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

    Yeah, each place that I went deeper than the surrounding area was delamination from the tabbing. In those areas I ground through the tabbing glass and down to the hull glass. Do I need to fill those low spots before tabbing, or will the tabbing just lay over them without creating another void...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    All good recommendations, Reserector. Yes, all those tiny holes go all the way through. It's crazy how many holes there are. I was able to finish the first round of grinding yesterday and spent today cleaning up the boat and my garage. The second version of my tent did a pretty good job...
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    How much Cabosil you reckon you're going to need, all in? I only ordred a 4 lb container to start...I'm sure I'll probably need more. Also, I'd be interested to see what you mean about the 3/4" PVC for the drain hole on the transom.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Looking good. Did you just use a short piece of PVC to make the drain between compartments? Just filleted in place with PB?
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I was able to work on the boat about 4 hours this morning. Cut more tabbing close to the hull and ground a bunch more. I think if I can get 4 hours in both tomorrow and Monday I should be done grinding for the transom and two large stringers. Question: will the PB I use to glue the transom...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Last night I spent some time cutting more of the left over tabbing out with my multi-tool, and a little bit of time grinding. I'm planning on hitting the grinding hard this weekend. Fiberglass supplies showed up today! I got 50 yd 1.5 oz CSM, 50 yd 1708, 10 gal polyester resin, cabosil...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Nice. Regarding the balloons, I don't think it will really matter in my case as I'm only planning on using it in places which will have fiberglass cloth laid over it, and all of it will be on the inside of the boat hull (although, some of it may technically be below the water line). I ordered...
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    '65 Lyn Craft Seabreeze 1500 Sport Runabout

    Nice job with the Coosa. Where did you get the small piece? Or did you have a full sheet? I've thought it would be nice to use a small piece of Coosa in my bilge for where the bilge pump mounts, but can't justify buying a large piece just for that.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Good to know about you having a good experience with the glass spheres. The "no use below water line" was listed on US Composite's website. Good tip on applying the tabbing while the PB is still wet. I think it makes sense to do as much wet-on-wet as possible, especially with tabbing and...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    It is exterior rated.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I spent this morning draping plastic to contain the dust from grinding, then spent about 2-3 hours grinding around the transom. I got all the tabbing knocked down. I spent most of my time on the actual transom though. Areas where my chisel had dug into the CSM when removing the wood, I had...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    For filling small voids on the plywood edges and faces, what do folks think about resin and glass spheres or Q-cells? This would make it more sandable than resin and Cabosil, and it will still be polyester resin based so there won't be any issue going over it with cloth and polyester resin...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Finished getting all the wood off the transom this morning.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks again for the suggestions - I'll take all that into consideration. More progress tonight - I spent about 2 hours on it. I've gouged the transom a few times with the chisel - I'm guessing I'll just PB/sand those spots before installing the new wood. I tested the belt sander some along...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I'm trying to plan out how many yards of CSM and 1708 to buy. Any suggestions or changes I should make to my list below? Transom Back side - 3-4 layers of CSM (like Reserector did) Front side - 1 layer CSM to cover entire face (does there need to be 1708 on the face?) Tabbing - 6" of 1708 and...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Correct - just de-skinned last night. I don't think they pre-saturated the wood with resin or something. After getting a pry bar behind it, it popped off pretty easy except the only tough part was along the top edge where the end grain of the plywood is.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    More transom progress today. I de-skinned the outer edges and started pulling the bigger layer of plywood off. I set my circular saw depth to ~0.670" (after a few test passes) and this gets me through all but the last ply of the wood. I've made a cut across the top and knocked the bulk of the...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Also - by "mold release", are you talking about PVA?
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I may try that. I've got a Ryobi belt sander. Thanks for the idea.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yes, I'm using pry bars and chisels right now. Once I start getting close to the outer layer of fiberglass on the hull I planned to switch to a grinder with 40 grit flap discs.
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