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Salty Dawg
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 swirl pattern on hull... How would a guy go about doing a scale pattern on his bare hull like this boat...
already have tried
a wire wheel on a drill
bigger coarser wire cup wheel on a Gringer and Larger Sander/buffer..
120 - 180 - 220 grit on the Sander/Buffer... tried it on all diffrent speeds and I can't keep good control of the tool...
any ideas are welcome... I do not want to paint my new hull...
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CDMCHEVY07
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... why would you want that? just curious
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kibb
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Location: Lafayette, LA
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Maybe he likes things that are hard to keep clean. Unless, he clear coats it, of course.
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Old School
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... One of them there welder boys can tell u how it done
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autogateman
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... It's done with a tiger disc on a grinder held flat.
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kibb
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Do ya mark a grid to keep the pattern straight? Or are they just that good?
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CLICKSTER
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Seen them do it on a smaller version on a gun show one time. They used cutting cream or cutting powder and used a drill press with a wire brush bit, marked lines and grid. took them about 2 hours total to do about 1x1 area. looks good finished every other swirl was done the opposite direction.
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meterman3
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Used a scotch pad on a drill light pressure did a truck bed
And I drive a pd and approve this message
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speckhound
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... If you want to keep bare aluminum clean, google sharkhide, good product!!
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North LA Hunter
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Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Never done alum. but we do it on stainless all the time with a sandin pad on a grinder. And just get every kind of grit they have and some scrap alum. and practice.
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Salty Dawg
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Thanks for the info guys... I have a guy down the street that is a metal artist and he helped me out with a flap wheel on a grinder... we did a Reed jeweling pattern... going to coat it with sharkskin...
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Team Camo
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... Pics would be nice.
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Salty Dawg
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... right... it pops way more in the sun... should flare a few birds... but this is my bowfishing rig...
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SMELVIN
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... looks like it took a while
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Salty Dawg
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Re: swirl pattern on hull... about 3 hours to do both sides the transome I just swirled since I was sick and tired of doing it and the pods kind of made it a pain in the azz.. we fished it in heavy flooded timber and scraped the chit out of it this weekend and it held up great... pretty much what I was looking for since paint for Vinyl would have looked like chit after one trip in the timber we fished in... now I need to web paint the inside and I should be set...
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