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    Best way to put the drain hole in a new transom?

    How do I go about putting the bilage drain hole in a transom replacement? Do I drill the whole first or put the transome in first then drill the whole? Do they make a two peice brass fitting or something that would screw into each other? I think I seen on here once that someone drilled a...
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    Poly resin shelf life

    Hey guys spring is around the corner so back to the boat project. I was all gun ho last summer and got a 5 gallon bucket of resin and some hardener from a freind of my Uncle who works in some kind of boat factory. It has been in my cool basement all this time and am wondering if it would still...
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    How long is my boat good for before I need to sand again?

    I am just about done sanding my transom and stringers but it is almost time to cover up the boat for the winter. When I open it up again in the spring will everything need to be sanded again?:( Will just a good clean with acetone be good before laying in new fiberglass be good? Thx
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    Alternative to flap diskc for sanding

    Looking for a better disk than the flap wheels I have been using. I have been using De Walt 36 grit flap wheels from Lowe's. They work awsome when I first put them on but shortly after that it seems to not be so aggressive. I am using a 4.5 inch grinder. Any suggestions?
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    Under deck floatation?

    Looking for some ideas on what to put under the deck to replace floatation "bags" that were no good. This is what I found under the deck of my boat when i pulled it up. I removed all the "bags" and got rid of any that had air leaks when I compressed them and any that had water in them. I...
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    Woodless stringers?

    Hey guys I am currently restoring a 1972 Winner Quadralift and it has hollow fiberglass stringers. I am not even done with demo and already thinkning of my next project. Is this stringer set up common to certain mfg's and if so which ones? It really is nice not having to replace stringers.:) I...
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    CSM only for a top layer of a new deck?

    Hey guys I got the answer for the underside of the deck I will use 3/4 oz CSM. Now would a single layer of 1 1/2 oz CSM be good for a top layer? The plywood that is there is 3/4 and that is what I will be putting back. Do I need a layer of 1708 biaxial or would the CSM be good enough? My...
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    What to do on underside of deck?

    Hey guys I was wondering what most people do to the underside of the plywood they use for a new deck? I see some say just coat it with resin. Some say just resin will do nothing since it will crack and fall off. Some say you need to put a layer of csm. I am using poly resin. Would just a good...
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    Keel patch?

    After my first day of sanding my transom skin I found a shotty repair. I took the grinder to it and it was gray in color and looked like it was leaking. As you can se in the pictures i still need to grind out more due to the cracks in the resin. First way I thought I could patch it was to tape...
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    Transom resin soaking ??

    Hey guys I have a few questions about soaking my plywood with poly resin before laminating them together. I have read online that the propper mix of resin to hardener is 1 oz of hardener to 1 gal of resin. Should I use less hardener to give the resin a longer time to soak in the plywood? If...
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    stringer repair

    Hey guys, Thanks to all the info and help from the people on this siteI have started my transom project. When I cut along the inside of the billage area water came out like a waterfall. I was like oh great looks like the stringers will need to replaced. Upon further investigation there was no...
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    Need to know what to buy for new transom?

    Hey guys just wondering about replacing my transom and what Iwill need for glassing supplies.Heres what I'm thinking I will need. 2 sheets of 3\4 plywood 3 Gallons of resin (I'm thinking) Things I don't know how much ? yards of some kind of cloth ? yards of mat What should I use for...
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    split just the back of the cap?

    I'm trying to come up with a game plane to replace my transom. I think I need to remove the cap of the boat. Due you think removing just the back of the cap is ok? I plan on just removing forward from the transom, just behinde what seems to me a "rib" that would have some kind of structural...
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    Running on muffs or in a barrel?

    How much diffrent do you think an engine will idle on muffs compared to a barrel? Due to back pressure and things like that. Thanks Bryan
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    Transome size?

    I was planning on replaceing my transome this winter. I've looked at quite a few posts here and they are very helpful. This is my question. I saw a post where the person cut the new wood 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch smaller then needed and filled the gap with peanutbutter type resin. Is this the...
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