I got up a little after 8, did the pet stuff, and ate breakfast. The I started to gathering all of the stuff necessary to dye the Ryft frame. I got a couple of moving blankets from the garage and sped them out on the kitchen floor. Then I got the aluminum pot, utensils, and pots for the stove. Finally, I waited until Ellen got up to help me.
Eventually she did. We spent quite a while boiling water and putting it in the aluminum pot. When it was finally filled we dumped in the dye and then put in the Ryft parts. At first we looked at the parts every 5 minutes. They got progressively darker, but not quickly. After about half an hour of this we went to longer intervals. All total I think the parts were in the pot for about 6 hours. That was probably overkill.
I spent the time while the parts were soaking surfing. Ellen made painting stencils and then watched chick flicks. We took the parts out about 5. They look pretty good. I put everything away while the parts dried. Ellen was a lot of help through the entire process.
Dinner was stirfry. I continued to surf afterwards and Ellen continued on the chick clicks.
I'll probably do some of the Ryft chassis assembly tomorrow. Maybe I'll tackle the transmission. I can't finish the motor install until some more parts come.
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