Blowing, glassing, grinding and painting

June 28, 2011   


After a little bit more shaping of the transom extension on Alert I finally put the glass on.


Unfortunately we don’t have peel ply or a way of vacumn bagging the glass so we will have to do with plastic and wood forms clamped in place.


One of our heavy crockpots got some tomotoe relish well and truly burnt on the person shall remain nameless. After a week of soaking, reheating, bleaching, oven cleaner, chipping etc. I decided to take the grinder to it with a wire brush. It made quite short work of the burnt part and didn’t wreck the enamel thank goodness!


The annual check of the self righting bag on Luna was due so using the air compressor I have blown the bag up and will leave it overnight to check for any small leaks. Tommy and I were disappointed as we thought it would inflate with more of a bang!

24 hours after the first coat we had another painting party in biosecurity and tomorrow we will move the gear back in so we can do the other part of the building.

With such warm weather and lots of rain recently the snow and ice has mostly been cleared on the track so I was able to go for a quick run around to the hydro during the drizzle over lunchtime. It was great to get outside for some exercise it seems like ages since I last did that run.

 

2 Responses to “Blowing, glassing, grinding and painting”

  1. mark June 29th, 2011 at 1:51 am

    I have been watching the webcam, & find your weather interesting. Firstly, compared to Bird Island you appear to be miles better off with far more bright sunny days (B.I. looks a wet, dull miserable place most of the time!).
    However, I know you are measuring the glaciers retreat & I assume you have to do weather recording daily too?
    Is the general impression that winters are getting warmer & wetter? You certainly seem to be getting far less snow than I expected.
    Mind, it is still June I guess!

  2. admin June 29th, 2011 at 7:46 am

    Yes we are much better than BI’s that is something that is well known in BAS with people who have been based in both places. Yes there is daily weather recordings which Rob has been putting into a spreadsheet with monthly averages etc. I do think you are correct on the warmer and wetter winters generally but Pat and Sarah would be able to tell you more as they have lived here 20 years! Looking at photos it certainly seems to be the case. It is almost July and we are past midwinter! Summer 09/10 was apparently like our current winter miserable most of the time wet and cold.