#boating gear

[fishpro4u]

Top 4 Best Fishing Life Vests of 2024 (Reviews) Outline

​When it comes to fishing, having the right gear is crucial. From fishing rods to bait, and from hooks to fishing reels, every fishing enthusiast knows the importance of having the best fishing accessories. But one often overlooked essential for a successful and safe fishing trip is a reliable fishing life vest. A fishing vest not only provides the convenience of having all your gear within…

[westernportmarina12]

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[forged-in-kaoss]

[sam-magic-dolly]

So dizzys story mode is now out, and so alot happened today. we got aba and dizzy interactions, becoming friends, hopefully

And we got the date of when aba and Para met

Their anniversary is coming up!!!!!

Sadly, Para doesn't have dialog, which is fine he's also not blue. My speculation is that this takes place before her story mode, which makes the most sense to me. I'm hoping that blue paracelsus wasn't a temporary thing

Although I'm just so happy to see more content of aba

[hervey-gervey-chip]

DIY AGE-OF-SAIL INSPIRED FOULIES

part III: the process

it’s been a couple weeks since i finished making the alterations i wanted to make to the bibs before waxing, but we finally had an open shop day at school where i'm not bothering my buddies over at the Lady Washinton (though let’s be honest, the only reason i’m not there now is because they’re in anacortes and i dont wanna do the whole drive-ferry-drive thing). HOWEVER, that means i got to spend 4 hours painting my overalls with hot toxic soup. as far as the soup recipe goes, I did actually end up changing it again. in my first post i said i’d do varnish, and the second post i said black paint. i was going to measure everything out nice and had oz quantities i was going to adhere to, but i forgot my measuring cup… lets be real though, it’s probably more historically accurate to just throw shit in a pot and go. I’M MEASURING BY VIBES FOR SCIENCE!! the final recipe went something like this:

1lb microcrystalline wax

~1 cup mineral spirits

~3/4 cup tung oil

~1/2 cup rust-oleum oil based enamel paint (black)

~2 tbsp pine tar

I probably could have done more pine tar but the class bucket was basically empty and i didn’t want to walk down the hill to get more. I also know that pine tar takes fucking forever to cure, and even a small amount smells incredibly strong (though i certainly don’t mind, i actually prefer to be covered in the stuff most times- it’s more a courtesy to the non-tall shippers who aren’t used to the incredibly concentrated stink of 10 campfires burning directly into your nostrils). the reason i added the pine tar is because of it’s anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, since once the bibs are cured i really won’t be able to wash them. also, from my (limited and haphazard) research, you don’t need a lot to reap those benefits.

i put the wax in a double boiler, and once melted, added the oil, thinner, and paint/pine tar all at once. once it was all sufficiently combined, i started painting it on, let it cool a little bit, and then went back in with a heat gun and brush to help the solution impregnate the fibers of the cloth. oh also. make sure you are in a well ventilated space AND WEAR A RESPIRATOR (see the i-learned section below). i did 2 coats all over in this manner, and then a third over the knees, butt, and ankles for good measure.

oils and tar over any kind of fibrous material can take weeks to fully cure (as i have learned well from rigging), so i am expecting to leave my garment and it’s accoutrements hanging in the shop for about 3 weeks before they reach any kind of wearable or testable condition. everything seemed to soak in pretty well, but i left the shop before everything fully cooled so i’ll do another update at the beginning of next week- i’m anticipating that i over-waxed and there will be some residue i will have to deal with (though in what way is to be decided).

cleanup was pretty easy, considering my proclivity for giant messes with any project i engage in- lots of mineral spirits and several rags seemed to do the trick.

some things i learned/would do differently:

oh my god this recipe makes so much. like. so much. i had like 2 cups leftover and i did 2 coats on my overalls, pockets, AND a 1’x3’ piece of spare canvas. if you were just waxing a pair of pants, halving the recipe would still probably be more than enough

putting the cold liquids into the hot wax makes it congeal a little bit, but you can’t tell when the black paint makes the entire contents of the pot turn, well, BLACK. id put the transparent stuff in first, let it all melt together, and then add the black paint so that there wouldn’t suddenly be so many solid particles all at once

