17 sea ox restore

old islander · Mar 30, 2014

Re: 17 sea ox restore

Beautiful work on this boat there buddy. I share your pain with the cold. My project is "on ice" at the moment too.

REELMIN · Mar 30, 2014

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Thanks guys for all the positive comments .I am having fun doing this project but have a long way to go i guess it will warm up soon i hope but there a ton of other things to stay busy on .A couple of questions i have are can foam be poured before the deck is put in and shaved down to striger hight . And has anyone used sherwin williams exterior porch and deck oil base paint on a boat deck i used some rustoleum in storage compartments and i gotta say it turned out as nice as interlux brightside for a 1/4 the price the porch paint is also custom tintable to more than 300 + colors

GT1000000 · Mar 30, 2014

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Everything really is coming along nicely...
As to your question about paint...
I just received this in my Glen-L Newsletter...
Latex Paint for Boats??? | Boatbuilders Site on Glen-L.com
I find it intriguing, because I have often thought about this very same thing...
While it may not be a universally accepted material for panting our boats, the article does point out some interesting things...
Hmmm, maybe...

Fishing Brother · Apr 1, 2014

Re: 17 sea ox restore

Looking Great Brother! :joyous: Excellent work as always!

low277 · Apr 2, 2014

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I have never seen a sea ox in person but I hear that they where very well made boats. Yours is coming along nicely!

REELMIN · Apr 2, 2014

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Hey thanks gents for all the great feedback and info GT1000000 very interesting article on paint a and deck and some very valid points in it . i am going to try Sherwin williams deck porch oil base enamel for the inside and deck very much like interlux brightside which by the way is very durable i have a crabbing skiff painted with it and it wears like iron looks good to .Fishing brother looking forward to seeing you and fam at easter .low277 i have not seen very many of the sea ox's in any size either as for the 17cc i new the minute i saw it on CL i was gonna hafta have it first saw the ad 9/13 and was pullin here home one week after xmas2013 i had givin in even after 4 months of tellin my self that i did not need another boat. even after i went to look at it 3 hrs from home with the wife in tow mind you and while i was talking to the guy i bought it from and he was saying it only needs some minor cosmetics as i stood next to the hole in the deck that the guy that was selling the boats foot just had went thru and my answer to all of this was with a big grin was sold i will take it

REELMIN · Apr 15, 2014

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Here is an update on where we are at last the weather has warmed and i was able to begin the fiberglass . And so far i coated the stringers with resin and all of the under deck wood put 2 layers of csm on out side of the forward console seat and 2 layers on console shelf also coated transom with csm and resin filled in on console where the wheel was i am moving the wheel up on top of the console where the factory had it was just to low i was happy with the results of the fiberglass so far not to bad for a greenhorn i guess Now next will be gluing the transom in i am going to use PL for this than install the garboard drain than PB around the transom and drain heres some pics of the progress so far.

REELMIN · Apr 15, 2014

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enjoy the pics try to get more up soon

REELMIN · Apr 27, 2014

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another weekend of boat restoration got the transom put in with pb and began the tabbing looks to be coming along nicely and i am very happy with my progress so far here is so pics of the progress