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    attaching floor to stringers .

    ok help me out please . im about to attach my floor to the top of my stringers and tab to hull . should i use some epoxy with some filler like 404. or use some 3m 5200 on top of the stringers .
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    floor to hull joint , finnishing up my floor project.

    Finishing up work on my floor, I have the pieces cut, shaped etc. I’ve had some advice about not having a piece of wood come up at a wrong angle against the inside of the hull or it will crack spider web there. So I’m trying to figure out how to do the floor to hull joint with out the wood...
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    botttom paint and keelguard

    i have a keelguard i want to put on the boat , it is now gelcoat im going to sand etc and paint.......my question is im using some interlux optima abalitive bottom paint.. can i put the keel guard over this or will i need to put the keel guard on firt and bottom paint over / around it .... thnks...
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    want to learn how to realy detail your boat or auto like a pro .

    http://autopia.org/forum/index.php?
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    put on cap with sillicon bronze bolts tonight

    well i finnished the front 1/3 of my floor . then i put on some 3m 5200 all around the cap after cleaning . then i used stainless finnish washers with sillicon bronze bolts through bolted with sillicon bronze washers and stainless nylock bolts . it looks real good feels tight and the sillicon...
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    trying to buy a propeller got the shaft

    i baught a propeller from the i boat site and it said 150 for a clearance prop so i paid with my credit card ,then i get an email saying they are out of that propeller , but then i see the same propeller listed but jacked up to 347 or somthing . it looks like they made a pricing mistake but are...
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    balmar alternator with 1 inch foot

    hello , i own a volvo that has the mounting provisions for a 2 inch foot alternator... i found a good deal on a balmar alternator that has a 1 inch foot , can i just add a spacer or some washers to make up the difference.the front part looks prety much the same. also does any one know the width...
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    white areas in fiberglass that is done

    I paid a helper to help me lay / wet my fiberglass...I stood out side and did the advice/ cut and mix parts...we stapled the cut sheets roving/ mat/ roving to the stringers and cross braces.... then I mixed up batches and handed them to him, and he used chip brushes/squeeges and wet out the...
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    uv rays and epoxy after additaves/ high density

    i used epoxy mixed with high density filler on the boat gouges, after i ground them out .......they are on the bottom of the boat that is on a trailer . they recive moderate light .... do i need to paint them with somthing while they cure for weeks or are they ok with the filler added.
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    n tassels

    Sorry, the subject matter is not in keeping with the family nature of this forum.<br /><br />Mod3.
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    new look at brittle definition

    this is pasted from somewere i found it--------------I do crude flex testing in two ways. I make small cubes or cylinders of epoxy and hit them with hammer or squeeze them in a vise. The really brittle ones turn to dust or break into a great many pieces. Less brittle ones will break into 2 or 3...
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    us composites expanding foam ...

    hello all , i need to order some expanding foam , any tips on what to order it will help support a floor in a 18 1/2 foot bowrider i think 20 sq feet will work , and im thinking the 4 lb foam would be best ..... the 8 lb sounds to hard .....is 4 lb overkill ,,,, and is there any other little...
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    forgot to jack up front of boat

    i always make mistakes ...today after 6 months of preperation i installed my stringers and crossmembers and glassed them in with woven roving on one side it was hard work , but i was realy proud then i cleaned up and started thinking , i was going to jack up the front of the boat a bit its 18...
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    making boat thief proof

    im trying to make the boat thief proof ,im stuck/open to ideas on how to secure the dog house/ engine covor ,,,,,and how to make the boat cushion botoms that have storage under them untakeable, or lock ,allowing me to use the storage as lockable storage. any body else do this or have ideas...
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    found a guy sleeping in my boat

    my boat is all ground out waiting for stringer replacement , the out drive is off and the boat is covered tight with a tarp....some guy was sleeping inside , he had climbed in through the out drive hole.i could not belive it i was measuring for new controll cables and i look throught the hole ...
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    how many times do you encounter rocks when anchoring

    i already have a nice danforth with chain etc ,,,im looking for a good second anchor as a backup/ easy lunchtime etc ....im kinda set on a delta over a mushroom because it has good holding in the rocks suppoisedly were a danforth dosent ,,,,,,,,,but being the rookie i am with no practical...
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    3 part floor redesigned to 1 part section

    i have removed my cap ,and do to the fiberglass floor/stringer dance im going to have to do ,i would like to replace the front 1/3 of the floor, in a big 1 section piece -width wise rather than the 3 part floor in front now,,,,then lower my cap on attach it and finnish the back stringers and...
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    bow roller or toss the anchor over the side

    probobly been asked many a time but i have a 19 1/2 foot bow rider im rebuilding.....ill be using a danforth and a delta style for it with 10 foot chain and different double braid ropes ,,,,,should i use a bow roller or should i just plan on heaving them over the side when needed....
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    disk brake and caliper mounting ,,3 0clock /9 0clock/ 12 oclock

    ive mounted my stainless caliper bracket so my caliper hangs from the 12 oclock position and am wondering if this is a mistake and if i should have mounted it at 9 0clock or 3 oclock ,,,,,is there a posible bad thing that will happen with the 12 oclock bit,,,, the reson i mounded them at 12...
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    epoxy and brittleness

    after doing my transom i had some of the dried epoxy scraps , it dried and was exposed to the sun on my front truck seat after about 1 1/2 months it became very brittle ,,,will this be a problem ,,,
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