As the title states, I'm trying to see if I can restore the gel coat on my Century Cardel. I'm finding that some parts are just heavily oxidized while other parts have been painted. I'm trying to sand off the paint with 400 grit but I'm wondering if I should go a little coarser to get to the...
Froggy1150 - you seem to have had the same stuff I did. What did you replace it with? I doubt it's polyester resin, it smelled different when I was griding it off. It also had no wax surface to it, it felt like rock.
Here is an update on my dilema. The wood was bedded in with some type of compound that I can't identify. It's black and sort of crystalline and rock hard. It looks like they layed a bunch down and set the wood into it. There is also a lifting ring assembly that has a small piece of angle...
On my Century Coronado Cardel, I have some gel coat errosion in front of my rudder caused by the prop. Any suggestions on what or how to repair it? It's gotten into the glass so I'm thinking it needs to be ground to solid glass and glass added back along with some resin. However, is there a...
I've been a member on this forum for a long long time, just have not been very active lately. I'm starting my Century Coronado Cardel rebuild in earnest and have run across something I would like to get some opinions on. The keel, if you can call it that, where the prop strut and rudder mount...
Any direction on how to remove the drive shaft from the lower unit? Mine has the non-stainless shaft which of course corroded and took out the seal which then allowed the lower unit to fill with water. I need a little help to remove the shaft.
I usually hang out in the boat repair section but I recently acquired a Mercury 110, 9.8 motor. My son picked it up for me and I have not even seen it. One thing I know I will need is a manual for it. I have looked around but have not found one on-line. Does anyone know where I might...
I know my answer will raise some issues but I'm planning on using it between the hull and the stringers. I've heard some use it for that but make mention of the long time for it to cure, I'm not concerned with that as I'm taking a long time to do this. Since the original stringers were just...
I've been a member for some time and am finally getting ready to start my project boat which is a Century Coronado Cardel. In reading the forums, I see many references to something called PL. With the trend to use letters instead of words lately, I'm curious what is PL? Is it a polyurethane...
