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    projects other than boats

    You ever get to test the aluminum brightener on the... was it a transmission?
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    Laminating 3/4" Coosa to make 1.5" transom

    us composites lists their 1708 as epoxy compatible. (No binder/coating just glass fibers) Not the regular csm though as it uses a binder to hold the fibers together. Or am I missing something and my side project is going to come apart? :oops:
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    Laminating 3/4" Coosa to make 1.5" transom

    Scott, you sure about the 1708? The ones I've seen and used are stitched meaning its good to go for epoxy. No styrene needed. (This would be us composites and whatever my local place sells....)
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Whats a rivet? Do they smell like polyester? Asking for a friend. :LOL:
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    2000’s Bayliner 175 I/O

    The 250 is heavy and long... it's only real drawback. I think there is a ~75 lb difference between the 350 and 250. I imagine the intake/exhaust manifold is a pain to cast too. Dad had one in his invader. It did 50 per the brochure with the "165" the base "228" 305 did about 60 and the 350 was...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    If you ain't cheating you ain't trying.
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    No dipstick on 1989 era 3.0L?

    I noticed the transmission dip sticks first. Seems the US manufacturers still give you an oil dipstick. But those darn Germans have been cheating us for almost 20 years. :LOL: (have a BMW i take care of without any, pain in the ass)
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Or in my case a wee bit incorrectly.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I feel that. While I wasn't exactly bursting at the seams with cash to do my resto, the project creep hurt after a while. That being said I got to the point where I had to decide if I wanted to cut corners now or deal with again down the line. To save on resin and glass I did not coat and glass...
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    2000’s Bayliner 175 I/O

    Looks clean. Nice pickup.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    which laminate is that again... you know, since you're using so many. :p I know what you mean with the resin though. One of the buckets I got from us composites was totally different than the other 30 gallons and a somewhat different tint even. Worked fine just behaved like gravy vs a motor oil...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I used a wire cup brush the diameter of the hole in the deck to knock the foam down and floated the wood pucks over top with peanut butter. PB in hole, press in puck, PB over top with plastic putty knife to trowel flat. Worked great. Then I hit them with the DA quick before glassing the deck.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Mamma says foosball is the devil.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    We used to beat the ever loving **** out of eachother playing ping pong. :LOL:
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    My us composites order alone was almost 3 grand. I included tools in mine and still came out ahead of a new boat though.
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    Not saying the raker is not a good prop. (If what I said got misinterpreted, just that there have been updates made to others in the last... 40 years now?) The enertia is excellent, just didn't run well on my hull. I even stepped up to a 21p to try and pull it down a bit to behave like others I...
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    The rakers were really good props back in the day. Obviously technology has advanced since then.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Gelcoat is just good resin... ie what the rest of the boat is built with. I'd gelcoat then prep the area for the transducer and epoxy it over it. Imo it will look better that way as well
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    How to kill mold on billge/engine surfaces

    There's 5 tons worth of chlorine gas/liquid sitting adjacent to my office at work. I'm far more concerned about the yo-yo mixing whatever is in the cleaning closet at the end of the hall together and killing me by coming up with some new "special" cleaner than those things... Leak detection for...
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    Boats from work.

    I like that red
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