Glastron Sportster 1977

[jcsercsa]

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Hi all

Well I got out there for 2 hours tonight and I started the stern starboard side , Just the top, and worked up to the butt crack , all hand sanding !!!!

I not going to be happy unless I hand sand all the contours, all the round edges, so in two hours I got that far , so what 8 more hours of just hand sanding !!!!!! OOOHHHH MAN what fun !!! lol

I should be able to get a good 4 hours tomorrow on her !!!!!!! If my hands hold out !!! lol John

 

[jcsercsa]

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I got a little sponge, what 2 1/2 x 3 , It works petty well , but it still can leave flat spots , when I am rounding over the edges !! I found my hands work the best there !!! On the frist lip over the side , it works great in there , it get just the right radius in there !! I did have the numatic sandier going for a bit to tonight !! I went and got 15 more disks for it today !! found a ace hardware that had the 220 grit , right across from work !!!!

Well except for the splash well and where the seat sits in the bow the straboard side is done !!!!!! All the way to the bottom !!! yeeaaaa !!!! OHH and most of the Bow is done , well just where i could reach standing out side of the boat !!!

Where I hit the starboard side with the long board , it really did get most of the waves out of her !! I could see a few small ones in there but there not bad at all , a little more long boarding on it and I hope they will be gone !!

Ok well I am going to hit it tomorrow after work and all day tue, [ Only got one day off this week ] So i really do think she should be ready to paint , except for the cleaning before painting !!!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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I did get about a hour and a half on her today ,a lot of hand sanding and long boarding it !!! man she is going to be petty !! the starboard side is really turning out sweet !! when you get going with the long board you can cover a lot of ground with it !! you really got to watch the shadows , but if you get in the zone with it you can just watch the shadows just disappear!!!

OK I am hoping tomorrow she should be just about done !!! OHHH MY GOD ,, Did i really just say that !!!!There still a lot of sanding in the splash well , but the port side isn't as bad as the starboard side was with the butt crack and all . On the bottom of the hull the 3 foot section of the keel is the worst !!! I am going to put a keel guard on after the paint. Got to check here on I boats how much they are !!!

Ok more tomorrow John

 

[jcsercsa]

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OK I got from the transom to the helm on the bottom !! there are still 3 spots that I need to clean up and there done !! the two side corners in the splash well, the last 2 feet going to the bow on the port side !! the rest of the bottom!!!

My hands are still tingling , My arms and shoulders are felling it , I would go with the hand sanding till I couldn't hold it any more then wen with the flat board , and then the nematic !!!! OOOhhh also have to move the jacks and do there !!!Kind of wish I turned down the overtime tomorrow !! She would have been done !!!

 

[jcsercsa]

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OOOH MY GoD there isn't any more white lumps on my boat any more

LOL Well thats not totally true, in the splash well just the two corners , and most of that is smooth !!!! got home here and hit the port side , then the splash well , did that till I couldn't hold the paper no more !! and then went at the bottom !!!!!!!!!!!

OHH and have to move the jacks yet !!!

Man my arms !!!!and hands !!! LOL

Still got to long board the port side and the bottom , then YEEEAAA HAAAA time to clean !!!! lol John

 

[jcsercsa]

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OK all

lets try this again , just spent the last hour writing to you guys with pics and and all , and lost it all $@##$@%$%%

lol OK well I was thinking about the primer the other day and I remembered that someone said that Lowe's would special order the primer for me !!! well I thought I would run over there on my lunch hour , well i went to work and on brake theres a true value across the street , thought why not , [ I like the owner, he took over from mom and dad ] well sure enough he will have it here Tuesday !! 20 bucks , but thats OK !!!!!

