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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    The bases are 2 - 3/4" marine plywood (left overs from my stringers) glued together. I'm going to use 1.5" screws going down into the base and put 5200 on them. The holes in the pedestal are 3/8" so there will be 6 heavy duty screws holding it down. I thought about doing the bolt through but...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I thought about doing something similar at first. But I was having nightmares about screwing it up and having to do a major transom fix so I dropped the $25 on the guide.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Cut, glued and install all the various floor mount pieces. I did 2 for the main seat pedestals, 2 for attaching the hinged bench seat in the rear, 4 "spacers" on the sides that the side panels attach to at the bottom, 2 battery trays and the hydraulic pump beside the engine. I need more resin...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I see my match on the spectrum color website. I'll give that a try. The hull needs some cosmetic TLC but that's a "later" project.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Need some advice on how to address a number of "chips" on the outer hull. There are 15-20 of these in various places. The picture is one of the larger ones and is fingernail size. Many of them are half this size. The damage appears to only be the surface layer. What's the best way to fix these?
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Glassed the deck with 2 layers of CSM. That was a sticky mess for sure. There are a couple of spots I need to sand down but overall pleased with the result. Surprise, surprise... I ended up using more resin than I expected. I only have about 3/4 of a gallon left. Don't think that's quite enough...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    There were 32 compartments to fill with 2 holes each... Blew my mind as well (along with my back & knees). I didn't realize there would be that many until I had been cutting holes for 30min and realized I had a ways to go.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Tank is installed. I ended up having to breakout the sawzall to narrow the rear cleat next to the engine compartment. I had dry fitted it but the gel coat ended up being just enough extra thickness to keep it from sliding in. That's what I get for trying to do the right thing. I did not want to...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Donuts are back in. I used a multi-tool with the grout removal head to take the foam off the top, it worked great. Then I used a die grinder with a cylindrical bit to grind out the hole. Also worked great. Used PB to secure the donuts. It was simple but tedious work considering there were 64 of...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Got the deck foamed in yesterday. My wife assisted which was a huge help. She was outside the boat mixing the foam and handing it to me inside the boat. Not having to jump in - out - in - out... was very nice. I was getting nervous about running out of foam when I was about half way done but I...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Tabbed in the deck and PB'd all the joints between deck boards. Weather is suppose to be great this weekend so hoping to complete the foaming and get the deck glassed over. Received my 3rd, and hopefully last, US Composite order today. When this is all done, I'll have to total up all the...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Thanks. That's where my head was too. I like the method described here so plan to go with it. https://forums.iboats.com/threads/epoxy-for-in-hull-transducer-mounting.187036/#post-1289176
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Words could not be truer. Can't wait to get the gas tank install and that compartment closed up as well. I'm planning out some of the next steps and the depth finder transducer is on the list. It is a shoot through hull model and was previously attached in the rear, ~6" up from the center line...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Made some good progress over the last few weeks. Made templates for all the deck boards, cut them and glassed the bottom Cut and installed all the cleats Installed the deck boards Tabbed in the decking Ended up having to install more cleats than I originally planned due to some of the...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Ski locker is pretty much done. All the pieces were already covered with CSM and then 1708 to bond them to the hull. I then fully encapsulated the inside with another layer of CSM on Sunday (probably overkill but I want the ski locker to be like a bath tub) and gel coated it yesterday. I kept...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    It's a construction adhesive from Loctite. Yes. Thanks for the advice. In retrospect, it makes sense that screws would not be necessary. The entire stringer/bulkhead structure is secured to the boat without screws. I was also scratching my head about how to get the screws lined up properly...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Thanks. Is PB "better" than PL for use in this case?
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Thinking more about the decking now. Question regarding securing the decking. All the edges will be tabbed to the hull, transom and open side of the stringers around the engine area. I was planning to use cleats on the stringers to avoid screwing into the stringers. My question is do I... 1)...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Glassed in the boards between motor mount and the stinger a few days ago. The void under the board was filled with foam. Pleased with how it turned out. The whole area will be gel coated.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I was able to foam in the two side pieces adjacent the motor mounts. I made a tent with a blanket to get the temp up. It's a pain to do all the tape/plastic bag prep but the foam is so sticky I can't image trying to get the overflow off without it. I'll fill the edges with PB and cover with 2...
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