24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

[Viper32]

I just got a 24 foot SeaArk and trying to fix it up. Can anyone tell me do i have to us boat paint or will Oil base Rustoleum work ok ? I dont know about oil base and water.

 

[bekosh]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

IMO you would be better off using a marine paint. It's designed to survive in the harsh marine environment.
That doesn't mean that you have to by the expensive stuff at a boat/marine store. I like the RustOleum marine paints that you can find at places like Menards. That's what I used on my swim platform when I rebuilt it and it's going on 2 years so far with no need to even touch it up. Here's the thread to the rebuild.

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

IMO you would be better off using a marine paint. It's designed to survive in the harsh marine environment.
That doesn't mean that you have to by the expensive stuff at a boat/marine store. I like the RustOleum marine paints that you can find at places like Menards. That's what I used on my swim platform when I rebuilt it and it's going on 2 years so far with no need to even touch it up. Here's the thread to the rebuild.

Another question i have is do i need foam under the floor between the hull and the wood floor im putting in it ?

 

[bekosh]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

I don't believe that flotation foam is required over 20'.
You can download pdfs of the USCG Boatbuilder's Handbook here that should have everything you need to know as far as regulations.

This is from Section 1.1-Subpart F

Monohull inboard, inboard/outboard boats and airboats less than 20 feet in length must complywith a flotation system called Basic Flotation. Section 4.0 contains the requirements and tests.
Basic flotation is the simplest type of flotation mode covered in this regulation. It simply requires
that the boat be manufactured with sufficient flotation material to keep it afloat in the event of a
swamping. It does not, however, require that the boat remain in an upright or indeed any specific
position. It may float, and usually does, in a “spar” position, the bow sticking up and the stern sunk.

 

[81 Checkmate]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

I used Rust-o-leum on my recent paint job on my boat....... 81 Checkmate Restoration thread

I would have have used the Marine top side paint...but they did not have the color i wanted. So used the Regular oil base enamel.

I sprayed it on and it turned out better than i thought it would....If i do another i would use a 1 step or 2 step paint process.
But my budget did not allow it.

By all means i would put down at-least 3 coats of primmer before the paint!

Good Luck on your project...and post some pics!

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

I used Rust-o-leum on my recent paint job on my boat....... 81 Checkmate Restoration thread

I would have have used the Marine top side paint...but they did not have the color i wanted. So used the Regular oil base enamel.

I sprayed it on and it turned out better than i thought it would....If i do another i would use a 1 step or 2 step paint process.
But my budget did not allow it.

By all means i would put down at-least 3 coats of primmer before the paint!

Good Luck on your project...and post some pics!

i will take a cpl pics today when i get home . i have a ton of questions as this is the 1st boat ive ever tried to fix up.

 

[81 Checkmate]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Ask away Viper....I couldn't have done my resto without the help from the iboats folks. Great people and lots..n lots of info with the right way to do it!

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Ask away Viper....I couldn't have done my resto without the help from the iboats folks. Great people and lots..n lots of info with the right way to do it!

when i seal my floor i plan to use epoxy. top bottom sides all over each peace. lol but my question here is do i need to glass all the seams or when i get done with the floor and before i put the carpet down put a cpl more good coats of epoxy over all the seams? My goal is to have everything look molded inside the boat like a fiberlass boat but i dont have the money to glass it all in

 

[81 Checkmate]

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Well the way i understand it is........the resin needs the glass to be alot stronger. So just coating without fiberglass will crack and peel. When you walk on the seams.... the plywood will flex some and the resin coat wil crack. Resin with the fiberglass can be molded

Epoxy is better and is alot more expensive.....You could go with polyester resin.

Post up some pics of your plan and the experts will give you some great ideas.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

The first link in my signature has a lot of good info on how to do the restoration work on your boat. The last link has info on painting with Acrylic enamel Paint (Rustoleum is that kind of paint) I think you'll find the links helpful. Foam is not required but highly recommended for safety.

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

It has foam in the rear and bow just the center didn't. I have a few poison it as soon as i learn how to post them i will.

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

That's was supposed to be pictures not poison lol

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Best way to post pics is using a FREE photobucket account and use the IMG code to paste em into your iBoats thread.

 

[81 Checkmate]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Or on the pics........I take them with my phone and email them to my email and save the pics in my pictures document area. Then when i want to post in a thread.... go to advanced and click on attachment and a window will pop up ( Manage Attachments) then go from there.

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Or on the pics........I take them with my phone and email them to my email and save the pics in my pictures document area. Then when i want to post in a thread.... go to advanced and click on attachment and a window will pop up ( Manage Attachments) then go from there.

ok thank you im trying to save them not and try to upload a cpl

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

here is a few pics of what im working with

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

here is a few pics of what im working with

this is going to be a fishing boat but i still want it to look good for its 1st time out with me lol

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

ok got another question. <--- seem to have a lot of them right now lol . the boat was used for clean ups after hurricanes and is beet up around the top really good. Cand i sand it real good and use a cars worse night mare bondo to make it all look smoth and round again ? then 3 coats primer and paint

 

[jigngrub]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

here is a few pics of what im working with

Some of us guys are pretty old around here and our eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, could you post some bigger pics?

Is this an aluminum or fiberglass boat? It looks like aluminum to me in the pics, but like said I can't see it that good.

 

[Viper32]

Re: 24 foot Sea Ark and i need help pls

Some of us guys are pretty old around here and our eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, could you post some bigger pics?

Is this an aluminum or fiberglass boat? It looks like aluminum to me in the pics, but like said I can't see it that good.

Its an aluminum boat 24 foot SeaArk. and sorry about the pics they were took with my phone i wasnt taking close ups of anything just trying to get a few pics of the boat on here ill see if i can make them biggeron my next pic post