl tape is it prevents bleed through. It is sold at any automotive store.






While I am waiting for paint,I decided cut a bunch of holes in the console for all the rigging I also cut a bunch of holes in the boat. I decided I didnt want the flange on the console and I wanted it shorter. so I cut 3 inches off of the console and I am much happier with the way it looks




here is my home made scribe tool. this is what I used to scribe the console around for an even line


I used a some screw as a set screw to hold the pencil



out came the trusty diamond tipped router bladed



here is what is left of the flange




here is the flange cutoff and the console flush to the deck.







after looking at this pic I can tell it made a big difference cutting 3 inches off. I am going to layup a reverse flange on the inside of the console. for mounting purposes. The boat looks pretty slick.



the interior is getting sprayed saturday morning.
until next time