Sidecars?

[fasteddy]

Gaining some mobility so was out in the garage and finished up the major parts on the sidecar and brought it into the house. I can work on it out on the deck when it needs sanding and bring it back in for staining and varnishing. The nail holes need filling and there needs to be some finish sanding before it can be stained.

The Polar vortex is visiting for a week or so and bringing a lot of sunshine with it as well as some cold temperatures. Into the teens at night with about 40F during the day if we're lucky.

Still can't upload photos.

Steve.

 

[indian22]

Steve 18 degree and 2 degree wind chill just a moment ago here in Indian Territory and forecast for much colder temps this week. Ten days of below freezing high temps with moderate winds each day, 20 mph is considered the dividing point of moderate to high wind. Polar vortex has a long reach! Alberta and B.C. provinces send us our harshest Winter weather events, though they may be generated offshore & Northern Territories. Thanks Canada we love you anyway.

Rick C.

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

Blueberries flourishing with bumper crop. Temps are usually just little below +40F. Boat cushions went on back burner while I neatened up. Maybe I have priorities wrong, but having more space to work is desirable. Rain is on an off. Wishing windsurfing again soon. When rain stops for a while river drops and clarity is better. Looking for amphibious vehicle?

 

[fasteddy]

Tom, It's 30F at 11am here on the lower Wet Coast. Stores are sold out of bread and milk because there is a chance of snow in a few days. It been in the low teens at night but we have 10 days of sunshine forecast with a few having past by already.

Eastern British Columbia and from Alberta, eastward get the brunt of Polar Vortex weather. Ontario, eastward to the Atlantic provinces get it from the South as well as the North weather wise. Hurricane influenced weather and Nor Easters make it interesting.

Here along the Pacific Coast winter storms coming off the ocean can be nasty. Extremely high winds and rain. The Polar Vortex when it comes is usually not as bad as it is elsewhere thanks to the Pacific Ocean.

Your welcome and we love you as well. Remember, you'll see spring long before most of Canada does.

Steve.

 

[curtisfox]

LOL -22, then -21, and today -10 Lots of good sunshine, if you inside...........Curt

 

[fasteddy]

Just saw this on our news. Edmonton is in Northern Alberta.

Steve.

Extreme cold in Edmonton cracks steel LRT rail, hockey pucks

The prolonged deep freeze in Alberta is having adverse effects on critical infrastructure in Edmonton.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca

 

[curtisfox]

We have the same temp and Windchill............Curt

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

Of course per Car Talk Radio taking a call from New Hampshire in-animate objects like vehicle engine are not affected by wind chill. Just that they reach the ambient temperature quicker. You don't need to warm up the engine longer because of wind chill from engine off over night. The guy that called had to find a way of how to explain how he was right to the better half. Heee Heee Heee!

 

[fasteddy]

Curt, Looks like we won't be able to play hockey out on the street tomorrow due to the weather. I hope your able to stay in and stay warm.

Steve.

 

[curtisfox]

Maybe if we were younger, LOL. I like Tom have a heated shop, but been in the house remodeling. ( getting the new flooring out of my shop and down in the upstairs bedrooms ) More room in my shop, to work......Curt

 

[fasteddy]

Temperature was a balmy 57 today and sunny. Stained my grandnieces sidecar yesterday and got the first coat of varnish on it today. I use water based varnish and I've learned that it's better to leave first coat to dry for as close to 24 hours as possible.

After that it will get 2 more coats of varnish tomorrow and the next day I'll sand it with #400 wet and dry paper used dry and another finish coat after that. Luan plywood is hard to get an even coat of stain on so it isn't blotchy. I don't have any stain pretreater that will seal up the wood to make it stain more evenly.

Coming out well. I'm working on a table in my living room since it's warm. Plan is to build the frame for it and have my nephew bring the bike down when he has his days of so I can make the mounts for the bike so it can be mounted.

I'll try and get the problem with not being able to add photos resolved tomorrow.

Steve.

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

No sanding sealer, eh, just say that it was a lump on a log?

