1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

And of course the exterior of the boat. It was pretty badly faded so I watersanded the entire boat and then buffed it all back out. You will notice in the pics that I have not washed or waxed the boat after buffing at the time that I took the pics.

Before watersanding and buffing.

After watersanding and buffing.

 

[10thHawk]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

Things looking good. Gonna do the same to my teak, I like how it came out. How long did the watersanding take you and what did you use for it?

 

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

Things looking good. Gonna do the same to my teak, I like how it came out. How long did the watersanding take you and what did you use for it?

I started with 240 and then I think it was 800. Then I went over one last time with 1000. There are a few places I didnt get well enough with the 1000 that shows after buffing but I think that will give me something to do when I have spare time at the lake, such as when the kids are just out swimming and we not really doing anything with the boat. That way I can do it right there with plenty of water and getting wet wont be an issue..lol

I really dont know how long it took me. I cant remember the buffing compound I used but I do know it is made by Meguires and is a 10 on the 1 to 10 scale on the bottle. I will check tomorrow and let you know exactly what it is. It is not what I wanted to use but I dont know what the stuff I wanted is called or where to get it. All I know about it is I am pretty sure it is in a blue bottle. It is really good stuff.

 

[10thHawk]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

I think that blue bottle might be zymol? I have one i use on my car. Thanks for letting me know what you used to wetsand. My gelcoat looks the same as yours did. I'm gonna give that a shot.

 

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

Well, it has definately been a while. Got some things done to the boat. Carpet is in, cabin doors and other teak items are in. Will be posting pics in a day or so. Used some old seats I had laying around temporarily. Still got to paint seats and seat posts, check all wiring and rehang some wiring, reinstall trim pump, reinstall battery, and I am sure there are a few other things.

I just removed the outdrive in order to reseal it due to an upper seal leaking oil into the u-joint bellows. Will also be changing all bellows as well. The exhaust and u-joint bellows are both in good shaft but the shift cable bellows is bad. Also, the water hose has some cracks in it so will be replacing that as well.

 

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

 

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

 

[roscottjr]

Re: 1987 Wellcraft 192 Classic Cuddy Cabin Restore

Seats are obviously used. I still need to paint them and paint 3 seat pedastals. The captain seat pedastal I made out of some scrap steel I had laying around. New seats will be a future project but just not in the budget at the moment. Still need to trim carpet also.