You Guys Inspired Me!!!!

[GA_Boater]

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That is one nice ladder, Grandad!

 

[barato2]

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yeah, really pretty woodwork.

i use one section of a maple butcherblock cutting board that came apart for my fish whackin club. they know they've been whacked.

 

[AJGeorge]

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Ok now I gotta go to the dollar store, get a couple cutting boards (1 each wood and poly) and try to invent something with them. I'am feeling useless here.

 

[InMotion]

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Hey man... just getting caught back up some here... polishing came out wicked! Awesome job... love the starch white shirt and coal miner's face.... just one of those occupational drawbacks I suppose!

Keep up the great work...

Jim

 

[barato2]

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i hadn't seen that pic. nice work on the polishing! boat looks great.

 

[cpdchap]

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Thanks guys for the comments! I got my trailer bunks finished and will tackle my roller issue tomorrow. Unfortunately I have not had time to get it to the welder which means no paint this weekend.....ohwell we move forward.

 

[cpdchap]

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My afternoon opened up so I got in Redneck mode and loaded up the SS on one of my flat bed trailers and hauled it to the welder. He almost got it done before the wind started blowing and had to stop, said he would finish in the morning. I had to share this picture.........I got some funny looks on the road :lol: I actually have a bigger trailer it would fit on but wanted him to be able to access underneath to weld both sides.....

 

[GA_Boater]

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CP - Is she gonna be hard to launch bow first? I bet you got some looks.

 

[AJGeorge]

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I hope ya don't blind somebody with that going down the road. I just noticed th AZ reg#'s did you do any boating here or just buy her here and take it back to Ca.

 

[cpdchap]

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I hope ya don't blind somebody with that going down the road. I just noticed th AZ reg#'s did you do any boating here or just buy her here and take it back to Ca.

Bought it out of AZ. and brought it home.

 

[barato2]

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i heard the AZ people were gonna toss it in jail cuz the former owner couldn't prove it was born in the US to their satisfaction.....

 

[cpdchap]

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i heard the AZ people were gonna toss it in jail cuz the former owner couldn't prove it was born in the US to their satisfaction.....

I knew it would be safe in California from anything like that:lol:!!!

 

[cpdchap]

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Got her back from the welder today,,structurally I believe they did awesome. Cosmetically is a little different situation I already blocked it down quite a bit and think I can make it look alright. Little more sanding and I will polish up the mess. Also slide her onto her new home.

 

[AJGeorge]

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I knew it would be safe in California from anything like that:lol:!!!

You mean its like an undocumented quest boat.

 

[AJGeorge]

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BTW I think the welding looks pretty stout and is kinda of a cool old scar now.

 

[GA_Boater]

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Looks like a good, solid job. You got it it smoothed down real nice, too.

 

[InMotion]

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That my fellow polisher is what they call a "character line". Nothing that a little touch-up sand and polish won't tidy up!

It looks like a solid weld job tho...

j.

 

[cpdchap]

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Beautiful weather in SoCal today! So I figured before I dive into the next phase of things I needed to reorganize the garage its amazing how fast it can get blown up when you are focused on the project.

I did sand and polish up the "Scar" and then I started polishing up the side trim, I want it polished before I paint next weekend so the buffer is not running against new paint. The trim has a coating on it that has to be sanded of before you can polish it, but once you get the coating off you can polish a whole side in about 5 minutes, in my opinion it is very worth it, it's going to really pop the color with the polished trim. The pictures show the trim with the rubber pulled out.

Question for you guys.....am I reading other post correctly??? before the floor goes down you are sealing the inside with Gluvite???? Also has anyone sprayed in a coating like Durabak over the secured plywood floor???

Don't forget mothers day boy's, Unless you are InMotion you better hold off on boat work tomorrow.

 

[jbcurt00]

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I started polishing up the side trim, I want it polished before I paint next weekend so the buffer is not running against new paint. The trim has a coating on it that has to be sanded of before you can polish it,

The andodizing or clear coat may be what your referring to:

Before the floor goes down you are sealing the inside with Gluvite???? Also has anyone sprayed in a coating like Durabak over the secured plywood floor???

GluVit or Coat-It is applied to the inside of the hull on the rivets & seams. AFTER a water leak test & repair of any leaking rivets. It's a preventative to decrease the likelihood of having a leak below decks once you're done w/ the rehab....

Durabak can be sprayed according to their info, but I don't recall seeing/reading about anyone doing it, yet..

Several glass rebuilds have used it VERY successfully:

Transom problems with Larson 186 SEI I/O Bowrider

In-process:

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You should be able to click the carot " next to Mike's user name to go to his thread..........

Sleeper-6 also did a great job w/ the Durabak: Project log : Runabout to Fishing machine

 

[cpdchap]

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Thank JB, Great info on those threads.......that runabout is awesome, Talk about a talented guy!!!!