Glastron Sportster 1977

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Ok and then there is the helm , you can see where the hole were on the left side [ where its all white ] and you can see where i ground part of the gel coat off , i got to fix that and add a little more tex to it , but this should be the last time for the tex on the helm !!

Here the before pic

 

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OK its my weekend again, and I am going to hit it really hard tomorrow !! man its getting me excited !! its getting so close to being done !! well I want to add light , LED light and other stuff after i am done with the painting , but its so close !!!!! lol I still haven't decided where i am starting , the transom or the top , guess it doesn't really matter but just getting it done !! I was thinking about this and I am hoping 2 weeks and it will be time to paint!! Like i said in a earlier post I am going to have to hit the transom with one more coat of TeX, and then sand that again !!

So i guess i just answered my own question , I will start on the transom and get a coat of TeX on there !!

Ohh and here is a close up of the drain hole that i Texed , It still has to be sanded but i like it !!! John

 

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Ok , man there must have have been 300 holes, nicks, scratches , that was the frist coat of tex, then the second coat there must have been 100 spots that I had to hit !! Well now were down to 20 or so !! I still got to hit about 20 % of her today and then tex it for the last time !!! I hope

Now on the transom , I am hoping one more coat !! lol

And its about time to put up the pneumatic sandier, got to go to the long board !! Got my self in trouble a couple time yesterday, where i took too much off !!

Ok time to hit her !! John

 

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I am going to be useing restolem top side !! it say 3 to 4 weeks to fully cure !! I am a little worried about where and tear on it but TD has had good luck so i am going to give it a shot !

Yep I will be on the water by then I hope !! hahah John

 

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Ok today got 7 hours on her , and did i really say had 20%
left ????????? lol well now i have about 20% the top and the side are done this round, and got part of the dottom not much but got started on that part !!

ANd i take that back there are a few tight corners i got to hit on the top yet !!

OOOH and think i lost one of the compressers this after noon !! think tha motor went !! I hope it just the belt , but it sure didnt sound like it !! so i was working with just the one compresser !!!!! and I was also hitting the top and the sides with 320 on the elect, sander with the one inch foam pad on it !! man that 320 on there still eats that gelcoat !!

A buddie came over and gave me a hand with that and did a bunch of hand sanding !! THanks Mike !!!

So i still got to hit the bottom good thing there is only about 10 spots not counting the keel !! couple hours hitting that and that should be good !! I hope !!!! Lol

So i didnt get to the tex , I got to hit it after work here in the next couple days , If i want to get her in the water asap !! and there still has to be 40 spots that i want to tex !!

Ok Guys my arms are falling off here , Night all John

 

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Ok guys and gals !!

Man spent About 11 hours out there , had a good interruption 83mulligan stopped by and we sat there and shot the bull for about 3 hours !!It was really good to meet you Steve !!So what did you think ???? still ready to hit yours ??? lol

Ok did a lot of hand sanding and was using one of the little triangle sanders !! Mike brought it over for me and it worked petty good for some tight spots !! after Steve left did another couple hours of sanding and put some TeX on !! We will see how it goes tomorrow , I really dont see me painting for 2 more weeks !! Man i would much rather be doing the stringer and the transom then all this sanding on the gel coat !! John

 

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Man I really hate this part !!!!!!!! LoL

Well Like I said in my last post , I got part of it ground, again where i put the Tex on petty thick , that was hard as a rock ,and them spot weren't that many,a lot of it I had to put on really thin and them were still wet.Man hate it when you hat that it gumms up the paper really quick and if its really wet ,you spread it around if your hitting it hard !!

So after I hit two of them spots I hung the grinding up !!When I was grinding on the transom , there were a few more spots that I had to Tex again !! So did that and really started looking close and there were a bunch of spots that I put a little more Tex on ,{ Did I really say I hate this PART ] lol

When any uses Tex You got to give it more time to cure , I know I am going to, at least a couple days !!! And I had Such High Hopes Today !!!!! I was really hoping I could get the top done today at least ... Ohh Well there always next week !!!!

Hay Ondarvr Didnt you say this was easier then re-gelcoating her again ?????????? I dont know, this has been a pain !!!!!!

Ok It was still a good day out there on her , she is one day closier to looking really hot !!!!!! John

 

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Well guys and Gals,

My brother-inlaw just left, he a auto body guy , and he just gave me the thumbs UP, said it looks good so far !! He did say that i should get some 2000 grit between coats !!

So that is really cool , its really good to hear an expert on this part , tell me good job !! hahah what after 60 hours was getting a little burned out !!!!!! John

 

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HI all

Well I got out there for a bite today, touched up the bottom a little more with some tex, man i hate to say it but I think I am going to need a little more tex .Had to order it and it took a few days to get ,but I really dont think i have enough for the transom !!! I am petty sure I am done with it on the rest of the boat !!!! But the transom ????

I cant wait for my days off, I want to get the grinding done !! this week is it I'm not stopping till all the grinding DONE !!!!! lol I hope !!! LOL John

 

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Now what I did hit , The top is about 80 to 90 % Done !!! I went over a bunch of spots that we hit yesterday !!and a bunch more !! So I got to get out there tonight or tomorrow before i go to work and get the marine tex on the transom and there is two other spots that I ground out to much and one spot that I just missed , Man she is really getting close to paint time !!

