14' fiberglass fishing boat restoration

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yeah read what woodie gave you.

and when i get home ill give you a boat building 101 class bud
 
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Woody, that sketch of the transom is EXACTLY what the Dr ordered. Thanks guys, and any more tips, kick'em my way. I think I gotter now.
 
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Oh yea, one more thing.... Please dont think I'm retarded, but..... I seem to have cut through the side of the boat with my sawzall while making my initial inside cuts. The cut is as thick as the sawzall blade and about 8" long. Its a vertical cut... Will this peanut butter fill my hackjob? Heres the pics.
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To fix the cut, tape some heavy plastic over it on the outside. Grind the inside about 3" on all sides of the cut. Clean it all real well with Acetone. Then mix some resin with cabosil and chopped fibers to the consistency of Creamy Peanut butter and fill the cut from the inside of the boat. Smooth it out as best you can. Then lay a layer of CSM and a layer of 1708. Done. When you tab the transom in it will add additional strength and waterproofing to the cut. Pretty common occurence here on the forum.
 
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I would just use the fiberglass resin and cloth as suggested. Forgiving, strong, cheap. And obtainable almost anywhere.
 
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Thanks guys... I will have update pics throughout the next week hopefully.
 
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looks like you are back on track.....]]

one thing about the resin......dont just run out and buy resin from wallmart....

that stuff has wax in it....the resin you want has no wax ...it is called laminating or general resin... the wallyworld or auto zone stuff wont say anything about the wax ...so you wont know...

buy your resin and matt here at iboats....or there is another site that some people here are using. or if you can....at a local proper glass shop...look under plastics
 
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Any specific brand I should use?
 
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I dug around a little and found MDO plywood is a good, affordable wood for me to use? I saw the guy only found it in 11/16". Would it be ok to buy this wood, double it up, and finish? I pulled out a 3/4" and 1/2" piece out of it. It would be a little thicker, but would that hurt at all?
 
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Ok Guys, need some Help here...

Well Gentlemen, apparently I need everything spelled out for me. I'm starting this new post as my old one is dead.
As you all already know I have been rebuilding my transom in my 14' Fiberglass fishing boat. You have all helped me out so far, but I am a bit slow when it comes to what I need to do. So far, I bought a 4x8 3/4" B/C Exterior grade Fir from HomeDepot. I cut out 2 pieces to make my transom, glued them together with TiteBond III Ultimate wood glue and screwed it together with #10 x 1 1/4" galv wood screws. I sanded it all and filled the holes... That came out great. Today I sealed the edges of my new transom boards with Poly resin and laid a layer of CSM and resin on the face of it. I'm using Evercoat Boatyard Polyester Resin for this job.
Now on to the boat side... I filled the spot I cut through with the sawzall with West System Six10. I then filled the holes in the outer skin of the transom with the same stuff. It had many small holes from the PO and his obsession with hooks and bolts. I sanded the outer skin, and about 12" in all around where I'll be installing the new transom. Its all been wiped with acetone afterward.
My questions are:
1. What do I use to bond the board to the existing outter transom skin? Glue, resin, putty...
(not epoxy too much $$... I've spent enough on the stuff I already have)

2. I bought some West System 404 filler and have alot of shredded csm for my "peanut butter"... How will I keep the resin from kicking off before I set all this in place?

3. While I was doing the new boards, the resin was starting to kick a little too fast. The can has the mixture on the label as 17cc of hardener per quart of resin... How do I calculate CC's into drops or any other measuremant? Does anyone have experience in this?

Heres a link to my old thread, in case anyone needs some history.
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Well fellas, here she is... The transom wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. After it was done, I flipped it over, scrapped all the anti fouling paint off, and sanded the whole boat smooth down to the original coating, then filled any voids with West System Six10. The outside paint is coronado marine grade, it was donated to me by my company. So naturally its their colors. The boot stripe is marine vinyl. The inside of the boat was painted with the paint they use to paint pool decks... Its designed for wood, fiberglass, stucco, cement, vinyl or composite decking, so I figured, WTH, lets try it. 2 coats went on, then a 3rd coat was mixed with non skid and the floor was painted again with it. The top is an Attwood 2 bow bimini, very nice shade from the sun. The pic was at the local lake, electric motors only, so I threw the 40lb minn kota riptide on and went for a cruise. We tested the gas motor in Lake Codorus the next day, all is well. Thanks for everyones help, I appreciate it.

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Great Job! Very clean. Happy Boating. Vroom-vroom!
 
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Thanks man, I cant wait to get back out there... Its a blast.
 
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I like the matching red trailer too. Way cooler than the usual gray or black. Plus you did all yourself so you know it was done right.
 
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Aww yeah... I went over everything, at least twice. Its all worth it now.
 
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Titan.

Impressive! You did a good looking job. You are an inspiration to the rest of us first timers and first timer wannabee's. With that said, I hate to be a buzz-kill, especially during all the high fives and such, but do you really think that 1 1/2 inches of fir that you built your transom out of can actually withstand the monstrous torque put out by your MinnKota?

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you sure your transom was rotted? it didn't look that bad from the pics mine is a bit worste and darker but still holding strong
 
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yes it was rotted, as seen in the pics of the skin on.....the pics we saw was the laminate layer next to the glass skin.

and your transom is in its last stages bud....it wont be holding strong for long.
 
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Titan.

Impressive! You did a good looking job. You are an inspiration to the rest of us first timers and first timer wannabee's. With that said, I hate to be a buzz-kill, especially during all the high fives and such, but do you really think that 1 1/2 inches of fir that you built your transom out of can actually withstand the monstrous torque put out by your MinnKota?

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LOL yea, I also have a 6hp evinrude for places that dont require electric motors like the lake I was on there. I am ultimatly looking for a 15hp to throw on there, just cant afford a new one... Just gotta be patient for the right used one at the right price...

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you sure your transom was rotted? it didn't look that bad from the pics mine is a bit worste and darker but still holding strong
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yea it was definitly rotted, When I removed it, it was soaked, moldy and pretty much completely delaminated from the fiberglass. It was still strong, but soft in spots, and I wasnt going to do a full restore on it with that old wood in there.
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yes it was rotted, as seen in the pics of the skin on.....the pics we saw was the laminate layer next to the glass skin.

and your transom is in its last stages bud....it wont be holding strong for long.
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Yea, its a fun project and not nearly as difficult as it looks. I got alot of good advice on this site.
 
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