hull extension in progress with pics

[Labman]

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Hey oops!, you never said if there was any work going on when you went over Sat. afternoon.
Had FROST here the last 2 mornings, it's not burning off until around 9:30-10:00, working outside really SUCKS!

 

[new_boater]

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starting to have withdraws....where is oops .......MIA........
hope everything is ok

 

[NoKlu]

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Last big weekend of the year. He's probably spent it on the lake not working on the boat. Or he's in the pokey for beatin a guy with a longboard.

 

[72SideWinderSS]

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Remember this ??? http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=225419

I'm with Bro NoKlu :Or he's in the pokey for beatin a guy with a longboard.

Keep up the good work oops.

 

[fire7882]

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I've been following this thread since I joined a couple months ago. Lots of great info. I can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Cptkid570]

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It's been, like, a week since I've seen new photos! I'm going through withdraws! Oops didn't fiberglass himself to the boat again did he?
I'm starting to worry...

 

[Driven1]

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Hey, somebody wanna take a walk over there and see if he's ok?

 

[new_boater]

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Sorry Ward, I had to!

Has anyone checked with the oompa loompas

 

[pkrainert]

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I need to see some updates im going out of my mind at work ... isnt it doompadee not oompedee? not that it really matters.

 

[bailey]

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Patience is a virtue or "good things come to those who stand and wait"

 

[oops!]

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sorry i been away feom the puter for a while.......

i been workin my @$^#&^ off on the boat....im loosing the shop in a few days.....(they need the bay for shrink wraping)

so it has been a mad dash to the finish line......

update comin !

 

[oops!]

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ive been spending hours long boarding the boat and re fairing it....the plaining surface is done and ive been consentrating on the sides.......

the gellcoat is sanding really easily...but its still a whole lot of work...

this is the post side getting prepped for a final third longboarding session

the nose also needs attention

with the exception of the chine and strake area....the starboard side is done

after i longboarded the whole port side....(about 6 hours worth) it still has some issues........it took me a long time to figgure out....the cheap long boards i got from princess auto had warps in them. i wasnt using my good board because it was a hook and loop system and the only paper i could get was sticky.......so i had to dun out and pay thru the nose to get hook and loop long board paper

you can see the warp in the board after i tried to fix this one

 

[oops!]

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the long board was creating ripples in the hull sides.....it was really frustrating.....after i got my good board rigged up with 220 paper the ripples started to come out.

its really tough to find the higher grits of paper in the sizes im looking for....no one carries the 400 to 1200 grits in long board or 8 inch round sizes !

so i dont know what to do when it comes polishing time.

the transom was much neglected because i was concentrating on the major areas....so i prepped it and went after it.....this is half way done on the first series of longboarding

after it was done....i found some really high spots.

i sanded then down to "dish" depth.......the one in the middle is really in a bad area because it is right where the transom cut out will be....that means a perfect seal will be impossible to get when the transom plate is bolted on....

it needs to be perfect.

i mixed up some gellcoat and using ondarvrs trick......poured the gellcoat on the area....and just squeegeed over the dished out areas

done in seconds !....flat....smooth...and perfect !

 

[oops!]

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while that was curing.....i started on the nose

im using a one inch hard rubber sanding block for the area between the chine and strake transisitions

in the above pics you can see where they started to go thru the gellcoat.

in order to get this area flat when it gets re gellcoated i needed to take lots off.....but she is starting to look really and feel really good

as previously stated, this side still has issues near the cap joint

its impossible to see how straight this is looking...but here is an over all shot

optical illusion plays lousy tricks on you but it looks and feels good. just a few minor wobbles.....

i have to go to vancouver tommorow morning, but gellcoat is set for friday night !

today im going to go and putz with the boat...make it as straight as i can before the gellcoat hits it....but i really think its ognna be a good product when its done........better than it was before.

cheers
oops

 

[zach103]

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are you gunna be using ondarvrs trick this time when you gel coat it??

 

[oops!]

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are you gunna be using ondarvrs trick this time when you gel coat it??

yup.......works like a charm ! there is one or two low areas where they went thru the gellcoat one the plaining surface that i will be filling with the trick

 

[pkrainert]

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It looks great so far oops!

 

[bailey]

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Can't seem to find the post referring to the "gel coat and Squeegee trick". Would it be too much trouble for you too repeat that post again?
Bailey

 

[oops!]

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the squeege trick is really easy.....when doing a flat area with gellcoat....(after the surface is prepped) just pour on some gellcoat and use a squgee to move the gleecoat around......it will fill any bubbled or low spots or fix any surface imperfections......and leave you with a totally smooth surface.....

if a person could match gellcoat colors easily....the trick could be used to quickly fix pitted or rock chipped areas on gellcoat

 

[rngale]

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Not sure what your final finish is heading for like gelcoat or paint, but there are a couple of other products out there that are used for sufacing and filling. One is called featherfill and is a sprayable product that dries quickly and is an mek actaylst, the other (if you are going to paint the boat with something like awl grip) is awl grip D008 epoxy primer, its a high build easy sanding primer for use under polyurathane topcoats, 24 hour dry time.