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  1. zool

    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Everything is looking great Tod, enjoying your build, tho im late to the party...
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    OIC, the shed is for a work area/storage, and the boat still gets covered...12x14 is a nice size
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    Repairing Foam Filled Stringers

    If I had to do it, I would grind all the tops, sides, and areas adjacent to the stringers clean 1st. Then cut out the caps in sections at the top of the sides, leaving the rounded edge with the cutout cap sections and leaving a foot or so between cutouts intact to maintain integrity. Clean out...
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    Have you tried to turn it over yet, or are you dealing with a known dead horse?...you may not have to tear it down.
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    Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

    That sounds like a big shed.....good thing lumber prices have come down a bunch from the peak.
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    Teardown doesnt scare me, reassembly is another story lol.....all in all, its just nuts, bolts, and careful measuring....what does bother me is putting too much money into the rotating assembly, then finding out I need lower gear work, or electrical issues, pushing the cost of this old beast too...
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    1995 Sea Ray Sundancer 250

    Dont let the boat size deter you from rebuilding, if you commit to a rebuild, you're committing to a major expense and labor intensive period. My 28sf has required less wood sub-strucrure than my sea ay 17br would need, so that sits for now. You just need to like the boat, have the means and...
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    Stripped the powerhead down some more and can already see the motor got flooded in the storm when the bay came over the bulkhead and rusted #4. With all the penetrant i soaked the cyinder with over the past few years, its just a mush of rust, but not corroded. The cylinder wall is smooth...
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    1992 18ft Bayliner Capri restoration

    Yup, that will work fine...just let the 2000e cure for a few days minimum, then sand and apply the VC, they dont hot coat well together.
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    1992 18ft Bayliner Capri restoration

    Is it gonna be kept on a trailer or in a slip? 2000e is basically a barrier primer, intended to be applied to specific mil thickness, then top coated with anti fouling if wet slipped. If kept on a trailer, there is no need for the 2000e, Interlux VC would be the epoxy product to use stand alone...
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    I got some more of the engine torn down, removed the carbs, starter, wrestled the stupid flywheel off with alot of effort, removed the ignition system as a daisy chain, keeping most of the connections in place, so i can label them later. Just have to take out the linkage, a few brackets and...
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    1996 Century Boats 1800 Center Console Refit and Modernization

    No wood, its a composite transom and stringers. No foam under the deck either, its up in the gunnels on the side of the tub. Its also self bailing so it helps keep water out of the bilge.
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    1996 Century Boats 1800 Center Console Refit and Modernization

    Yeah, it had a devine light for the photo...
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    1996 Century Boats 1800 Center Console Refit and Modernization

    It also came with a black tarp cover, I had it on but took it off to align and tighten it all down.
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    1996 Century Boats 1800 Center Console Refit and Modernization

    Thanks Kev, It comes with neoprene pads for under the legs, so i cleaned the hull area, used 5200 to attach the pads to the legs, and more under the pads to the deck. Then 4 screws lagged it down to the composite deck. There are also standoffs attached from the legs to the console on both sides...
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    1996 Century Boats 1800 Center Console Refit and Modernization

    Update: Finished removing the old bottom paint, glad that's behind me. Its kinda too hot and humid to paint this week, so me and a helper assembled the Dolphin Pro TTOP and some of the accessories. Working next to a window ac sure beats masking and suiting up in 95 deg weather! I assembled...
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    While the fillets were curing, I revisited the Chrysler 105, I figured Id start tearing into it to see whats binding. Removed the head, the bolts came out nice and easy, almost no corrosion on this engine, its complete and clean, so I keep trying to revive it. Everything looks ok, the piston...
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    1972 Checkmate MX-15 Rebuild

    I never bought the stuff walleye, I ended up just wacking the bracket off with a 2x4 and blow hammer. This weekend I did a lot of grinding, cleaned up all the areas that will have carpet, old carpet glue residue and such. With the cap back off and everything back out, I hit most of where i...
  19. zool

    The Tin Mule Resto

    Looks great as always, congrats!
  20. zool

    Which resin to finish floor?

    I could do that deck with a 1 gallon kit.....you have to keep in mind that less is more with epoxy, over wetting is just waste. The exclusion of csm is where the resin savings are most prevalent. 10 oz eglass or 17oz cloth, 2 layers will do it.
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