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Yes, I was thinking of going over the remaining stucco. I've seen video's of contractors skim coating over stucco that is rough but doesn't have the popcorn texture on top. Basically 1 coat fills the depths and the second coats flattens it even.

Trying to get in brownie points before fishing season. Wife wanted popcorn stucco removed from ceiling so I started with the dining-room 12X10. Used a 12" taping blade and knocked all popcorn down, soaked, and soaked, then removed the rest with a 6" putty knife being careful not to scar drywall. The ceiling has been painted many times over the last 25 years so it was brutal and took 2 days! I then skimmed with a 90 min set coat (noob too thick) and then primed and painted. Only skimmed 1 coat and seemed pretty flat (14" blade). I'd give it a 9/10. OK, living room time and twice as large. I have knocked the popcorn off again but wondering if I can just avoid the 2 days of scraping and instead go with 2 skim coats? I've watched a ton of youtube videos but most ceilings have not been primed and painted over 25 years hard as granite! This guy is my hero:

There's a reason they don't call me "Mr. October" or Mr. Fall. Only had time for 4hrs on choppy Balsam so hid in calmer South Bay. Lost a medium pike at the boat and that was it. Of course it was still a beautiful day fishing, always is. BTW, on a non-fishing GEEK topic, are there any Hackintosh experts here? Started doing some coding again and wanted to play with Swift.

Looks like it will be pretty choppy, might have to hide in South Bay.

Just wondering if anyone has been on Balsam lately as I'm heading up Thursday morning to put the boat away. Bringing a friend to help seal the boat up and probably heading for South Bay and then Ant Island. Had a decent year on the lake with 2 small muskies. (one was a beautiful tiger). Thanks guys.

No sorry, boat is a small 16' pontoon that's great for fishing small lakes but doesn't venture past the bridge.

We have a guest staying with us that is amazed with close proximity of waterways and would like to try some fishing. I'm scheduled to put the boat away in the next couple of weeks up on Balsam but was hoping a few hours on the Hamilton Bay may have some success? The forums here point to Williams Coffee area for a chance of something. Doesn't need to be big or pretty and definitely will be released. I've heard many times of walleye stocking but again, beggars can't be choosy. Any hints or tips (lures/bait)would be appreciated as I'm dreaming of a few calm hours, a few bites, photo or 2, coffee, and back home before the puck drops! I know, I know, not asking too much!

One year after I buy my Minn Kota 80 the bluetooth version comes out....sheesh Just read announcement Broadcomm new 2018 chips will give 30-centimeter accuracy instead of today’s 5 meters. Even better, the chip works in a city’s concrete canyons, and it consumes half the power of today’s generation of chips. Of course this is directed at cellphones but will trickle down soon enough. Always thought it was a military spec and the "public" was only allowed 5m. One another note, hit LSC last tuesday and went 3 out of 5 muskys in 5 hrs. Nothing huge 43",34" and 36" I believe. Lake St. Clair is just magic for musky and being able to troll in 15' basically weedless is a dream! Left boat at home and chartered with FISHLSC. That's my buddy in the video as he never gets to fish so I let him play with each one.

Chasing the big fish Tuesday on Lake St. Clair but trying to solve another problem that probably will affect my Navionics soon. I own a Samsung Note 2 that is getting old 4.4.2 but works pretty ok. I'm constantly yelling at my kids for breaking theirs and of course needing upgrades to the latest and greatest. As mentioned my phone is scratch free but stuck on Android 4.4.2 (discontinued) which is slowly making it unable to run the latest apps. I use Teamsnap as I coach some high school teams and now it requires 5.0 minimum which is Bull but I can only wonder how long Navionics will work unitl they need a more updated OS too. My question is hoping there is a android cell phone geek (I mean this nicely) that could assist me if I run into problem installing custom 5 or 7 roms. What a racket the cell phone companies got running! I have a perfectly fine phone but must get a new one anyways!

Thanks guys, I was hoping it was a tire size and not actual rim dimension. BTW, the engineers that came up with the idea of putting shiny tin caps on the lugnuts should be &*&&&*&*&*&....

(NON-FISHING sorry) Bought some tire/rims off kijiji and got home before realizing they aren't exactly the same. My current tires are 225/65/R16 and I bought a used set of 4 @ 225/55/R16. I just need the rims (Have a good set of winter tires without rims) and I'm pretty sure they are the right bolt pattern. Just wondering if the 55 - 66 is a tire spec and not really a rim detail. Thanks ahead.

Well since its just a $400 brick now a disassembled and hoped cleaning it would help out. Nope. IFIXIT site has $99 US oem motherboards for Black but not silver. After reading all the freezing complaints you'd wonder why there wasn't a recall or lawsuit.

Thanks for the reply. I have spent a few days trying every fix I could find but hoped there was 1 more magic bean trick I missed. No idea why this is happening as it hasn't been used in months and treated like gold.

Was doing ok on Balsam so thought some GoPro footage would be nice. I have a GoPro 4 Silver and use it rarely but always worked fine. Went to use it and now it locks up after 10 seconds turning on. If I use the touch screen or buttons or nothing it just auto locks at 10 seconds with removing the battery the only fix. This happens with a SD Card inserted or not. I have done every forum/youtube/help website instruction possible. Reformatted SD CARD and it freezes with or without card. I Have switched SDCARD that has worked fine over 1 1/2 years. (SanDisk Extreme Plus 32GB GoPro approved) I have manually updated the firmware (it didn't need it but I have tried everything. I have reset the camera. Held buttons for 10 seconds in various sequences. I have hard reset it (hold front button and insert battery) I have changed and re-charged all batteries. I got no problem taking it apart if someone has a internal fix. I assume out of warranty repair would be more than its worth... Anyone have a secret fix I missed or is it an expensive paper weight now? Thanks ahead.

