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    Boats from work.

    Gauge, the new kid, did his second ever paint job yesterday. An all around red hull side, and it's beautiful. His only other one was a small gel spot in, no prior experience. He's 19. He'll be better than me in no time. :)
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    Boats from work.

    No, that's just tape holding the carpet on.
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    Boats from work.

    That's just some extra padding for my seat. Snap On might as well have just used bare plywood.
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    Boats from work.

    It was a Smurfin day today.
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    Repainting a 1989 Crestliner Sabre G/L outboard

    I don't have much knowledge on paint properties and comparisons, just work experience. I work in a repair shop in Indiana, so we get freezing temps too. If you need to primer, you can use a direct to metal primer. I don't know if that's a zinc cromate formula, but it works. Then you can sand...
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    Boats from work.

    Yeah, doesn't mean I want to screw up though.
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    Boats from work.

    Well this week kinda sucks. I sprayed the flake last night, but didn't cover the black very well and had to do a silver stripe again. I also had to smooth out a big uneven spot in that floor, but the heat lamp screwed up the cure and a big spot didn't set up right.
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    Repainting a 1989 Crestliner Sabre G/L outboard

    We use Nason Fulthane single stage on top and bottom. I don't know how well it would work as a roll on though. I think bottom paints are flat because it's more of an anti foul coating than actual paint. If you don't leave yours in the water though, it's not necessary.
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    Repainting a 1989 Crestliner Sabre G/L outboard

    Use a single stage paint for everything. It's more durable than a base/clear paint job. How much you sand off depends on the condition of the existing paint. Based on the age, I'd bet there are a lot of spots that are going to chip away. If they're like tiny rock chips, you can get away with...
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    Filling a gap in core material

    Put a layer of csm over the side that will be pressed to the deck. Scuff that up well before bonding.
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    Boats from work.

    The floor is mostly in the Razor, just the front most piece left. Whoever designed the stringer layout doesn't know how to use a tape measure. No two boards landed their edges on the same stringer, stringers were different heights, this thing is just poorly made. The front has probably about a...
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    Took my dad to the er last night.

    Ok, super late update on this. He's had the targeted radiation treatments a while ago, and I took him to some follow ups this week. Another scan, mri I think, Monday and follow up with the doctor today. All of the spots have shrunk, there are a couple new ones, but they are so tiny the doctor...
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    Boats from work.

    So far this week I've black gelled the area, sanded it down, and am now masking to do the flake. The flake isn't expected to show up until tomorrow, and if it isn't early in the morning I won't spray yet. The blue gel is expected Tuesday. In other news, the new guy was drilling through the...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Cowards!
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    1969 StarCraft Transom

    Plywood will last a long time if sealed properly, either csm and polyester resin or Old Timer's Formula ( a sealant the woodworking guys here came up with I think). Do not use treated plywood, the chemicals react with aluminum and cause corrosion.
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