Crashed boat Resto

[ondarvr]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

As long as the resin you have has no wax in it you're safe to go longer than that. Some of the low cost production resins cure much faster on the surface than the typical retail product and if they're exposed to UV light can cure very well without wax. Keep the area dry and protected from the sun and you should be able to go a couple of days with no problems. Normally after you've done some glass work and left it to cure, there's a few spots that may need to be hit with the sander before then next layer is applied anyway, if that?s the case just skim the whole thing lightly.

 

[Nandy]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

Checked today's patches. They feel and look great from the outside and inside. Tomorrow I will try to remove the jigs slowly and see if they hold. If they do then I will grind and bevel the whole crack and fiberglass it. If not I will grind and fiberglass around the jigs, fiberglass then wait before removing. Then I will take care of the top. I'm hoping to have part of the top done by the weekend. Still need to go and get that interlux paint before they sell them all...
Update tomorrow!

 

[Nandy]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

I started by taking the jigs out and the part did not move which is great. I sealed the inside of the bow to keep most of the fiberglass dust off the boat. Changed my 120 disk for a 60 grit disk, suit up and go to work. That plastic cover started to be pushed by the air of the grinder towards the grinder itself, I raised my hand to try to keep the plastic off the grinder and my latex glove got caught by the disk and you guess it... Got my left hand palm ground just enough to draw blood. After a quick wash, some paper towel/ducktape impromptu bandaid I got back to work. Ground the crack in the hull all the way to the new fiberglass then tried to bevel it good and wide. I put 2 patches, one to cover about half of the crack and the second to cover the first patch and the rest of the exposed fiberglass.

Inside hull patches:

This is the "new" outside patch after the uncured resin fiasco.

I closed the bow and got to work in the crack in the top shell. I did not have to jig it as it was straight by it sitting where it belongs. I did put a new screw to keep it from moving once I started to grind it. Did the grinding work similar to the hull where I took enough material to just leave a thin layer of old fiberglass where the crack did not went all the way in and where the crack went all the way thru the grinding job stopped when I had a barely noticeable gap. I beveled and widened the fiberglass and got to do the patching job. The sun had heated up and I could feel the heat and that made the resin cure fast, real fast... I forgot to take pictures of the top shell work but I will when I get back at the boat.

I think by tomorrow I should be done with the job inside of the hull and can get to start making the outside job look smooth. Other than sanding the fiberglass, what else can you do to make that fiberglass look good? I'm sure it will not all be perfect. If it is not perfect smooth do you have to add another patch and grind it of is there anything like the bondo glassing material to get rid of those small imperfections? I used a bondo like material in the other boat that was meant for fiberglass body work but I'm not sure if that is advisable. I used it mainly to cover the big gaps between the new deck and the hull sides.

BTW, if I get that interlux paint tomorrow, what else do I need to get to apply it? I'm not sure if I need primer or not. What technique should I use? Spray it or "roll and tip"? I don't have a spray gun, but I have a compressor so getting a spray gun will not be that crazy. If roll and tip is better what type of roller and brush should I get?

Thanks guys!!!

 

[Mark42]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

Wow! Nice job of piecing it back together. Looks really good.

Ok, now just one really bad thing...... There is this giant tumor looking growth on the underside of the cap. Looks like its been there a few years, so I'm going to guess its probably terminal at this point.....

 

[Nandy]

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Ok, now just one really bad thing...... There is this giant tumor looking growth on the underside of the cap. Looks like its been there a few years, so I'm going to guess its probably terminal at this point.....

Yup, but Im afraid if I cut it out it will just go down from there! LOL!!!

I have to say I feel a lot better about this job. Before I had only done decks, you know, all straight, not much corners or anything then cover them by carpet (I know, I know...) so there is not much, but this is right there in front of the boat. Again, the hull is going away but this is great practice. I have a good 8 to 9 hours in this. Im sure if I had the time to work on it and entire day I would have made more progress but setting up every day takes time. I think I will be close to the 25 hours the guy quote me. He did explain how he would have done the job and I have to say it was way more involved than what I am doing. Not to mention he would be using gelcoat as I will use that interlux paint (if still available).
Thanks for the help guys!

 

[Nandy]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

So today I finished all the fiberglassing that had to be done inside of the hull/top deck. It is all feeling good and strong.

This is a lonely photo of the top inside patch.

It was a B#$@ to get it to stay. It has 3 layers. I ground the crack all the way to the new fiberglass then beveled it wide and nice. The patches are like a 1 inch wide to cover the deepest of the crack, a second that covered the first one and extended about 1 inch side to side and the subsequent larger piece that went all the way to the "lip" of the top shell and flipped up in the outside. I trying to keep the inside of the "lip" without adding much bulk so the 2 parts will match.

These are the pictures of the top patch that I forgot to take.

Tomorrow I will be checking a boat so I might not have much time but I will try to close the 2 parts together to use the boat Saturday. If I have time I will do a little sanding to the outside fiberglass patches.
Come Monday I will start working a bit more in the outside. I will finish up the outside of both halves "lips" and then start doing some serious sanding to get ready for the finish.

I called BW and a guy had just walked off the store with everything they had left, including the interlux paint I wanted... So it will be gelcoat depending on price. If not it will be some other type of paint. That part is still in the air..

Thanks!

 

[Rickairmedic]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

Looking good Nandy you may not need a ( new ) boat afterall once the repais are done to this one ( I know none of us neeed new boats ) .


Rick

 

[Nandy]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

Not much to update. I stopped in my way to see that other boat. I took the wood separating the hull/top deck and the parts match perfectly so there is nothing to sand inside of the top deck. I will screw it in tomorrow to boat for the day and then continue with the sanding next week. Will update then. Have a great weekend y'all!!!

 

[Mark42]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

Not bad at all. You can take a tip from Oops, and slap some of that bondo glass reinforced resin on top, then sand it down smooth, spot putty then paint. Or just take some resin, mix in wood flour or baking flour to thicken, then spread like body filler over the top, sand and paint.

I'm so glad you decided to fix this yourself. Its a great little project, it saved your boating season, and you can take your time looking for a new hull.

I wish my project was moving along that fast!

 

[Nandy]

Re: Crashed boat Resto

You can take a tip from Oops, and slap some of that bondo glass reinforced resin on top, then sand it down smooth, spot putty then paint.

I will try that!

I'm so glad you decided to fix this yourself. Its a great little project, it saved your boating season, and you can take your time looking for a new hull.
I wish my project was moving along that fast!

Im glad I did that too. It would have really killed my season. I lost a month anyway, but that is not as bad as 2 or 3 months plus all the money invested in it.
Your talking about that hard top you wanted to make? I wanted to make this one into a bowrider but it was a bit too much for me, money and time wise. I wish you luck!