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I've noticed that the bottom of my boat has some bubbles where the gelcoat seems to have delaminated from the hull. Pushing on them with my thumbnail wont crack the bubble or anything, but I wonder if I should be worried about it. Anyone have experience with this problem?
you can see by the pic, the ends of my rails are open. I want to find some nice caps or plugs for them. aluminum plugs of some sort would be ideal, but I'm open to suggestions. Anyone else been down this road before?<br /><br />
Well, I just finished my floor, and now I'm onto restoring the gelcoat. My gelcoat has some very mild oxidation, but a lot of very fine surface scratches. I've got a lot of experience buffing and wetsanding, but I wonder what are the best materials to use. I'm actually thinking a real heavy...
I recently put a water pump kit in my '85 Merc 75 outboard. When I got it apart, I realized it probably didnt need it as the impeller was in good shape, but I put the new one in anyway for safe measure.<br /><br />Anyway, when I put muffs on the motor and run it, I dont get a real strong stream...
I dont want this weekend to go to waste, but I'm parylized without filler. Does anyone know if there's some sort of commonly available product I could substitute to thicken and strengthen my epoxy resin? I've been using wood flour. I wonder of I could augment what wood flour I have left with...
Well, I just glued the carpeet down in my ski well and I just gotta say - What a mess! There's gotta be a better way. I've been considering using contact cement. There's so many nooks and crannys in this boat. I think I'm about to butcher it. <br /><br />What are your opinions? Pros and cons?<br...
I have a plan for putting the screws in that attach my new floor to the stringers. I'm going to drill with a countersink bit, inject a little epoxy in the hole, put the screw in and use a filler to cover them up. then I'll glass over. <br /><br />But what about the screws that go over the carpet...
So I just started prepping all my wood for epoxy resin. I mixed up a small batch of Raka slow curing resin and mixed in some wood flour to peanut butter consistency. I'm working in a 68 degree shop. Filled in some voids and chips and a half hour later the stuff is still soft. It claims to have a...
I've got a 16" sunray bowrider and the floor isnt flat where the seats were mounted, part of the seat base is on an angled part of the hull. I've found lots of lounge seats online, but none in this configuration, which leads me to believe I'll have to cut the bases to fit my boat. Therein lies...
Well, I've got my floor cut and dry fit and it's time to start prepping the boat for fiberglass. All over the hull there is residual black rubberized foam that was the backing of the carpet and the glue that stuck it down. What's the fastest and easiest way to bring that down to bare fiberglass...
I'm about to put the floor in my 16' Bowrider. I've got the old floor out and theres an area of about 12 feet by 3 1/2 feet that I'll be replacing in two pieces. There are two stringers that are in good shape. My questions are:<br /><br />1) Can I use bronze ringshank marine nails instead of...
The entire interior of my boat is stripped down to the stringers. Most of the area is covered with black foam that was the backing to the old carpet. What's the best way to remove that before laying down the new carpeting?
Hello all. I've recently taken on my first rehab project. I don't have the paperwork on it yet, but what I believe I have is a 1985 Sunray bowrider. It's in need of a deck replacement and a new upholstery job. The 75hp Merc outboard is in pristine condition, and besides a few dock scars, the...
