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  1. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Thank you!!! NEXT QUESTION... PAINT AND THEN WAX OR GELCOAT AND THEN WAX???????? PROS/CONS? ADDITIONAL INFO???? Thinking on tipping the boat over after the new transom is installed and fixing the holes in the hull that I made, repairing any cracks or marks and then giving it a fresh new...
  2. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    ??? Post 99 says No need to worry about a motor for a while.-----But it all depends on how you use a boat.----Going out on a pond or say out in big rough water all makes a difference.-----Going out by yourself or taking 3 / 4 small kids with you.-----Remember that the kids can not look after...
  3. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Is recoating with a new color scheme of gelcoat possible, or do I absolutely need to match colors after fairing?
  4. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Options 2 and 3 are probably my best bet. I would need to do research on fairing, but as far as color matching goes, I don't think I need to worry, as I was looking into a new color scheme all around. I would just use a new coat of paint or gel coat in a separate color that would go over everything.
  5. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I would love to be on the water this year yet. I just don't know how much more work I have got to go until that point. I am not your typical retiree with a boat load of time. I work seemingly endless doubles and utilize my few precious days off to go at it when my kids are at school. That being...
  6. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Ok......ok....sigh......I will see what I can get at this weekend. Thanks for the pep talk😂
  7. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    The bottom half is for sure rotten. I am assuming the top half is the same. Realistically, I know you are right about this. It would be the easiest way to go about this. My issue is that unknowns scare the hell out of me, and I have never worked with fiberglass before as far as putting new stuff...
  8. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    It definitely is not fun going at it from the inside. Just terrified of screwing something up big time if I cut that much out of it from the outside.
  9. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I already started the interior approach as you can see in the pics. Thought it would be easier as to not damage the hull.
  10. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    You think it would be a good idea? The middle section between the straps are effete the transom is
  11. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I am currently at work. Best pics I have for now. I have heard of the method of cutting out the back. It seems like a not so very popular option when I look into it. I know it can be done......and has been done, but there is potential to mess up the exterior surface and cause it to not look so...
  12. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I have nowhere to safely store the cap. This transom is literally all that is left of the difficult stuff to rip out Is it possible to cut the cap just back by the engine well?
  13. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    I was thinking on going with a possible new color scheme all around. I have nowhere to safely store the cap.
  14. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Are you able to show me what you mean as far as cutting the flats? I would not be installing the transom through the hole. I would install it under the well and up into the cap. The well is just there in the way of the upper transom. The bottom half of the transom is easily accessible.
  15. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Can anyone tell me if this would be a good place to cut the engine well to get to the transom?
  16. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Great to know! Thanks!
  17. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Noted. Thanks!
  18. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Would the damage comprimise anything or the way that the motor propels the boat? If that is thae case, based on what you have been telling me, perhaps I will keep the force and make it a 2nd project to tinker on and see if I can't eventually get it runnning and then either keep it as a backup...
  19. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    Thanks for all the info, but yeah, I already got a replacement motor. I just realized that the skeg(spelling) on the lower unit of the force has a massive 2 inch chip taken out of it. I could play with the motor, but I don't think anyone would want that lower unit with a chip that size. I am...
  20. TripleJGraffis

    Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

    See.......That is what I wanted to do originally, but every single person I reached out to has told me that these engines are cr@p and weren't even that good when they were new. Many tell me that they are hard to find parts for. One said I couldn't even pay him to work on it for me if I wanted...
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