 

[Tom from Rubicon]

Linseed with a bit of drier in it. It's the Norwegian in me. My wooden boat friends have a love hate relationship with varnish bright work. All the bright work on my 1973 Boston Whaler Cohasset is teak. My boat is a trailer queen always sheltered and the last oxide removal was given a dose of Watco Teal Oil. I know your done, but for archival sake Tung Oil gets a nod too.
Tom

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

I had some linseed oil I used. Then most of the quart can was left around for years and went rancid. I mistakenly used the stuff and regretted it. It took a very long time for smell to dissipate. This makes me wonder when the oil is applied to teak wood and it ages why does it not go rancid in the wood? Lack of air except at the surface? But actually I think there are expiration dates or implied even if the can is full an never opened. Desk and chest of draws all made of teak I still have.

 

[Tom from Rubicon]

Linseed oil In it's raw state it does have a rancid odor. If it were bad you couldn't get it out of the can.
Tom

 

[fasteddy]

Bright work on a boat. Everyone loves to see it don't they Tom, but no one wants to own the boat it's on. I went to Florida to see my aunt and uncle in the early 60's for a vacation and I redid the bright work on their sail boat. I could have spent a year there in the marina just doing that.

Best money maker I had when I was refinishing furniture was cleaning and re-oiling Scandinavian Teak Furniture. It would come in with the arms and backs discoloured and worn.

A vigorous cleaning with steel wool and some paint thinner to get the years of grime and wear off. If needed some oxalic acid {wood bleach} mixed with hot/boiling water to lighten it back to it original colour and then some teak oil or boiled linseed oil and a fine grade of wet or dry sand paper used with the oil to sand everything smooth. I used #220 or #320 depending on the how the wood condition looked.

Make sure there is enough oxalic acid in the mix. I poured it into the water until I could see it sitting in the bottom of the jar I as I stirred it. Don't use aluminum. I used a quart sealer jar. Brush or use a rag to wipe it on and use gloves.

Rinse the wood well before it dries. You and your lungs will be happy you did. This will remove dark water stains, ink, ect from wood as well. Hardware stores and paint stores usually have it. It will return wood back to it's original colour if it has weathered or gone dark for whatever reason.

The benefit of the sand paper used with the oil was that the sand paper cut the wood to make a fine natural wood filler that filled the wood grain as it was sanded and the friction caused enough heat to bond it to the wood. Gently wiped off after the sanding to get rid of the excess oil. After it had dried for a day a good buffing with a piece of flannel would polish it nicely.

Boiled linseed oil is just raw linseed oil with a drier add to it. We used Japan Drier, if only raw linseed oil was available, which can be found in paint and artist supply stores. I've forgotten the ratio of drier to oil but I'm sure it will be on YouTube somewhere.

Steve.

 

[Tom from Rubicon]

"The benefit of the sand paper used with the oil was that the sand paper cut the wood to make a fine natural wood filler that filled the wood grain as it was sanded and the friction caused enough heat to bond it to the wood. Gently wiped off after the sanding to get rid of the excess oil. After it had dried for a day a good buffing with a piece of flannel would polish it nicely."
Why didn't I know you fifty years ago Steve? That paragraph is money.
Tom

 

[fasteddy]

Tom, It's probably a better thing for the world that it didn't happen. Certainly better for anywhere we lived.

Steve.

 

[fasteddy]

Forgot to add that towels used for oiling should be spread out outside and not piled up. Best is to soak them in water in a fire proof container. I know of two refinishing shops that burned down because they piled the wipers in a cardboard box and forgot to put them outside. Paper towels are the same.

Spontaneous combustion happens when they aren't disposed of properly.

Steve.

 

[Tinsmith]

There ya go! Some years ago when I was Tinsmithing I visited fellow furniture maker. He had been applying finish to some pieces and throwing the saturated rags outside in a pile. We happened to be standing just outside the shop and Poof!! up they went right before our eyes. Had they been a little closer to his shop, a disaster would have occurred.
Dan