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Post by patty on Jun 2, 2019 11:36:21 GMT
Welcome targaryenstark to the premier vacuum cleaner forum on the net, and your first post is a significant moment. Feel free to jump in at any time. There are a few 'experts' on here but the majority, like my self, are just well meaning fools. Are you a boat owner, or just hopeful? Obviously a G of T fan Rog It says a lot about me but I read G of T to be G & T Phil so did I..havnt a scoobies what G of T is if its not gin related
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 13:27:49 GMT
Game of Thrones. Winter is coming ... innit Rog
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Post by ianali on Jun 2, 2019 13:45:24 GMT
Game of Thrones. Winter is coming ... innit Rog Lucky you’ve kept your stove lit...
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Post by patty on Jun 2, 2019 17:49:04 GMT
Game of Thrones. Winter is coming ... innit Rog Oh right...nah still not gonna watch... I'm got wandering about plans..getting thermals sorted...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 10:44:59 GMT
Would it be possible to mount a cordless angle grinder onto one of these and give it the task of stripping the paint on the cabin top? I need to do the barge at some point and it is quite a large surface of knackered paint to clear. I would probably try using a "Tercoo" rotating blaster as the stripping tool. Alternatively I wondered about just mounting the disc directly onto a high power brush less motor and fixing that to a frame mounted to the vacuum cleaner. How long does the battery last for? I guess probably not 6 hours... How nice it would be to have a robot for this job I will not be stripping it myself manually as CBA so without some sort of automated unit it will be a bodge up paint job.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 8, 2019 10:55:06 GMT
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Post by lollygagger on Jul 8, 2019 20:59:24 GMT
I stripped this with a poly abrasive (strip and clean) disc in a grinder one day. Approx 1 sq m / hour. Not fun but effective. You can destroy them in minutes or if you're careful ( like me) barely wear it, I could do the side of a boat with one disc. BUT all these things make you unpopular with the neighbours so you need to have somewhere to do it. 1st of 4 coats red primer... Now it also has 2 coats of undercoat, rollered, laid off and flatted ready for a spell of days to get 3 top coats on. This painting malarkey is not for the feint hearted. Luckily this section was by far the worst, as rusty as a rusty thing - see below...the rest doesn't need it. What is it with red paint? That ^ panel was rusty enough that the whole thing needed stripping and everywhere there is red paint, even stripes additional to the blue, it's rusty. Looking around the marina I see the same on most boats due for paint - red = rust. Some peeps have rust coach lines that were once red where the rest of the panel is fine. Is there something in red paint pigment that eats into the paint allowing the moisture through? There won't be any red on this when I'm finished! Actually, it seems like red paint and direct sun are to blame or the rear and the other side would be bad too. Front and rear decks(red) are also boogered.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 8, 2019 21:12:45 GMT
What is it with red paint? That ^ panel was rusty enough that the whole thing needed stripping and everywhere there is red paint, even stripes additional to the blue, it's rusty. Looking around the marina I see the same on most boats due for paint - red = rust. Some peeps have rust coach lines that were once red where the rest of the panel is fine. Is there something in red paint pigment that eats into the paint allowing the moisture through? There won't be any red on this when I'm finished! Actually, it seems like red paint and direct sun are to blame or the rear and the other side would be bad too. Front and rear decks(red) are also boogered. The reason green was chosen as a livery by so many early railway companies for steam engines is that it is the colour most resistant to oxidation and paint degradation. Red is notorious for its short life.
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Post by lampiniafloat on Jul 9, 2019 0:25:18 GMT
What is it with red paint? That ^ panel was rusty enough that the whole thing needed stripping and everywhere there is red paint, even stripes additional to the blue, it's rusty. Looking around the marina I see the same on most boats due for paint - red = rust. Some peeps have rust coach lines that were once red where the rest of the panel is fine. Is there something in red paint pigment that eats into the paint allowing the moisture through? There won't be any red on this when I'm finished! Actually, it seems like red paint and direct sun are to blame or the rear and the other side would be bad too. Front and rear decks(red) are also boogered. The reason green was chosen as a livery by so many early railway companies for steam engines is that it is the colour most resistant to oxidation and paint degradation. Red is notorious for its short life. Well that’s it then! I’m decided.. next colour change is gonna be green, with possibly a yello nose, of at least bow front, so folks can darned well see us coming round a corner... was thinking of summat a bit like the twinnings “lady grey” livery.... 😉
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 13:42:23 GMT
what was the outcome of the el cheapo hoover Stabby, worth the cash or best to pay more?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Aug 11, 2020 16:03:36 GMT
what was the outcome of the el cheapo hoover Stabby, worth the cash or best to pay more? Worth the £40 I paid for it. It's obviously at the budget end of the robot vacuum cleaner world and manoeuvres using a very simple "bump and go" system such as might be found on a toy clockwork car from the 1960s. This would be fine in a house but like many boats mine has a floor which slopes downwards towards the stern which means that if I start it off in the saloon gravity tends to direct it eventually to the rear of the cabin from where it needs to be rescued manually and returned to the saloon to be set down again. It normally does three such passes on one charge of the battery. More expensive (i.e. £700+) robot vacuum cleaners are laser and computer guided and would avoid this issue, they also make their way back to the charging station when the battery starts to run low. So as with so many things, you pays your money and you takes your choice.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 20:44:56 GMT
Those things look pretty decent if you hate hoovering as much as I do, and they can double up as a cat chariot:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 20:52:38 GMT
Yes but the surface area of the average inland waterways vessel flooring is so incredibly tiny that a dustpan and brush sorts it in no time at all.
I don't understand vacuum cleaners.
Well I do understand them in the sense of knowing exactly how they work down to the tiniest details and yes Dyson ones "do lose suction because they have a foam filter". And no it was not a new concept they have been doing it for years in mining.
Marketing bollocks, yet again.
Just get a brush and sweep it up. Also good for health reasons because you actually end up doing something physical.
You can't overlook the positive benefits of things like doing the occasional sweeping and other cleaning activities.
No need to go mad and I am a known soap dodger but manual cleaning is definitely better than using a Dyson when the bloke has sold his soul to the devil and just waltzes about on some old looking steam yacht with brand new diesel engines in it somewhere nice and warm.
And claims the things don't lose suction when they do lose suction?! It should be illegal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 8:07:25 GMT
I have a Dyson on the boat, top tip, don't suck up ash, it makes the filter stink big time..
I fancy a robot hoover in the house as we have a white kitchen and white/grey flooring and with 5 cats coming in and out the flap it gets messy real quick, the one stabby got I don't think is good enough, will want one where you can plot the rooms and let it do its thing and then charge itself up.
Another gadget to the long list..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 8:19:21 GMT
I have a Dyson on the boat, top tip, don't suck up ash, it makes the filter stink big time.. I fancy a robot hoover in the house as we have a white kitchen and white/grey flooring and with 5 cats coming in and out the flap it gets messy real quick, the one stabby got I don't think is good enough, will want one where you can plot the rooms and let it do its thing and then charge itself up. Another gadget to the long list.. I found a Dyson in a bin at Wollhampton on the K&A in 2001. One of the purple "animal" ones. Completely covered in ash someone had obviously done the fire and blocked it up completely then chucked it. So I cleaned it all out and it still works. Not that I use it much but it can be handy very occasionally.
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