used a multi-tool and 60 grit to remove the love bug carcasses.... touched the areas up with a brush, made the repairs proud so I can sand down
here is a bit after buffing with the cutting compound. need to go back over with the finishing compound a bit.
Bit of update from the weekend.
wetsanded both sides of the boat, need to go back over some areas.
started buffing, first pass with AquaBuff 1000. still need to do the 2nd and third pass, then move on to the final buff with finess it.
this highlighted much of the gloss, however also pointed...
here is the rest of my pics
there are about 50 love bug parts in the gel... mostly wings and legs.... little flying bass-tards kept landing on the gel.
We have a white bottom........ oh, and the boat bottom is white too
Largest spray yet.... on my knees under the boat......
one of the things planned when the boat was off the trailer was to relieve the bunk where it was kissing the hard chine.
no after pics, however a few minutes with a...
The windshield and hatches on my boat were sealed with grey butyl tape. It remained flexible and kept things sealed for over 30 year
The 5200 i bedded a few things with in 2012 had degraded due to UV
As i neer, the re-assembly stage of the boat, should I pick up butyl tape, or go with 3M 4000UV?
Progress from Sunday....
taping off the stripes to fill in the white
then the reveal
will need to DA with 600 grit, then 800, and 1000, then on to polishing, however need to finish spraying.
Next weekend is the bottom, and if successful, the cap
Bit of progress this weekend
re-taping some of the stripes
Had the admiral help tape off some sections between drizzles
Then sprayed the Harbor Blue
after breakfast this morning, will tape off the field of white in the stripes. Today plan on spraying the transom, and next weekend the...
Weekend progress so far......
laying out all the lines.....
adding tape.... first color being red
after spraying the red and removing the tape.
Sunday morning, started early, sanded the bit of over-spray
then used the pattern to layout some lines for the black and grey, and the blue...
Its a boat you buy when you hit middle age and need to compensate for shrinking sausage..... usually a go-fast boat...usually with twins or triples....always with straight exhaust. also a play on the cigarette style boat (think about that for a second).
basically the aquatic version of the...
Here are some pics from the weekend so far.
The dash prior to forming
Rolling Andrey's cobra body off the trailer
Boat off the trailer an on aluminum bucks
another shot or two of the boat
and yes, those are mud dauber nests that were under the boat
some more pics of the cobra
a bit of update......
transferred the graphics to white poster board to help me lay out the fine-line tape that arrived from Amazon. the poster board is cut to shape the hull to cap seam so I can tape in place, and transfer to the hull easy. this will ensure that I lay out both sides the same...
Had my graphics connection revise my hull layout. need to have the admiral pick between the blues
bottom is FCGI's harbor blue which is a dark cobalt blue
