One of the airport authority members volunteered to help - so off I went to Lowe's to purchase 4 x 4" pressure treated lumber. He sawed them on the diagonal and sanded them nicely (the hard part!!)
Then we let them rest.....for about a month! They were "wet" - so they wouldn't take paint properly...
Next we painted oil-based primer. 48 of 'em!
Next holes were drilled and "eyes" screwed in to hold the rope that will eventually make them a "set of chocks".
Next was the bright yellow paint....hung to dry. This is as far as we've gotten - I'll post a photo of the finished product in use in a few days.
Then we're off to the boat for the weekend - here's New Bern circling on approach to the airport. Hot, hot, hot, it is!!
3 comments:
I love your bright yellow Chox (hey wasn't that the name of the vitamins Mom used to give us when we were little...)
Love,
T
I am so proud of myself for immediately knowing what a "chox" was! They are cute too!
You know we have a dog named Chocks. We were going to name him Hershey or Chocolate for his color but Frank meshed it with aviation. Get it? Yours are very pretty, and a lot of work. E
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