So yesterday was a long day , I was kind of tired when I got home and well my middle brat was picking on me and trying to take me down !!! well dad had to show her hes still dad !!! lol well needless to say by the end of that we both were tired!! [ man i feel sorry for her husband , she going to be able to kick his butt ] lol we ended up watching a movie , thats why no pics yesterday !! lol

So I got home from work today and got out there , and thought I really wanted to marine tex just a couple spots !! lol I swear these are the last of the texing !!!!!! LOL

OK heres the first pic it in the splash well looking at the port side , in the lower right you can see a little divot , this is the type of holes I am talking about !!OOOHHHH and this is after I sent a hour wiping her down 3 times , one was acetone,

this next is the transom where the top meets on the port side !!! you can see a couple divots in there , I didn't want to sand this down any more , its close to shape now , so I wanted to just fill the holes !!! \

This next is the corners in the bottom of the splash well that I have been hand sanding, this side is the worst

this next is the same pic just looking straight down at it

Infarct the starboard side wouldn't even show up on camera , what i have to sand !!! that side is petty close !!
OHHH as I was wiping it down on the transom with a wet towel , man did it shine all ready!!! she is going to be sharp !!!

heres the post side, look where the cables come out the hole , you can see i texed in the hole on top of the knee brace !!!

more coming , you guys asked !! Lol

 

[jcsercsa]

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OK here the pain in the butt crack !!! hahaha you can see just on top of the curve you can see the yellow , well theres a Little divot there ,

then in the bow on the corner you can just see a couple spots that i missed !!

then the bottom she still dusty and there is 3 small spot that i missed !!

and heres the keel !! not to bad yea ???

and heres a pic just of the back of the keel , man it turned out really sweet !!!! nice and flat !!!

So I got till noon on Tue and the primer will be in so this will keep me busy , as i fill all them spots with TeX !! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hi all

Got home here from work and went out and checked the TeX. Well it still wet in a few spots. I put it on last night and turned all the light out and it got to 30 in there last night so it didn't harden at all , so cranked the heat up in there and stuck the light next to the spots that didn't cure !!! they will be hard by morning !!

Get to pick up the primer tomorrow , still got a little bit of grinding to do !!!!! Man can't wait, I get to start Painting her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wed, I am going to be premiering !! thinking tomorrow will be cleaning after I get done grinding !!!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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MAn ohh man , Lady's please close your ears for a second !




@#$$$$@@@$^&&%%^&****((&&&(**(()))(***()( OK

In my post yesterday remember how I said my TEX wasn't hard yesterday !!!! well It still wasn't this morning !!!! Murphy Has Been Sitting Out In My Boat For The Last Two Days Laughing At Meeeeee !!!!

I wasn't feeling great Sunday after I got home from work and didn't feel Good At all yesterday , Lets just say I was sitting on the can way toooo Much !!!!!!

Well When I mixed the Tex , I just dug out the last remaining little bit that was left in a old can, and just mixed it in the hardener jar. Well thought there was enough of it left in there and didn't add any !!! well there sure wasn't!! jUST Spent the last two hours cleaning the 9 spots !!!! cleaning then , used that stuff goop be gone , it really work petty well remember that one guys !! and then hit it with acetone, then sanded them again!! then acetone again, and Texed them AGAIN !!!!!!

So I guess theres not going to be any priming this next two days !!!! &$^^$&&**((((&&(&(*&())_ lol I Am going to get out there and finish the bottom and the port side , just really have to long board them !!!And move the jacks !!

And this afternoon run and get then primer !!! MURPHY !!! lol John

 

[jcsercsa]

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I would have been done with her today !!! but I'm not !!! ;[ I did get the bottom all long boarded , and she sure is sweet !!!!!! the port side is all long boarded, and looking really good !!! there is two spots on the bottom that I had to marie tex ThIS morning !!! man that really stunk this morning !!

So tomorrow i got the transom and the slpash well to sand then start cleaning . I will get some pics in the morning , my arns are falling off again !! man I am going to be buff by the time I get done with her !!!!!!!!! hahahahah

I did run and get the primer this afternoon , after a hour nap !!! lol It white rust-oleum primer, and it says 4 hour and it can be sanded at 50 degrees !! so thats really cool !!!!

