Wow! I would not have guest Construction Adhesives were this strong. We test 3M 5200, PL Fast Grab, DAP GynaGrip, PL Premium, Solar Seal, and DAP Alex Plus for gluing Cedar to Steel when both are painted with Coal Tar Epoxy.

Happy Thanksgiving!

How I wish, how I wish you were here We’re just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl Year after year Running over the same old ground And how we found The same old fears Wish you were here — Roger Waters, Pink Floyd

You can spend tens of thousands of dollars on paint and sand blast every square inch of steel inside and out, or you go cheap and easy and get low cost products like very old epoxy, and coal tar and use rust converters to avoid blasting inside a hull. I like cheap and easy but I also like knowing that it’s going to work. Testing is the answer.

Tulsa Oklahoma is not the first place you would think of for building a steel boat, but it’s turned out to be a fantastic place to find generous, helpful and talented fabricators. Dave and Shannon spend their days working for the local refinery, and both came up through careers welding pipelines and other fabrications. Who better to custom tailor Seeker’s exhaust. And many thanks to Greg, Donn, and Bart for finishing up the cargo hold hatches.

Many thanks to Donn, Bart, Dave, Shannon, and Greg. The exhaust system is cut and tacked in and the water tanks are all have their hatches in place. Battery compartments are tomorrow.

The Journey is the Reward.