I'm usually in the front of the boat with the minn kota so being able to view a tablet/phone for depth or structure without having to run behind the console is awesome. Just an average fishing guy so can't justify another unit for the boat. I think $350 for WiFi, Chirp and Navionics is a decent deal and should last me awhile.

Just installed a Raymarine DragonFly Pro 4 on the boat this week and got to try it out today. Really wanted the DragonFly 4 Pro for the wifi and chirp option and easy head removal. Went out in Hamilton Bay for 90 minutes before the storm came and gave it a light workout but didn't get the rods outs. Pros: Easy install. Chirp gave excellent clarity of structure Wifi to phone worked perfect, (forgot Ipad in car in the rush!) Worked as advertised. Cons: Slow boot up. 4" display very small for split screens Lost screen is very shallow water (blanked out - not sure) Screen "blew out" a few times with overly bright areas. Nothing exciting found in the bay 8) You can see in the first image the "blow out" I mentioned. Overall the cons were more nitpicking than anything and using tablets around the boat will take care of the 4" display problem. The 7" display was almost 2X the cost with the exact hardware and options except display size. I didn't get super deep into the settings so contrast and color options may fix a few things. The WiFish worked perfect on my phone but the mapping doesn't seem to come from the navionics chip in the head unit. When ever I went split screen on the phone map/sonar the mapping was simply google maps trying to eat up phone data... I do have navionics on my android phone so that split properly on its display like the vexilar unit used to. The ipads will present glare problems on sunny days but not a huge concern.

I have been fixing up my old 16' pontoon again and have been rebuilding the console. I originally covered it in vinyl and it looked ok but a few years later its torn up and needs replacing. I bought a 1/8" sheet of white plastic and been gluing and capping it and its starting to look good but started thinking maybe someone has a used one sitting in a backyard or shed/barn. I don't need a huge whaler console but would pefer something like that. The one problem I may have is that my steering hoses are pretty stiff and un-movable so some consoles just won't match up. Just pm details (price/size) etc. and I'll get right back. Thx.

Thx guys. Yup, time to open the wallet...

Thx guys. Yup, time to open the wallet...

I have 2 Group 27 Deep Cycle batteries for my Terrova 80 that I purchased last year. The batteries were great last year but something is a little funky this year. I have a MotoMaster Eliminator Smart charger 12/8/2A that seems to be taking too long to charge now. Last year the batteries took 4-8 hrs to recharge to FULL depending on how low they were. The batteries look fine with proper fluid levels etc. They were stored inside during the winter. This year the firs weekend they are taking over 12hrs +. Its a smart charger and eventually does finish the FULLcharge. I think you could spend a year on the net researching battery chargers. I've read and read but looking for real life suggestions. The batteries and charger are probably 100% working and just need a normal charging schedual again during the summer but a new charger might be nice... I've been looking at the NOCO Genius GEN Mini 2 On-board Battery Charger and wondering if it would be ok even though its only 4A per bank. The unit above it is 20A (10A per bank) but its also $100 more. I know the answer is probably to grab the 20A but hoping to get away with the 8A model.

My neighbour sold me basically a new compressor with a ton of tools in December. They were all shiny like brand new and he said he just never used them so... Anyways, I 100% trust him (he would buy them back in a heart beat if I asked) but the 2 impact guns don't seem to work. Its just a simple 8 gallon HUSKY set for home DIY and by no means professional but good for taking off tires etc and some pin nailing. I tried taking my winter tires off and couldn't budge even one nut. Tried both guns and had the proper psi etc and oiled before hand. I thought maybe the nuts were super tight but when I tried manually with a wrench I had no problem. The guns sounded perfect and they did spin properly but just had no torque power. I was able to hold on to a socket and the gun wouldn't turn it! I went to a friends house to see if the compressor was crap but his guns operated perfect with my compressor and my guns were still crap on his compressor. Soooo... Yup the guns are inop, but can I fix them? Is something just seized up inside that provides the torque? Can't really think anything is worn or broken as they are in mint condition un-used. Any help appreciated. (Yes, I know they are cheapies).

Thank you for the awesome replies guys, I will use a AAV and probably ferncos above and below the fitting. My eyes lit up when I saw that Saddle Tee, looked perfect for the job.

Installing a bar area with a bar sink at a friends house and dreading the waste hookup. Its on the main floor with a crawl space underneath. The stack is 3 ft away but for a proper run I'd have to connect right to it. It is PVC etc but of course rigid with no adjustment for a connecting coupling etc. Is there a special rubber skirt connector I could place in if I cut 4" out of the stack etc? Would I use a normal WYE coupling, cut in to measure flush and glue with a rubber sleeve above and below? Or is there a better way without disrupting the stack? I will take pics next time I'm there. Thanks for help guys.

Our group heads out end of May and chase the pike. Lots of weeds, lots of pike and luckily very few OOS bass to worry about. Last year we caught a ton of small pike (under 12") so the pike populations may be going up. I know the wally guys won't be happy.

Talking with another tech friend and he pointed out why not eliminate the whole raperberry pi from the equation and just use bluetooth relays contolled from a tablet or phone with gps already available. So a foot pedal connector to a waterproof enclosed $50 8 bank bluetooth relay with some canned android code would be a simple start. The terrova runs on 24v with a 60A breaker so I need to check whats running through the pedals and find out about the speed setting beyond using the gps to determine it.