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  1. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    The stuff I used didn’t really hold any smell and cleans up well. It’s like the stuff that goes on the floor area of a jet ski. I’m still not sold on it lasting forever but it’s super nice for deadening sound and vibration. Super slip resistant even when soaking wet. My admiral really likes it...
  2. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Yeah I shouldn’t have any issues with the SW flexing anymore. We have a hook ladder that goes over the gunwale but never really liked it. The hydro turf I got on amazon. I can’t remember the brand but went with the cheapest price per sq ft I could find. Sea deck is one of the most common brands...
  3. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Yeah I have issues. Not really sure how many I have bone through but I would say about 500+ rivets. I had a large box in the garage but bought a bag of 100 from grainger so I didn’t have to cut down the length. The bag of 100 was gone in the blink of an eye and with my bad math I’m thinking...
  4. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Got the SW beefed up and holes patched. I still have a couple more holes to patch. Not super thrilled about the rivets everywhere but I will probably recover with hydro turf after paint.
  5. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

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  6. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    The hydro turf was great and will be putting more back it but it sucks to remove. My dog and myself like to get in the boat through the SW when swimming and it made it completely non skid. It’s like the off brand of sea deck. Still pricey but very nice. I put it across the entire bow as well...
  7. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Got some more gluvit done and started to reinforce the SW. I have a few large holes to patch in the SW. you guessed it 1/8” patches. Wish I wouldn’t have put the hydro turf in a couple years ago bc it’s a pain to remove but plan on repainting the SW so it has to go.
  8. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Pretty much everything is 1/8”. There are 2 local metal supply shops here Cleveland that I use. The 1/4” 2’x4’ sheet was a scrap sheet the supply store had sitting around. Then mainly sell steel so it looked like AL sheet was sitting for awhile. The other store is owned by a friend of mine...
  9. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Since the inside of my hull is clean. I have been thinking about painting the bottom. Would this help prevent corrosion or make it worse by potentially trapping water.
  10. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Crap. Is it bad that I applied too much?
  11. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Nothing too exciting in the past couple days. Been cleaning the hull and prepping for gluvit. Still need to prep the bow area but keep putting it off because it will be rough on the body in such a tight space. Got some of the gluvit in on the port side.
  12. benfish909

    1979 Starcraft 16’ SS Refresh

    This got me thinking. What if you had your friend weld on a flat plate say 6” wide to act as both tabs but then also gave more surface area for support than the skinny tabs.
  13. benfish909

    1979 Starcraft 16’ SS Refresh

    I would just cut the tabs off and bolt some angle aluminum to the transom and knee brace. If you can find 1/4” thick x 2” angle aluminum it should work great. I don’t have any pictures of mine but I can prob get some tomorrow. I did 1” angle on the bottom and 2” on the stern that rivets to the...
  14. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    I want to be safe if we start to take on fire from other fisherman lol
  15. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Got the 1/4” plate for the transom cut. Needs a little shaping but so far so good. I should have done one big plate but got a deal on the 2’x4’ piece so went with that. Couple more coats of epoxy on the transom then will be ready to bolt it all together
  16. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Yeah it has tons of room for fishing and a fun day at the beach
  17. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Got the knee brace and z bracket buttoned up. Added an 1/8” strip on the outside of the z bracket to keep with the battleship theme. Need to finish the rivets on the port side braces then time to cut my 1/4” plate for the outside of the transom.
  18. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Thanks. I just keep telling myself do it right one time. I will use SS bolts then. Should I use some plastic washers on both sides and drill the hole slightly larger to prevent contact. Hopping to get some work done before the Browns game
  19. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Yeah I made mistake when cutting the tabs off and don’t think about the able of the transom to the floor. I attached the bottom angles with solid rivets but the vertical ones need to be attached with pop rivets or bolts. It’s just the bracket that rivets to the transom. I have larger angle that...
  20. benfish909

    21' Holiday Rebuild

    Didn’t get a ton done but got caught up on riveting. Knee brace is done and port side just needs another 44 rivets. Had to cut off the tabs on the knee brace due to corrosion and cracks. Replace the tabs with angle AL. Still need to rivets the angle AL to the knee brace but my pop gun wouldn’t...
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