'78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

[jbcurt00]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Wifey has already disowned me from all the towels I have used...doubt there is any chance I can take the comforters out there for a little while...

Goodwill/thrift store, go on bulk houseware day... Paper grocery bag full = $5 Comforters cheap too. I dig thru, find the ugly & the imperfect. My glass dust covered hide don't care, & the boat doesn't either. In certain light, the ugly towel makes us both look better....

I still use the towels I bought to drag the Merc650 back at Xmas, after a regular shower. Still smell of 2cyl oil & pre-mix

and I like it.............

Is that ^^^ wrong?

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

CraigsList, Curbside FREE Mattress's Two of em will do the trick. Couple of 6 Packs and 4 Guys kin roll that thing and set it on a cradle like mine in 15 mins. Easy Smeezzee!

NOW...Go take a NAP!!!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

All good points guys....Maybe I could talk the local goodwill into letting me buy a whole rack of clothing to lay under it? lol

Tonight I made the 2x4 pieces to stretch across the hull...didn't put them in yet...got glassing to do in the am.

Also went ahead and put in the transom drain tube...1/2" hole I had was not going to cut it if we get any rain...and I don't want water up in the fuel compartment...hind sight...wishing I had put in some sort of rubber boot to put the hoses through...that would keep it dry....

When it comes to the blocks in the morning, my plan is just acetone wash the contacting points on the hull...then spread PB on hull and the backs of the bare wood blocks...push it against the hull and move to the next one....making fillet with the excess oozing out from behind the blocks...let that set then a layers each of CSM/1708...and done....

 

[Decker83]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

That sounds like the best way on the blocks. Quick, strong and fast.
Don't over do it in the heat this weekend.
Hope you have a good productive weekend too.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Got started early today, good thing too.....already 90 and climbing...

Got the blocks put in on both sides....fillets on 90% of them...last batch didn't go as far as I had hoped....feel heat stroke coming on so caling it quits till later this afternoon...

Was hoping to get the csm/1708 on the blocks today, however I am almost out of mekp....doubt I can find any local today.....bummer....


Will post some pics after I cool down....

 

[GT1000000]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Way to go Troop, Thanks for the encouragement... and right back at you with the heat warning...Man it's HOT out there...already feels like 100?+ ...

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

try autozone & walmart. I seem to remember someone posting pix of MEKP a bunch of little tubes of It, they got somewhere

 

[sphelps]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

H/D has it in little tubes in the paint dept.
Stay cool troop ! Literally and figuratively...

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

try autozone & walmart. I seem to remember someone posting pix of MEKP a bunch of little tubes of It, they got somewhere

H/D has it in little tubes in the paint dept.
Stay cool troop ! Literally and figuratively...

Thanks fellass...I'll have to go take a trip.....

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Here are the pics...I used 1 liter of resin for every three blocks!

It really stiffened the sides up though...

Let this cure...a little grinding on the high spots...and I can start the csm/1708...Down to 2.5 gals of resin...and 10ml of mekp...

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Make sure and check your hull measurements occasionally to ensure the top cap will fit back on. Don't want that hull flexing out of shape with all those parts being glued in. You can use a nylon strap to hold her in place if needed.

114? in Broken Arrow today!!!!!

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Now that is just too darn hot!

and will do Wood...

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Put in the cross braces..drilled hole on transom support as low as I could go...

Anchored the bow eye on the come along...picked up the stern with the chain hoist...

Picked it up till it was clear and started rotating...

All hands on deck.....supervisor snapping pics....

picked it up some more once it was sitting on it's side....

Rolled her over easy peasy!

Set it don on the ground tilll I can get something bult to hold it up off the ground....

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Resting solid...

Worst place that needs fixed...alot of this will need ground out...

Cracks fore of the place in last pic...

Hope this isn't too bad to fix...

Where she rested on a roller on the trailer...

Roller/beaching?

 

[ben2go]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Good job on the roll.That hull looks huge with nothing in it or on it.

 

[Trooper82]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Good job on the roll.That hull looks huge with nothing in it or on it.

Thanks Ben...I was thinking it looked smaller after we rolled it...but I'm sure it will be HUGE when it comes to sanding....

 

[ben2go]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Every thing is 1000x bigger when the sanding process starts.

 

[Woodonglass]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Troop, refresh my memory... R U Painting or Gelcoating the Hull? Did any of those cracks reveal themselves on the inside of the hull? And if so, did you do the required repairs on the inside??? I sure hope so cuz, a couple of em sure look like they need it. I hope my memory is just bad!!!!

 

[sphelps]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Nice job on the flip Troop ! Everyone still in one piece , No boat damage , thats a good day !!

 

[GT1000000]

Re: '78 Ebko Lebaron - Therapy

Awesome job on the flip...congrats to the flippin crew! Well done...

Well by now you are pretty much an expert in glassing, so those cracks should be no problem...