OHH yea Mike I was looking at the other rust-oleum and its Semi gloss white and gloss red , so the red is really going to pop !!!!


Ok all hands are hurting , lol John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Man Guys went to grinding the tex and its not hard enough yet , it solid but not fully cured !! so I am at kind of a stand still !!! I got to finish the the spot in the bow , just some and hand sanding , and I am going to hand sand all the edges on the bottom , but thats not much !!!!!! So this kind of bites , John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Ok all I've been thinking , was just out there and its petty hard now , still going to wait for morning , should be able to grind all of this in less then a hour !!then get her wiped down , and the primer her friday morning !!! here's a pic of what i am waiting for , this frist pic is the transom , look just under the top , theres 7 spot like this on or by the transom !!!

then there is just two spots on the wing on the bottom in the bow !!!

Ok guys John

 

[jcsercsa]

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She's going to Paint !!! well primer, lol John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Well all ,,,

Man All I did was clean out there today !!!!!THen all I did was clean some more !!!then I cleaned and put away one heck of a lot of tools !!!!! then got the leaf blower out and it looked like the garage was on fire !!!!! had the garage door wide open , SNOW coming down !! yea had to stop and run to get the wife some prescriptions , and you couldn't see 1/4 mile in front of you !! it was coming down !!!! Did I tell you guys , I am ohhh so ready for spring !!!!!!!!!

OH I did go get the paint brush's and the tape and the foam rollers!! and some kerosene!!! Will post some pics of them tomorrow !!

OK well theres tomorrow , Got to finish wiping down everything !!! Man thats going to take a couple more hours !!! and then [ let us pray] lol Some primer !!!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hay all

Well after the dentist , I got going on washing her down , and a lot of the garage, Well lets say after 13 buckets of soapier water then 5 bucket of ammonia water, my hands are prunes!!!

well i got the heat going out there right now , its been in the 70's out there all day . but i just want to crank up the heat for a little bite before I get back out there and get some primer going on !!!! yea I said primer going on !!! LOL

Ohh after i got back here from the dentist ,i felt a ruff spot on one of the tooth he was working on , so i went back and had him fix it !!! If there is one thing i hate worse then sanding it going to the dentist !!! LOL

Ok I am going to primer !!!! yeeee HAAAAAA LOL John
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[jcsercsa]

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Ok guys Here you go !!!

And this last pic is the rollers and brushes , and the tape , Man 70 bucks worth of stuff !!! there two rolls of tape one hinden under the rollers!!!!

 

[jcsercsa]

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yea I am petty impressed think the primer is going to hide all the little stuff i missed !!!!Which isn't a lot , just some thing little nicks , I found wiping her down !!

If i had to do it all over again I wouldn't have taken me so long with the TeX I would have left a lot more for the primer !!! does that make sense ???But she sure is going to look sweet when she is done !!!!!!!!!!

I want to get one more coat with the primer , then sanding some more !!!!! but this shouldn't take long with the sanding the primer should sand a heck of a lot easier then the marine tex !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Well I Did get a second coat of primer on her tonight !!! am that should do it sand her off and then get some paint going !!!!!!! I just hope this primer sand a lot easier then the Marine TeX did !!!

Man she is really looking sweet just with the primer on , cant wait to see what the paint looks like on her !!!!!

 

[jcsercsa]

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Well I was out there wet sanding her with a long board , all most enough water on the garage floor to float her, lol I got to get one more coat of primer on the transom !!!

And I heard the guys talking about orange peel , well know I know what there talking about !!! lol

There is just a couple spots on the transom that I want to get just a little bite more of a build up on and it should be good !!! I got to run but will try to get some pic's up later tonight !!!

You guys have safe travels out there today and Happy Easter again !!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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OK guys here's some pic's , this first one is the best of them all showing the spots i want to hit again with the primer !!! you can see the little dimples above the 5 and 6

also was thinking I had better measure where the u-bolts go back in!!!

and here's just a long shot of the transom

then i am kind of proud of the way that the drain turned out in the splash well !!!