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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

    So here's a few pics from my work yesterday.
  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

    I have an older Ryobi angle grinder with the bold in the middle of the disk that you have to remove to remove/ replace the disk..... Would that work?
  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

    I have an older Ryobi angle grinder with the bold in the middle of the disk that you have to remove to remove/ replace the disk..... Would that work?
  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

    When it comes time to start grinding/sanding......Are we talking about an actual grinder? I do have a Ryobi Grinder, but wouldn't that be too rough on the fiberglass? I also feel that a drill with a sanding disc attached will take forever to sand down, but will leave a nice flush surface. What...
  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

    Stickies???? What's that? Definitely taking pictures and measuring what I can. Leaving the lip is a good idea! So do you say to leave it until new stringers are in and then cut the lip out and grind down? And yes, I am being as careful as I can. I am terrified of cutting through the hull!
  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

    I am anticipating that....However, I am not opposed to this project taking that long either. I work 1216 hour shifts and can only focus on this boat on my days off if my kids allow it LOL.
  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

    I am looking at staying local if I can't find someone willing to fix the engine I do have.
  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

    Just dropping in real quick. I made some decent headway this past weekend. No pics for now as I am at work and pics aren't coming through my emails for some reason. I got all the carpeting ripped out. I tried finding anything else that I could do in the meantime, but then I realized that I was...
  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

    Well I hope I don't drive you all too crazy but thank you for the support!
  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

    I am not certain yet. I won't be checking on that for a while. The wood underneath some of it is rotten. Not sure what that means for the foam though. The pieces are inside my garage now so they'll be safe and not collect any more moisture. I will look into proper seat coverings when the...
  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

    ❤️❤️❤️love the inspirational story!
  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

    Great idea! I'll keep an eye out for that!
  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

    24 pieces sounds about right. And as far as upholstery goes..... my dad used to own his own upholstery business and taught me a thing or 2.....I will most likely be utilizing his help down the line if I can't fix it myself. I've done a couple reupholstery jobs myself already and they turned out...
  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

    Thanks! I was worried about that as well. I have it by the entrance and leave one side of the door unzipped. Seems to be sufficient ventilation.
  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

    🤣🤣🤣 this comment made me laugh! You are correct... zero knowledge.... so if it helps to understand me a little better... here's a little insight into my back story.... simply put....I am high functioning on the autism spectrum. That comes with impulsive thoughts. And impulsive spending habits...
  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

    Oh I was able to rip them all out fairly easily. Almost all of them are rotted. The screws went right through the wood lol. And for the most part they were hidden and not screwed from behind.
  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

    Here's the plastic pieces that I accidentally broke. Is that black plexiglass something that I need in the boat? I don't know what it's function is.
  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

    First stumper... I've got these back boards in the opposite side of the driver's side and passenger side consoles. They are on there solid in the inside. How do I cut that out without going through the top of the boat?
  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

    Is a tyvek suit a one and done kind of thing?
  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

    Thank you! Not looking for an award... the finished product will be an award in itself!
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