CheapboatKev
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Ok, I finally have the cajones to put up pics...I am not as skilled as some of you guys, and well, may suffer from a little "project envy"...
Doing everything on a pretty tight budget to not impact the home cash flow too much..So bear with me..brought her home 800 bux poorer and one Mad woman in the truck, didnt speak to me for 2 days (ahhh silence)
Here's how she looked when I drug her home, 30 days ago..
lucky me the p.o. gutted the rotten deck
learned from my previous boat that lanolin no water shop hand cleaner really cuts grease with a scrub pad and a little bit of elbow grease, no fumes like oven cleaner..
Thus far I have the deck laid back in..(for the life of me I could not get the curves of the bow correct..didnt have a good template with the old deck & what I cut from cardboard did not end up on my cuts..)
Scrubbed and painted the gunwales & up under the bow with white rustoleum, wow..nice n clean! Found a "Kilroy was here" drawing with intials and "68"..From the factory I assume! Also found & had to chase a wasp nest out, it's my boat damm it!)
Used spray on truck liner for the whatever they are called areas where the side boards go back on and is left exposed...
Have part of the console painted, added the corona bottle opener, well cuz I like it..Polished up the speedo..looks pretty good, but it is pitted...The compass will have to be rechromed..Tried some chrome spray paint for the heck of it, just looks like dull aluminum....
There it is as of yesterday..have white jump seats for port and starboard that sit on 3/4 inch ply thats sealed and same color as the console.need to build a new doghouse..but it will get there....
Doing everything on a pretty tight budget to not impact the home cash flow too much..So bear with me..brought her home 800 bux poorer and one Mad woman in the truck, didnt speak to me for 2 days (ahhh silence)
Here's how she looked when I drug her home, 30 days ago..
lucky me the p.o. gutted the rotten deck
learned from my previous boat that lanolin no water shop hand cleaner really cuts grease with a scrub pad and a little bit of elbow grease, no fumes like oven cleaner..
Thus far I have the deck laid back in..(for the life of me I could not get the curves of the bow correct..didnt have a good template with the old deck & what I cut from cardboard did not end up on my cuts..)
Scrubbed and painted the gunwales & up under the bow with white rustoleum, wow..nice n clean! Found a "Kilroy was here" drawing with intials and "68"..From the factory I assume! Also found & had to chase a wasp nest out, it's my boat damm it!)
Used spray on truck liner for the whatever they are called areas where the side boards go back on and is left exposed...
Have part of the console painted, added the corona bottle opener, well cuz I like it..Polished up the speedo..looks pretty good, but it is pitted...The compass will have to be rechromed..Tried some chrome spray paint for the heck of it, just looks like dull aluminum....
There it is as of yesterday..have white jump seats for port and starboard that sit on 3/4 inch ply thats sealed and same color as the console.need to build a new doghouse..but it will get there....
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