'96 lund tyee 1850 floor rebuild and foam replacement.

[Sparike]

I called US Composites this morning because I was curious if you should try & seal the foam if you pour to much & have to cut it. The lady I talked to said you can seal it with the epoxy resin. I still have the foam to remove from my boat & one piece of floor to epoxy, I see a test coming in the future, I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[brunolund]

that’s good to know, i’m still working on the paint. stripping about 4-6 feet at a time, so i can get epoxy primer on it before it oxidizes. very slow going with kids home all the time!! but i’m also very pleased that 95% of the scratches in the boat were just in the paint. hopefully we’ll be able to post some pics soon.

 

[brunolund]

pics of the transom going in. the aluminum lip needs to be bent back into place

 

[brunolund]

mid way through bending. i was able to get it 97% of the way flat against the wood. i will be able to lower the wood a bit, then bend flange down and flat, then lift transom wood back up under it.

 

[brunolund]

installing the rub rail to the cap first. this was held on with blind rivets. the clecos sure helped hold the shape.

 

[brunolund]

it took quite a bit of wiggling and tapping to get the sidewalls to fit the rub rail. there is a grove that the sheet needs to sit in. used lots of clecos here. the side walls were held on with solid rivets, so that’s what i used again. only “smiled” a few of them. think there was around 100 of each rivet holding the cap on.

 

[brunolund]

so after finding out that previous owner painted the boat with i assume lacquer, i’m taking it down to bare aluminum. cleaning up the aluminum with 60 grit on RO sander, and spraying with epoxy primer. then will do a bit of filler on some small dents, urethane primer and then red and grey again.

 

[brunolund]

one side done!! i’m getting much better at spraying the epoxy. i’m issuing a cheap, supposedly hvlp gun, so i don’t expect perfection, but i’m pretty happy with it so far. now to do the other side and bottom.

 

[brunolund]

finally got around to removing the rest of the old paint. had some issues with new paint stripper. doesn’t work worth a damn. ended up getting some aircraft paint remover which i should have done in the first place. it worked amazing.

 

[brunolund]

this is the stuff i ended up using. i highly recommend it. funny thing, it’s called aircraft paint stripper, but it says “not for use on aircraft!”

 

[brunolund]

got some high build primer on, more issues, but all my fault. good learning experience. now to sand and spray sealer.

 

[kcassells]

Mostly never ends. But feels great getting closer!

 

[brunolund]

finally started taping and masking!!! got the tungsten metallic sprayed tonight, but haven’t taken pics yet. will get some tomorrow.

 

[kcassells]

Cool beans!

 

[brunolund]

finally some colour!! more peel than i’d like, but i’ll see what it looks like in the sun before i decide if i’m going to sand and respray it.
now to wait a couple days and spray the red!

 

[kcassells]

You may be able to buff out the peel. I'm not a sprayer/painter so maybe someone else will chime in.

 

[brunolund]

i will definitely try, although it’s a metallic, so i’m not sure if that’s a good idea.

 

[kcassells]

yea...I forgot. pretty much have what you have then.

 

[brunolund]

got some real bad tiger stripping on the first coat. seems like i was holding the gun too close. thought i was about 5” away. but went to what i figure was 8”, and next coats were much better. overlap was the same, seemed to be the air was blowing the stripes in when close.

 

[brunolund]

after the third coat. i’ll take these.