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

    So you would recommend the mold release over the wax additive for the final coat of resin? I had planned on unwaxed resin and some kind of curing method (wax, waxed gelcoat like boatworkstoday uses, or PVA). I started on the transom today and got further than I thought. I haven't de-skinned...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Thanks for the props on the progress. Thanks to the guys who posted their threads/videos/etc that have done this before and made it seem less daunting. I've got a local source, but they only sell 1708 by the full roll - more than I'll need. And their 5 gallon bucket of resin is $170 each vs...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I've been measuring and sketching for the last several days and finally think I've got enough measured to at least know how much wood to buy. I'm going to buy AuracoPly plywood, as there is a supplier ~1.5 hours from me. I'm planning to buy 4 sheets of 3/4" and 4 sheets of 1/2". I should be...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Any ideas for another way to mount the bilge pump? Adhesive? I don't like the idea of a piece of wood with holes/screws in it down in the part of the boat that is supposed to catch fluids.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Man I can't wait to be at the point you're at.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I got the bilge area stripped today so I can start working on gutting the transom this week. I got all the short pieces of stringer out in one piece...barely. If it weren't fore the fiberglass the two inner ones would have completely fallen apart. As I was cutting the tabbing in a few places...
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    Missing photos on a 2011 post

    Go look at my thread (1987 PowerPlay) - I just started measuring last night. I've left as much of the rotten wood in as I can until I take measurements. For the wood that was too rotten and just crumbled out, I've pulled strings where the tops of the stringers would be and am pulling...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Yes, I'm planning on replacing all the wood that is aft of the gas tank bulkhead.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Started sketching the structure layout tonight. I also pulled some taut string lines to mark where the two inner stringers were. These were completely rotten when I pulled the floor up and they just crumbled, so this is the best way I can think to recreate them. The two horizontal strings are...
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    Free Boat, This thing is a badboy!

    Hmm, I didn't think about using buns of closed cell foam. I have access to large sheets of 2 lb density closed cell PE foam.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I got the ski locker floor cut out tonight. I started by going around the outside with my multi-tool to cut the fiberglass tabbing, then used a chisel to start separating the fiberglass from the wood, then progressively larger crow bars until it was completely de-skinned. The decking was...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    What kind of wood do most folks recommend using for cleats? By cleats, I mean wood attached to the side of the stringers / bulkheads into which screws can be driven to hold down the decking. What I'm pulling out of the boat looks like either teak or mahogany, but I could be wrong about that...
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