Chuck, congrats and welcome! For portlights, use cast acrylic. Mine are bronze color, but yours may be different. For adhesive, the choices are Dow 795, Silpruf and a Sikaflex. The first two are cheap and require no special tools.
Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Chuck Saur <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning...from what might actually be a spring morning in > Michigan...we'll see. > > Have a 35-3 that I just purchased in the northern Michigan area, and need > to replace the name...the topsides are Awlgripped and name has painted > letters. Will the Awlgrip survive the toilet bowl cleaner? (Can't believe > I am asking that question...) Or is there experience with better/different > method for removing name, lettering from Awlgrip/poly paint? > > Also...need to replace the portlight on one side, and wonder if anyone > knows what is used best: Acrylic or Plexi or polycarbonate? And, is the > portlight color tinted gray or smoked? Or other 'proprietary' color? I saw > a thread sometime ago about portlights, but as anything else, do not pay > good attention until it matters to me. > > So many questions...so little time. I just hope someday I will be able to > contribute something to this great group of experts. Thanks for the > learning!!! > > Chuck and boys > C&C 35-3 > soon to be renamed "Morning Sky" > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Bill Coleman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, sodium Hydroxide, = Lye.**** >> >> Either one will eat holes in your hand, but I used the easy off on my >> boats name, worked well.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Bill Coleman**** >> >> C&C 39 [image: animated_favicon1]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *dwight >> veinot >> *Sent:* Friday, March 29, 2013 4:05 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Boat name change**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Is there hydrochloric acid in the oven cleaner? I thought sodium >> hydroxide**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Dwight Veinot**** >> >> C&C 35 MKII, Alianna**** >> >> Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS**** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jim >> Watts >> *Sent:* March 29, 2013 2:31 AM >> *To:* 1 CnC List >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Boat name change**** >> >> ** ** >> >> If it's paint, oven cleaner works well. Nothing like a shot of dilute >> hydrochloric acid to move stuff around. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On 28 March 2013 20:18, jtsails <[email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> Just a hint, if you use a 3M wheel, make sure the drill is turning the >> correct direction! I made it through half of one letter and the wheel >> unscrewed itself and of course fell overboard. I removed the rest of the >> name with a plastic scraper and a heat gun.**** >> >> James**** >> >> Delaney**** >> >> C&C 38 Mk II**** >> >> Oriental, NC**** >> >> **** >> >> PS if anyone wants a barely used 3M wheel your welcome to mine, you just >> have to dive 7' down, right behind my transom to get it!**** >> >> ----- Original Message ----- **** >> >> *From:* Dennis C. <[email protected]> **** >> >> *To:* [email protected] **** >> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 28, 2013 6:53 PM**** >> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Boat name change**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 3M stripe Off Wheel 07498. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Dennis C.**** >> >> Touché 35-1 #83**** >> >> Mandeville, LA >> >> Sent from my iPhone**** >> >> >> On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Graham Collins <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> Steve, how is the name applied? If it is vinyl you want a "stripe >> eraser". There are a couple of brands around, I bought one at Noah's on >> the west side of TO a while back and it makes removal painless and non >> destructive. My boat had vinyl over awlgrip. >> >> Auto supply places also stock 'em, they are for removing pin stripes >> among other things. >> >> stripe eraser <http://www.noahsmarine.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=4000> >> >> **** >> >> Graham Collins**** >> >> Secret Plans**** >> >> C&C 35-III #11**** >> >> Halifax, NS**** >> >> On 2013-03-28 7:24 PM, Stevan Plavsa wrote:**** >> >> Thanks all. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Just got home from crappy tire armed with a heat gun and plastic paint >> scrapers. Old name comes off the boat this weekend if all goes well.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Steve**** >> >> C&C 32**** >> >> Sea Swan**** >> >> Toronto**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Bill Bina <[email protected]> >> wrote:**** >> >> Here is the definitive denaming ceremony: >> >> http://www.johnvigor.com/Denaming.html >> >> John Vigor also has a very entertaining sailing blog that gets a new >> column every Monday, Wednesday & Friday. >> >> http://www.johnvigor.blogspot.com/ >> >> Bill Bina >> >> On 3/28/2013 2:07 PM, Marek Dziedzic wrote:**** >> >> Steve,**** >> >> **** >> >> I hope you will be following the boat name change ritual. Otherwise, it >> is bad luck.**** >> >> **** >> >> Depending where you look, some of these procedures are quite elaborate.** >> ** >> >> **** >> >> Marek (in Ottawa)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________**** >> >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album**** >> >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com**** >> >> [email protected]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________**** >> >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album**** >> >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com**** >> >> [email protected]**** >> >> ** ** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected]**** >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected]**** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected]**** >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Watts >> Paradigm Shift >> C&C 35 Mk III >> Victoria, BC**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2240 / Virus Database: 2641/5710 - Release Date: 03/28/13 >> **** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > ** > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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