16' Sunray Rehab

[reka12]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Thanks Pun! Your posts were very timely! I will be installing the floors in my little project this weekend and was giving thought to how they will join with the boat. How important is it to glass over the middle of the deck? I was told that glass in the middle of a larger piece of wood does not add to the strength. Are you going to glass yours?

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

I'm gonna do a 6 inch tape, a 12 inch tape and cloth over the entire thing. Whoever told you glassing the middle of the floor doesn't add strength has misinformed you. It certainly adds strength, abrasion and water resistance. For the little bit extra it costs, do it, dude. It'll be worth it.

 

[reka12]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Thanks! It will be easy enough!

 

[Realgun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Pun lay the taped edges first. Then do the floor in glass cloth 6 oz should be fine. over the taped edges and up the sides a we bit 1-2 inches.

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

I'm using 12 oz biaxial tape and 7.5 oz cloth.<br /><br />Sanding the joint right now. Gonna start laying tape today, hopefully. Pix will be forthcoming!

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Another small update.<br /><br />Here is the boat after sanding the joint smooth. Man, that was a lot of work. I used 60 grit on my DA sander.<br /><br />

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<br /><br />Vacced up, and washed down with denatured alcohol. This floor is ready for biaxial tape!<br /><br />

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

More Progress made today. I got the floor all tabbed in. There's been a slight change in plans. I'm not going to do an additional layer of tape. I've decided that, because of the design of my hull, the hull would crack somewhere else before the floor joint would fail. And for the sake of saving a bit of weight, a bit of cash and a lot of work, I'm gonna go right over the top of this joint with my cloth.<br /><br />Some pics as usual:<br /><br />

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[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Significant update!<br /><br />Here's the floor all glassed in and finished. Pictured is one of the new seats that I'll be installing. The entire interior will be reupholstered and carpeted in sand and blue.<br /><br />

<br /><br />Ok so, I decided to test some products on the scratched faded gelcoat. Keep in mind, this boat was only mildly oxidized, so your results may vary. But this is what I ended up with after 2x buff with wool commpounding pad and 3M Super Duty Rubbing Compound, 1x buff with foam pad and Meguiars Swirl Remover 2.0, 1x DA polish with foam pad and Meguiars Swirl Remover 2.0, 1x DA polish with Meguiars #26 Yellow Carnauba Wax.<br /><br />

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<br /><br />I did wetsand the high traffic areas where the boat had a lot of deep scratches. I used 800 grit and the Super Duty took it right out. <br /><br />Thursday the uphostery starts! Getting there! Woo!

 

[tengals123]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

wow, that looks good. Nice job restoring that old gelcoat.<br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />cheers

 

[Mark42]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Hey! How did I manage to miss this project? Nice work there Pun. Especially the plywood/glass work and buffing the gel coat. <br /><br />And (ahem..) I hope that was a Marine Grade brick you were using ...

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Thanks for the compliments fellas. I'm three weeks from the water, in my estimation.<br /><br />Yeah Mark, marine XL and epoxy resin with good high quality fiberglass tape and mat. That floor should outlast the rest of the boat anyway.

 

[BillP]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

I missed this one too. Very nice! Is that Greenwood XL pt ply? <br /><br />bp

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

heh, and I thought you guys were ignoring me. <br /><br />Bill, not sure if it's Greenwood or not but it was expensive as hell.

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Originally posted by Mark42:<br /> Hey! How did I manage to miss this project? Nice work there Pun. Especially the plywood/glass work and buffing the gel coat. <br /><br />And (ahem..) I hope that was a Marine Grade brick you were using ...

Haha! Missed the word brick originally. Uhhm yeah, that was a Realgun Approved(tm) Marine Grade Landscaping Brick!

 

[Mark42]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Pun, somewhere on this forum is a long post about solder vs crimp for wiring. You should look that one up. Its a gas!

 

[tengals123]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

haha, that's funny.<br /><br />cheers

 

[Realgun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

That is an Awsome job there Pun. Yes I approved the brick but prefer the landscape larger rocks they seem to work well. There are exactly 600 bricks in my backyard. Gotta love the seconds they look like they have been there for years the day you lay them.

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Well, while my boat is at the upholstery shop, I have some time to work on refinishing some of the componentry.<br /><br />I don't have a before picture of the teak trim, but here are is a pic after much sanding and oiling. This teak was in terrible shape. In my search for replacement wood, I met an old man in a wood shop who suggested a little elbow grease might bring it back. He was right!<br /><br />

<br /><br />Next I tackled the venturi vents. The vents are in bad shape. I looked for a replacement and found the exact ones, only they were black or white. I wanted to retain the chrome as it is part of the character of this old boat. Here's a side by side before and after. The formula? Rip off a piece of Nevr Dull and rub till it feels like your fingers are about to fall off.<br /><br />

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<br /><br />The ones on the right haven't been polished yet, obviously. They turned out pretty good, but not perfect. There are some small cracks and chips here and there.Incidentally, if any of you know where I can find a replacement for these in chrome, please post it. They're low profile Detmar venturi vents for a 15 1/2" x 2 1/4" hole.

 

[bigbad4cyl]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

that picture of the marine grade plywood makes me not want to buy marine grade ply wood ,,,,,it looks like a bunch of football voids.....maybee i will get the exterior grade plywood

 

[Pun]

Re: 16' Sunray Rehab

Those footballs are in there for a reason and dont affect the integrity of the plywood in any way.