Jebus
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 08:03AM What is the Jebus? Its not like the Matrix, thats for sure. It did however provide a handy platform for the last two pictures in this entry.
We spent quite some time painting this weekend, normally I tend to work on other things, but thought I'd better chip in this time. I must admit, painting seems easier when Mary does it all, and I just fiddle with other things.
Despite the sunny weather, I spent most of the time in the front cabin painting anti-rust treatment on the steel there.
Some more work had been done on the interior, we now had walls and doorways.
Mary put some more coats of black on the wheelhouse windowframes, and also put on a couple of coats of undercoat. This won't be the final colour, we'll do that next time hopefully.
I took some pictures from the Jebus on the bank, its starting to look more like a barge and less like a wreck. Note Mary's new outfit, she now has a work ensemble for every season. :)
Thats it until next time!
Reader Comments (3)
It's looking so good! You seem to be really racing along now which is fantastic.
We were wondering, when you were shovelling rust out of the floor did you worry about just breaking straight through the bottom and causing a leak? We have concrete ballast in the floor mostly but there's a section in the front that doesn't and we need to de-rust and paint the metal, but we're scared of just scraping through to the river!
Any thoughts?
steve
Hi Steve,
We've actually found a couple of leaks this way, they'll be fixed soon. just rivet heads that need welding up. Anything below the waterline we took care over and didn't chip or hammer quite so hard. :-)
As long as you don't go crazy, you'll see damp patches appear before you see gushes.
Simon
cool, good advice. cheers!