14 Feb 26:
You know you've married the right person when their idea of a fun Valentine's Day activity is to mask up with protective gear and brush dirt and old paint off of an 1880s river skiff. We found a great nylon brush that fits to a drill, it gets the junk gone pretty quit, similar to 40 grit, but it seemed that the little individual brushes got into the grain better than sanding off all of the wood.
As with any rotary tool, wear eye protection and invest in a good brand, we have heard stories of these type brushes coming apart at high speed.
Editor's Note: This is the infamous day that I cut a sculling notch without Skipper's permission. I had to fix that mistake, and I am not allowed to cut parts already on a boat without her permission now.
14 Feb 16:
Skipper brushing off the dirt. We found a nylon wheel that fits on a drill, with light pressure and going with the grain is takes off the old paint but not the grain pattern.
She has a transom now, 1 3/8 inch cypress. We had to plane down an 8/4 (1 1/2") board to get the right thickness and attached it with Pettit Flexpoxy.
Chip, brush, scrape, sand and vacuum frame by frame. Check out the putty knife sticking through the seam. The good news is that we run out of boat parts soon as there is not much at the bow.
We can reuse this frame foot, but probably not the rusting nails.
Cut the sculling notch with a jigsaw, then used a diamond file to clean it up. We sized it for an 1 1/2" diameter oar.
Flooded a coat of oil based paint to season the cypress.
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