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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration A full day of reinstalling the trim, carpet around the sides, rear cubbie partitions, and finally the seats. All screw holes sealed with 3M 5200. Everything is finally finished. Cranked the engine and ran it good. No leaks or other visible signs of...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Today was really productive. I sanded down the fiberglass really well with 40 grit belt sander, then followed up with 36 grit flapper disc to get all the edges and places that still looked shiney. Vacuumed it really well. Washed it all down with soapy...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Two layers of 1.5 csm are down and coated with 435 layup resin. A very messy job and a lot of work going it alone. I'm just glad to have some good weather finally. Having everything pre-cut and layed out prior to beginning is key. One thing any other...
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    keel repair / guard

    Re: keel repair / guard The gel coat and primer are completely gone exposing the raw and rough glass. Would the poly resin not adhere to this if sanded and cleaned with acetone? I just thought it would help seal it good before putting the keel gaurd on. If you don't think its necessary for...
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    keel repair / guard

    would there be anything wrong with coating the worn keel really well with polyester resin and then put a keel gaurd over it?
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    Keel Repair Product Advice

    Re: Keel Repair Product Advice The keel of my boat looks virtually identical. I've never used gel coat before. Not sure what pva is? Can I get a simple kit with everything I need to repaint the keel? I have a bunch of 435 layup resin. Could I simply coat it well with that? Then I could put a...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Update: I have the deck tabbed in, fully foamed and all of the hole saw plugs glued back in place and resen coated. I used saw dust and fiberglass to make my PB, that worked pretty well. The 1708 seems to have two different sides to it. I wasn't sure...
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    non-carpet floor coatings and how they feel to your feet

    I'm about to coat the newly installed deck in our family ski boat. I have been planning to use Durabak, as FriscoBoater did on one of his well documented restore jobs. My only hesitation is my concern about how it will feel to our feet. Is it too ruff, or does it get too hot? I don't want to put...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration I got the second layer of glass put on the front section of floor today. Also got the two rear sections set into the boat, stinger lines marked, holes drilled and counter sunk. Then after curing good, I got the front section in place with holes drilled...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration I got the first layer of 1.5oz csm down on the very front section of deck. Since the front seat boxes sit on this section, there is no way to put the glass on with the deck installed. So for this section only, I am putting the glass on first. Then I...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration I tried foaming over plastic and pvc pipe to create the channel to guide water to the limber holes. The plastic peels right off but the foam sticks to the pvc like glue, so that didn't work. So I just went with the plastic. Then after it cured I trimmed...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Here's a shot of one of my limber holes with the pvc insert sealed with 5200.
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Well today the weather was pretty good so I started out by getting the edge where the deck will tab in all sanded down. The 60 grit flapper disk on a 4" hand help grinder really works well for this. It makes a huge mess. After I was done I used a leaf...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration The floor panels are made of 1/2" MDO. After getting lots of suggestions here on how best to finish the bottom side I went with two coats of industrial oil based enamal paint with three coats on the edges. Then topped that with rubberized undercoating...
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    screw spacing on new deck

    I'm close to being ready to screw down my new deck and I'm wondering what spacing I should have between the screws. The originals were so far gone its kinda hard to tell from them. I was thinking about somewhere between 12" and 16". How does that sound?
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    PVC pipe insert into limber holes, how best to seal

    I didn't get any response in my restoration thread so I'll try again here. I'm going to prep my stingers now for the new deck. I will use 3M 5200 to seal all the old screw holes and then coat the tops with epoxy just so they are sealed up good. I will be installing PVC pipe inserts into my new...
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    attaching photos, what am I doing wrong?

    ..not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but here goes. I've posted lots of pics in the past and I currently have an ongoing thread on the floor replacement I'm working on. Suddenly I am unable to unpload pics and I don't know why. I'm using the utility provided on the website...
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    1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration

    Re: 1984 Dixie ski boat floor restoration Well it's 37 degrees and blowing snow today but I just had to get some work done on this project since it's been a couple of weeks since I've been able to do anything on it. Today I used my card board templates and got my floor panels cut out. Next I...
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    Preping stringers before installing new deck

    I'm currently in the process of making templates for my new deck. In the mean time I'm wondering how best to dress up my stringer tops before the new deck goes down. The stringers are in good condition but have lots of screw holes from the prior deck. I had to grind off several screws that were...
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    Marine plywood, best way to dry without warping?

    I will be installing a new floor in the spring that will require a couple of sheets of marine plywood. I know new treated lumber is typically very "wet" when first purchased and will need to dry out before applying reisen. I considered buying it now so it would have all winter to dry out. But...
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