Glastron Sportster 1977

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Hi Guys ,Gal's

Well got a little sanding done on her , And got the another coat of primer on the transom !!!! touched the butt crack with some also !!! LOL

Sanding with the long board , MAN she is really getting flat !!!!!!! Also the waves sire coming right out !! with all the marine texing that I have done , I am still finding little chips !!!!! Not many but a few !!! there getting long boarded and painted !!! lol its been a long road getting here but man she is really turning out nice !!!!! I am going to hit it early !! John

 

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OHH Ps, guys did get some 2000 grit ordered , I know its over kill from what i was reading that some one didnt go past 600 grit , but this hole thing has been over kill so why stop now !!! LOL john

 

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Ok Guys and Gals

Today is going to be a long one !!!! I am hoping there is painting going to happen !!! just turned off the heat , and the kids walked out the door !!! so I am going to hit it !!! going to start from the bottom and work my way up , with the wet sanding !!! Wish me luck !!!! John

 

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Well all

My arms and hands are killing me !!! The top is done sanding and so is the starboard side and most of the port, just have to hit the lower part there and the bottom !!! yea i knoiw i said i was going to start with the bottom but I got out there and wanted to see how the transom was going to turn out !! And it looks great there is 4 chips that are going to stay in it !!!!! but she really looks great , soo smooth !!! the dash is great and so it the starboard side is just as smooth as can be !!!!! it really looks great , Jeff came over and helped me out I would sand and he was wipeing her clean after !!! then it was hit the ruff spot a little more !!!

Well now she is really ready for paint I got about 3 more hours left then I can paint !!!!!! Man cant wait !!!!! john

 

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Man Guys , my hands are so sore , stiff !!!!! But she is looking great !!!!!! An't going to get to the rest today but tomorrow , Think I am working early so should be able to finish sanding this round tomorrow !!!!! MAn she is soo close !! Want to call in , but will save my Personal days for this summer !! LOL John

 

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Well all ,

I didn't get any pics today , and didn't get her done , had the garage door open the hole time i was out there, man i am so ready for this weather !!

Well with the sun on the bow seen a few spots I wasn't happy with so got that all straight , and went to work on the bottom , well made it to where the jacks stands are , my arems were barking at me so I went and got the port side done !!!!!

So I got another couple hours on the bottom and then she will be ready !!!! John

 

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Hay Guys and Gals ,

Well I made sure there's going to be paint going on here Sat, !!!!!!! Kids left and 2;20 out there and the bottom Is Done !! so after work tomorrow have to wash her down a few times and then PAINT IS GOING TO BE APPLIED !!!! LOL

Ok got to get ready for work !!! GO WINGS !!!! John

 

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Well Guys and Gals

It took 5 hours and the white has its first coat on !! yes Neil I will get some pic's up tomorrow!! LOL

lol this boating thing is interfering with my Hockey !! How can That Happen ??? John

 

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Ok Guys !!

Well it didnt level , I guess you would say !! went with the roller and tip, method , and the roller was leaving a heck of a lot better finish, the brush was leaving brush marks !!! No its not bad just a lot of little high spots , hit it with some 1200 grit by hand and some 800 grit with the nematic, didn't like the nematic with that so went straight to the 2000 grit with it. and it is glassie smooth !!!!! she is going to be just like glass , I can tell already , I really wanted to hit it with another coat when I got home but it was getting ready to rain and the humidity is up and now there talking rain all the way till thursday now !!!#@$$#%%%^^%$%^%$$### dont it just figure !!!! Ok heres some pics , if your looking at it at a distance she looks really good !!

 

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and heres a few more !!!!

This last one , look at the reflection of the dog in her , and i didn't even sand here yet !!!!!! she is going to look great !! John

 

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Looks good John. Clearly your meticulous prep work is paying off.

Thanks there ezmobee, yea it is , but there are still spot that I see !!! I really think regelcoating her would have been easier !!!! lol you got to really look to see them , but I am over all pleased !!!!!!

I was out there sanding and got up to the bow on the bottom , there is that 1 foot strip just below where the top meets , well That was the first place I hit when i was painting . When I mixed the paint with the mineral spirits right in the rolling pan, [ I forgot ] well in that strip across the front really turned out smooth , well I was thinking I did put the paint mixer on the drill and mixed it in the paint , well I am thinking that I had more mineral spirits in that spot so when I paint again I am going to mix it just a little heavier, it calls for 5% I am going to make sure I add all of that !!!! Does all that make sense ?? LOL

Ok guys more sanding what Fun !!!! LOL JOhn

 

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Well Its still raining here !! She is all ready for the next round of paint , Just got done sanding her with 1200 grit !!!! Man She Is going to be sweet !!! John

 

[jcsercsa]

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Hi all

well thinning it even more really did the trick !! the paint leveled right out !!!! and its looking better, I was getting worried with the first coat !!

The only problem I got now is I am running out of paint I will get another quart ordered tomorrow

Ok here is some pic's

 

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Hi all

Well I was just out there and she is dry, and looking a heck of a lot better, One to 2 more coats of white is going to be needed !! so back to sanding I got only enought for one more pan full of paint , so if I can get her sanded before next week theres a couple spots where I want to hit !!! john

 

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Well yea, think it was TD or someone said it take 3 week for it to full cure !!! I will sand her then wait my time !!John

 

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still more pics of that new boat.. what ratio are you doing for thinning it?

What about the pic's i posted tonight ??? lol

Well it called for 5 % and with what i measured it was about 7 % I went with !! turned out great !! John

 

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well today it was mostly roller but the brush work also , It wasnt thin enough before,, It really leveled out great !! John

 

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the white sure is turning to glass !!!! still thinking I am going to need maybe two more coats of white !! Was out there sanding for a little while and every coat is 10 times better !!!! John

 

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Hay all

I was talking to my brother-in law and he was say why am I sand in between coats ??? He say just paint her then sand her !!!!!!! man why didn't he tell me that two weeks AGO !! LOL

So tomorrow clean her again and then paint with what I have left , then Tues hit her again when I get the other can !!!

Man I was out there hitting the starboard side , and its turned to glass , if I couldn't still see some of the egg shell color in it I would leave it !!! it really is turning out like a mirror !!!! John

 

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Hi all

Ok well Third coat is on !! And she is going to get one more !! Its been on for about 2 hour's now , I am going to see if I can get one more before I go to bed !! While I was looking at the pdf from rust-oleum , it said 24 hours between coats !! but I am going to check On her about ten and see if I cant get one more on her tonight , so me and jeff can hit the sanding where I got to tape , and get some red going then sand the hole thing !!

What do you guys think ?? think i can get one more tonight ?? it would be like 8 hours dry time , and rust-oleum says 6 to 8 hours you can sand !!!