1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 refit

[34Hatt]

It's Awlgrip...we'll give it a good waxing so nothing sticks.

ew

No wax

Only awlcare

[q240z]

I got the exhaust risers installed over the weekend. That's a major item to cross off the honey-do list. Booyah.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: Installing the Exhaust Risers

Cheers,
Q

[jim rosenthal]

Nice. If we get some decent weather when I am not working, I may come down and get in the way and so on.

[pizzazsdaddy]

By the time Q gets finished...it will be time to start over! Looks nice Q.

[34Hatt]

Exhaust looks great so how many $$$ did you save doing it yourself I know what you learn was priceless
Was it much more work to wrap with the fiberglass just wondering how it will look in a few years?

[q240z]

Thanks guys!

Dan, the materials were ~$1,250. The TIG welder, gloves, metalcutting bandsaw, and plasma cutter were ~$1,000. The quotes I got from a couple of marine exhaust manufacturers were $5k and up.

A commenter elsewhere said he's used Inferno Wrap for the last decade, and it still looks great. If I decided to put a hard shell on it, I'd use 1" Inferno Wrap rather than fiberglass. The wrap is very flexible, but 'glass just doesn't lay down nicely going around those tight mandrel bends.

[q240z]

After a bit of a rant about stupid EPA regulations that make kerosene jerry can spouts spill more fuel than old-style straight tube spouts, I got busy stripping paint from the forward bulkhead. Then I cut a beautiful African mahogany panel that I'll eventually bond to the bulkhead.

1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: The V-berth Bulkhead

Cheers,
Q

Stupid EPA Jerry can spout busted the 5th time I used it.

[34Hatt]

That will look sweet when done!!!

Now those Fing nozzles total junk people spill more than ever before but I guess its stupid so it goes well with E10 & E85

When my old ones break I am going to make my own nozzles lucky for me I still have 7 old cans

[q240z]

Somebody just sent me an email with this as the message:

https://www.google.com/search?q=ez+pour+spout

[sgharford]

Thank You for EZ Pour link, just ordered one. Filling the snowblower yesterday was just another example of why I voted Trump.