A few weeks ago, when gluing the slippery three-layer port chine, I decided to install a temporary, narrow through-bolt just to help hold everything together. After the glue set, I reasoned, I'll just back it back out.
What happened instead was that I torqued the head right off the bolt. It was a very thin piece of steel -- maybe 5/32 diameter (because I didn't want a huge hole through my chine), and, naturally, it's stuck to the glue inside.
No worries, sez I, I'll just heat up the bolt, soften the epoxy, and draw it out. One pastel-blue glue gun later, and I've discovered that glue guns do not get very hot at all. Only hot enough to melt glue, you could say.
Next step: a soldering iron. Off to Michael's, our local craft shop. The heady scent of pressed flowers and old perfume always makes me think of a pillow-carpeted and water pipe haze-filled harem, with pale eunuchs lolling on velvet, and inbred royalty painting moles on their sunken chins.
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Bravely in I went in and found a soldering iron. It's Designed For Her®. Sweet.
With this manly tool I shall heat my bolts and draw them from the chine like young Arthur pulling Excalibur from the stone! With any luck I'll ding it up, maybe spill some epoxy on it. You know, just so it fits in with the other tools.
I just hope nobody finds the empty blister pack among the used paintbrushes and wood chips in the trash.
3 comments:
awww...! maybe you should get a bedazzler for the boat!
What is a bedazzler? Sounds like it involves tiny ponies and glitter.
I think TH has a couple she could loan to you--the colors are wild and the tails can be braided. Just what you need for your boat!
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