It was allmost all hand sanding and useing the long board today. The palm sander came in handy also, trying to keep it Flat as possible!! The last thing i would hit a area with is the long board !! She is going to be smooth !!!!!!!!!!!

I am still hoping here next week that I can get done with the sanding on my frist day off !! I not going to rush it thoe , with all this work I dont want to get in to big of a hurry !!! I want it petty close to perfect!! and I am getting it there !!

Ok I will get some pic's up here tonight. John

 

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Hi Guys and Gals

ok Here is the Helm when i was just out there I seen a spot i missed but she is done other then that !!

This next is where there was 3 hole that i filled and plugged !!looks great

Heres a before

After

More comming John

 

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before

Before

after

Ok all John

 

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OHH Last night was out on her till about 9, after work , I made some more holes !!! Yep told steve when I did the other hole in the transom with epoxy , I didnt do the U-Bolts !! so drilled then out filled the with epoxy and put the lamps on them to bake them !! Well on the one side I put the lamp to close and the duct tape let loose on one of the holes !!! #$@#@@@@$$$$%^^^%$$ I will post some pics after work today !!!

Man after all that I was beat last night !! Ok more after work !!! John

 

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Ok all here is a few of the pics of the holes i filled !!!! Man I was thinking about how long the transom is going to last,and lets just say, 50 years and it still will be solid!!!!! if some one doesnt wreck her frist , thats the only way she wont make it that long !!!!!

this frist pic is of the starboard side , the top hole filled and the bottom was sucked in some where it didnt leak out any where , that i can find !!!

this next pic is the port side you can see where the heat from the lamp melted the tape , glad i went back out there in about 10 mins , it all would have leaked out !!! It was the oppsite on this side , top one leaked and bottom held !!! In the splash well there was a 1/8 half moon sixe gap that didnt fill , I filled it tonight and one on the other side also !!

This next pic I though was petty cool, I have the one lamp under the splash well and you can see the light comming threw the holes i filled before !!!!!

and one just of the mutts helping last night !!! lol

Ok John

 

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OK guys , I got out there for a while tonight !! I was grinding on the transom , getting all that epoxy off and cleaning up that TeX, where the top meets !!! I wanted to get some TeX on there tonight , But i gave up , there is about another hours Worth of grinding , before i can TeX !!! Then have to clean it so i can TeX it . So tomorrow I am going to get the grinding done and then clean it and TeX , then finish the rest of the hull !! maybe its a good thing my days off are Tue, Thursday , That way i can grind the transom Thur, !!! John

 

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OK got that off my chest , lol It took about an hour and a half sanding and then getting her cleaned out , just got done Blowing the garage out and letting the dust settle.

Going to wipe her down a couple of times and then asetone , then tex her and get sanding the rest !!!!!!!!!! John

 

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So I got her all texed and the lamps are on the transom. I hit the rest of the spots that i missed before , and I keep bumping wet spots so I gave it up for the night. Thur. I will be able to hit it hard !!!

I really slapped on a lot of TeX on the transom , around the top !!! and put a skim coat on the hole thing then went at it with my 14 inch dry wall knife !!!! Filled in a lot of the waves !! and also where the old u-bolts went threw , them spots were sunk in !! its petty flat now !!! I even add some more after you left Steve!!!


OK guys and gals, John

 

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spent about 7 out of the 8 and a half on just the transom !!!! out of 11

I got to go back and see who told me about a good primer , !! I am going to have to primer her frist , I was out there and got to thinking there are to many spot that I can almost see the fiberglass on top and I dont want to take any chances!!!Plus On the top of the transom I really got it flat there , I ran my hand on the edge and allmost cut it !! rounded it right after that !! Got a good hour on my flat board , think its 17 inchs , Steve remember on the starboad side how there was some waves on that side ??? well there not there now !!! :] Hit it with the boand petty hard

So in the splash well I have to it the bottom where i cant hit with the flat board !! I took a few pics after i got started this morning . I will take some now, and post them later !!!

While I was doing the bottom part of the transom I got some of the bottom of the hull !!

So the Transom IS Done, going to start working my way forward!!! I was out there this morning telling my self , dont hurry , take my time , its really getting there !!!

Ok more later , John

 

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Ok here's what I started out this morning, Still think regelcoating her would have been easyier !!!

And this next pic is where i was working when I rememberedI didnt get a pic of the before , So i stoped and dusted my self off and went and got the camera !!

and this next is done there isnt a scratch , nick , in her, there's a few waves but I not getting the out of there !! I did get most of then out but i still found a few !!

Here is when I really thinking I got to primer!!!!

Ok I am givin up trying to put a date when I am going to paint , it will happen when I am done with the sanding !!LOL [Did I tell you guys I hate this part ] LOL John

 

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Yep , Thats kind of what i have been doing , but its really taken longer to do then what I allot for time , I'm not going to make her perfect , but I just want all the nicks and scratches out of her !!Some once told me that if you can see it now it will show up 10 worse when you paint, so I'm just trying to get her where she wont show her age !!! LOL Its not that I'm given up on getting her done, remember I said May 13 as the date , I gave my self a extra couple weeks just cause I know how its been going !! I want to give her a month to cure , but if it gets warmer out , 3 weeks is all that rustolem say it need to cure !!!

So thanks John , I am going to start hitting it after work when I don't have to work late , and she is really getting close , like i said I am working my way forward , and the rest isn't that much to sand !!!! John