MIX FREQUENTLY. photo 3 shows the difference. i had mixed it really well at the beginning, but once it was all (presumably) a single solution, i stopped worrying about mixing it. the thing about paint/varnish/buildable coatings is that the reason they are buildable or have any sort of pigment is because of the suspended solids within it. this means that over time, the solids will coagulate at the bottom of the container, which is why you have to shake nail polish or stir paint before using it. this also means that i should have been mixing every couple minutes as i was painting it onto the bibs, so i ended up with a very pigmented mixture at the end, and a relatively translucent mix at the beginning. up until a certain point, i was getting a pigment that was not opaque but i was happy with, so i didn’t think too much of it until i was putting on coats that looked more brown than grey or black. anyways, mix your shit.

so… cotton burns. i was painting one leg at a time and then heat gunning it before moving on to the next leg. the wax/oil solution seems to make the fabric more resistant to burning, so the painted bits can take more heat than the untreated cotton next to it. if you, say, for example, (i definitely DID NOT DO THIS) get distracted by a particularly riveting tiktok your friend sent you of a snail vibing on a car windshield while your heat gun is blasting on high 2 inches from your pants, the raw canvas may or may not start smoking. i switched up to painting the Entire back or Entire front before heat gunning, and that seemed to solve the problem (also no more snail tiktoks)

respirators are kind of important. i was in a giant shop with vaulted ceilings next to a wide open garage door and i still had a bit of a headache after 4 hours of standing unprotected next to a pot of hot poison.

photo descriptions:

setup

setup part 2: electric boogaloo

pant ass- upper section 1 coat unmixed, lower section 1 coat mixed

spare canvas in the midst of coat 2

back of spare canvas after coat 1

back of spare canvas after coat 2

waterproof test!

finished garments and spare canvas, ready to cure

cleanup

[distant--shadow]

experiencing the joys of reading ur own fic and being like, damn, this slaps, I am so immersed, I need more

also experiencing the frustrations of oh man, writing is such a pain in the butt though

[toastedstims]

A Treasure Planet stimboard for anon!!!

⚓️🕰️⚓️|🕰️⚓️🕰️|⚓️🕰️⚓️

[asleepinawell]

love fruits of the zee. violently shoving all my little guys under the waves and being like stay under there until you find something useful and then yelling at them when they almost drown before yeeting them back in. get in the haunted death pond and don't come back without a skeleton horse you tiny fools

[implied-gay-sex]

trick or treat:3

Treat!!

You get basket!!

Also nuclear bomb

[roakkaliha]

idk how to tell minecraft horror mod devs that "sitting silently in a bunker/roof/boat for 10 minutes" isnt like. fun n engaging gameplay.

[rukafais]

could i have gotten the ability to fish for these zones by less eldritch-worshipping means? sure, yeah

but that's not what makes it fun

[snabulous]

now why would i write my paper when i could read my gay little boat mystery instead

[adventuresofsnake]

Dude, I don't mean to be a buzzkill, but you have two old timey ships at home already. I think if I buy a third I have to be registered on some kinda list.

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

whats the ferris wheel symbolsim? I gotta know

*hollering from the catacombs* It's a metaphor for the ups and down of all his relationships and how each one has really good high points and really dramatic low points that are connected to decisions of his own making!!! And also his association with amusement parks in general (i.e. obtaining his True Potential in S1 and where he starts reflecting on himself + his dynamics with others in S6)

The three "pods" (gondolas? cars? cabins? what are the seats on a Ferris Wheel called?) are representative of Jay's three biggest relationships in Legacyverse: Nya obviously, Kai, and my OC Sunni (eventually). If I had a tad more room I would've squeezed Cole, Jesse, Zane and Lloyd in there too, but I also wanted to keep to the blue-red-yellow components of the original Fortune card as the focus SO those three it is.

Why those three? Well, that's too soon to tell. But I will say all of them get a moment with a Ferris Wheel + Jay at one point or another ;P

[hervey-gervey-chip]

DIY AGE-OF SAIL INSPIRED FOULIES

UPDATE: 3 days post-wax

the bibs feel waxy and when i rub them i get residue on my hands, which is to be expected... however, i'm unsure of just how much residual wax there should be sitting on top of the fabric. i think this would be one of those things that would be easier to make an educated guess on had i not added the black paint (or decided to wax black overalls), but alas.

you can clearly see brush strokes on the undyed canvas and shiny spots on the black canvas of the overalls. i think i'll wait till next week and see how it fares and then maybe take a heat gun and clean brush to it again to see how much more can be absorbed, if not redistributed to form an even layer that will hopefully eventually turn into a shell.

[artificialdogs]

getting ready for artfight! meet the ouroboros, gods strongest slugcat soldier