My brother-in-law is considering buying an old sailboat (make & year unknown). He thinks that blue gel coat was painted white. If it was paintdd and needs repainting, what is the process? Remove all paint (sand or chemically)? Just sand/feather loose paint? Etc?
Thanks in advance for your help...
Our hair salon is in a small strip center and two doors down is a T-Mobile store. Yesterday, I was out front working at the back of my SUV and I noticed two guys get out of a car at the street. One tall black guy with dreds and another, shorter and stocky . The car drove off and they started...
As some of you know, Mrs Kick Back and I just returned from a trip to South Africa. Had a great time, but when we went down to the coast, I was impressed by the way they have to launch and retrieve their boats.
Thinking of all the threads here on iboats relating the woes of trailer boating here...
As I tilt the outboards (haven't bought them yet - probably something like twin Yamaha 200s) fully out of the water, and the power head moves forward, how much free space do I need to leave for the power head movement?
Sea ya...
Most of you probably don?t realize how difficult this process can be to become a U.S. citizen. But after many years and tens of thousands of dollars, Mrs. Kick Back was sworn in as a U.S Citizen today!!!!!!!!!!!
We?ve been working on this a long time, and it has been her dream to be a U.S...
I'm having trouble getting several shades of grey gel coat for my project boat. I am hoping someone can tell me why I see blue in every shade of grey they mix.
I know there are brown based grays, green based grays, blue based grays, and black based grays. I want a black based gray. Yet I see...
I?ve been watching a ton of videos lately about creating FG parts. While most of the videos show you how to make plugs and molds, some show modeless construction. Here are my thoughts?
When you use molded construction, you make a plug (exact replica of the part, or the part to be copied). Then...
I am restoring a 1981 Sea Ray Sedan Bridge (see my thread if you need the details of the project) and have a question about the joint between the cap and the hull. Being a 30 year old boat, a lot of the lip of the cap that overhangs the hull is not in good shape. Cracks, jagged edges, screw...
While I have gotten a great deal of help on my thread(see link in my signature), I have posted several gel coat questions there, but on a long thread, questions don?t always get noticed. So, I thought I would post them on a separate thread.
The boat is a 1981 Sea Ray 255 Sedan Bridge. I will be...
As some of you know, my project boat includes plans to convert to outboards. A guy came in our salon today and he related some stories his freiends (3 of them) who converted to OBs have experienced. They have all been stopped by law enforcement as they came back in an inlet. One of them gets...
Sometimes when I get on iBoats, as well as some other forums, I get a prompt saying this forum has an app for my Droid phone: tapatalk.
I read the description of the program and watched a video about it. However, I don't see what it does for me that the iBoats forum doesn't already do. Maybe...
Re: 81 Sea Ray 26 Sedan Bridge I/O to OB Conversion/Restore (Pics)
The Boat - Alright, the boat is a 1981 Sea Ray SRV 255 Sedan Bridge. It was a twin Merc 470 I/O (Alpha drives) configuration. Total HP was 340. The boat had been sitting on a trailer for years and obviously neglected. The hull...
At the strong suggestion of oops! and others experts on iBoats, I am opening this thread on my 1981 Sea Ray 255 Sedan Bridge restoration project. My hope for this thread is twofold. First, if I post the things I am doing or plan to do, the experts will help me limit my mistakes. Second, I...
Replacing all stringers on my 1981 sea ray srv 255. Has anyone used Preforms? Their web site describes their products, but gives no guidance as to number and size needed (since i would not be replacing stringers identical to the originals)?
I have cut out rotten stringers on my 1981 sea ray srv 255 and am left with about an inch more next to hull. What are the best tools for cutting out the rest without damaging the hull? What tye of saw? Planer? Belt sander? Thanks all.
