Good Morning!!!! 67F @ 7:00AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High near 95F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Winds are out of the WNW this morning, so beautiful blue skies and very little smoke/haze. That'll change once the winds shift to either north or south, as major fires blaze now in either direction.
Thanks for posting that CDC note, Drew. Sounds like it's time to visit Costco for a shot or two.
Got the fuel tank off the Honda yesterday, and the coating stuff showed up that afternoon. It was time to see if the old cement mixer would start, and very much to my surprise, it did, on just the fifth pull of the cord. This after sitting outside uncovered for three or four years, but with the carb and fuel tank totally dry. Poured the degreaser part of the kit into the tank, dumped in 500 BBs, screwed on the lid, and wrapped the tank in an old moving blanket, holding it in place with a pair of bungee cords. Slipped it into the cement mixer and gave it a nice 30 minute ride. Then realized I should have put a quart of hot water in with the degreaser, so did that and let it go another 30 minutes. What came out wasn't pretty, very rusty water and soap, but I saved it anyway for the spare tank I'll do today. Then the etchant went in, a half hour with the tank one way, and another half hour after flipping it so that the other end was down. Had to use a magnet on a stick to get all the BBs out, and after that a hot air gun to dry it out, but it has a nice gray coat of phosphate on it now and is ready for the tank liner. The spare tank gets to ride today, and I'll line them both tomorrow. Apparently once the can of liner is opened it will harden even if recapped, so I have to do both tanks at once...

It may not be a fine English side-by-side, but this is the first new gun I've purchased in a long while. It uses table salt for ****, house fly tags are free and there's no drawing to get one. Accuracy is very good but range is a rather limited three feet, but you don't have to worry about ricochets.:laughing: Didn't take long to make the first kill, as a clueless dinner predator landed on my shoe and was quickly dispatched, then smeared into oblivion by said shoe. The main quarry will be Yellowjackets, but maybe I should keep the sting salve handy until I work on my accuracy?
It was overcast most of yesterday, but the front cleared out just in time for the sunset.
Wow! YouTube really murdered the video quality on that one...
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!