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So i just recently had to tear all the carpet from my boat to get the floor off, but i'm not sure I want to put carpet back in after i reinstall the floor. Are there any other inexpensive flooring options that will look good / hold up well. I was looking at the fake teak foam flooring but it...
Re: 18' Starcraft Starchief OB Rebuild
Get a hazmat suit and some glowsticks and long needlenose pliers and walk around the yard. lol That'll get him going.
So I need to come up with a name for my boat.
Guidelines - The more ridiculous the better, doesn't need to have anything to do with nautical terms. For example my uncles boat was called the slippery nipple. Great name in my opinion.
Ideas so far:
- Monkey High Five (comedy routine I love...
Re: 18' 1969 Offshore V restoration
Looks like you've done your research on the floor. Nice solid platform to build on. looking forward to seeing how it comes out.
Odyssey's Mirror Finish Aluminum Polishing Method
Materials Needed before you start.
1. Dull / oxidized aluminum
2. Buffing machine or bench mounted grinder
3. soft and hard buffing wheels
4. Brown buffing compound= Tripoli compound used for general purpose cut and color on most soft metals...
Basically title says it all.
This is the piece that protects the steering cables, fuel lines, etc from wearing as they pass through the gunnels to get to the motor.
I have found several similar ones, but nothing exactly the same, wondering if anyone else has gotten them before.
I am restoring my 67 starcraft and one of the pieces I need is the cap that goes at the end of the rubrail, It is so badly corroded i don't think it can be fixed. If anyone knows any websites or where I could get this piece please let me know.
Thank you
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
After months of procrastination and $26 worth of rivets, I finally got the floor in. And the carpet on.
But it looks like my dream of racing my starcraft is out of the question. LOL :D
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
Its been a while since my last post. Too much work to touch the boat.
I got the boat pinstriped for $120 which i don't think was too bad of a price. After it got pinstriped i put another 2 coats of clear, and spent about 2 days wetsanding the hell...
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
Forgot some pics
You can see on the closeup of the silver part how much wetsanding i have to do, the metal flake is really difficult to work with.
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
Ok First off thanks for the advise with the uflex kit i'll definetly order that. Also Jasoutside I spent about an hour looking at your thread and only made it through about 20 pages, that's a ton of work. i'll be sure to do some more reading...
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
Finally started painting the boat after some serious sanding to remove the leftover paint after the paint stripper.
First i applied a coat of etching primer, I thought it would be gray but it turned out to be brown, so that sucked because it took way...
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
I also took some pics of my new sanding / paint booth, should work fairly well. And for those interested, the silver and red is the metal flake i will be painting the boat with.
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
So I finally started stripping the paint off the boat with the help of my girlfriend. It took us probably a total of 4 hours. We painted on a coat of aircraft paint stripper we bought at autozone. It's some strong stuff, if you get it on your skin it...
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
While Stripping the boat down i noticed the wood dash where it attaches to the hull had broken causing the whole bow to be loose. So it looks like im gonna need to make a new one of those too.
I tried buffing out a piece of the windshield's...
Re: 1967 Starcraft 15' Jet Star Restoration
Here are some more pics of my current progress.
The floor has been a lot of work so far. The front piece especially was a pain. At first i had thought the plywood laid in the groove in the hull, but then quickly realized it was too high off the...
So i just inherited my father's 1967 Jet star that my grandfather bought new back in 67. It was given to my uncle who tried to fix it up and didn't get too far so now its mine. So Here's my to do list. (in no particular order)
1. New Paint. Not traditional, Silver metal flake w/ red metal flake...
