boats on a budget

[tashasdaddy]

Re: boats on a budget

mini storage, self storage places.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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mini storage, self storage places.

that's what I'm looking for, but I keep getting cut off at the pass, as soon as I say, "I want to paint a boat" I pretty much get hung up on ....

I'll find something, I'll keep Y'all posted

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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I made it to harbor freight today, I got the brass wheels, and some sort of brillow pad thing, I took an automotive body repair friend with me today and he said, if it's aluminum, use "this" ...I'll take a picture of the pads and post them, I'll start stripping paint tomorrow

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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the guy I was running around town with today also sugested that after I get the prep work done, take the boat to one of those cut rate auto painting places and see if I can get them to shoot it for a reasonable price if I supply them with the material. so that's an option I hadn't thought of yet

 

[Fish n Geer]

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Might be much better off and cheaper in the long run.Thats why i am having a painter do my boat.He is all set up for that stuff,i have no sprayer or place to do that kind of work.Plus this is gonna be a custom paint job to match my van.The guy does great work seen his finished results.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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Might be much better off and cheaper in the long run.Thats why i am having a painter do my boat.He is all set up for that stuff,i have no sprayer or place to do that kind of work.Plus this is gonna be a custom paint job to match my van.The guy does great work seen his finished results.

I finally got that friends car done today, so no more side jobs for a while, I can put more time into the boat. I took the car in to a national chain muffler shop this afternoon, to have the exhaust repaired and put back on it, and just to show that there's still good people in this world, I shared the story of what happened, (they accident they had with the car, how the catalytic converter had been stolen, the amount of time it's taken me to put it back together) and how this friend of mine is on a low disability income and really couldn't afford much, and the guy at the muffler shop told me to bring the car in before they closed, and he said he's help out, so he stayed over tonight, and completely rebuilt the exhaust with all new parts, and the cost of the job? ......free, he didn't charge a dime, darn near brought tears to my eyes, I couldn't believe it, the friends got his car back, his wife had tears, awesome day...there's still good people out there!

OK back to the boat.

 

[Fish n Geer]

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That is a good story and some good news! Not enough people around like that anymore.Seems to be way more taking than giving nowdays.

 

[itstippy]

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I've been reading this string with great interest and enthusiasm. Thank you for posting so often and clearly and with entertaining flair! Here in frozen Wisconsin the project boat is all wrapped up and waiting for Spring. My "shop" (the garage) is cold and has my wife's car in it so she doesn't have to scrape frost in the morning. Your posts give me a Boat Restoration Fix when I'm Jonesing for some shop time.

For what it's worth, I have found that when painting old aluminum jon boat interiors I get a more lasting job if I take these steps on the day of painting:

1) Get it CLEAN with a good degreasing soap like Dawn Dish Soap. Scrub! Rinse! A Chore Boy dishwashing rag works well. Rinse like crazy with fresh water. I like my pressure washer because it uses less water for more rinsing action and really blasts under the ribs and stuff.
2) Scuff really shiney spots of bare aluminum with a bit with sandpaper. Make little scratches for the paint to stick to. Paint doesn't adhere well to a mirror finish.
3) Scrub it with 50/50 vinigar & water. The Chore Boy dish scrubber works well. I think this is supposed to do a poor man's "acid etch". Then rinse with fresh water like crazy again.
4) Dry with a leaf blower. Or hot sun. Or both. Get it DRY and get it dry FAST.
5) Paint immediately. Whether it's primer or 99 cent rattle can enamel or expensive bedliner paint or whatever you're using, get a first coat of paint on that clean bare aluminum as quickly as possible so the air can't get at it.

You can do a fantastic prep job but if you let it sit even overnight the dang aluminum will already have started to oxidize and the paint won't adhere nearly as well. Also, after you've finished painting it (final coat) be patient and let it cure for a few days. Find something else to fiddle with. If you start climbing around in there in a hurry to mount seats and stuff you'll muck up the paint before it's fully cured.

 

[tashasdaddy]

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if you don't want wet feet or to be bailing, don't skip the gulvit.

 

[itstippy]

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Yup. I should have been more clear. I mean one should take these steps on the day of painting. Prior to that day you can spend weeks scraping old carpet adhesive and old paint and (horrors!) alumabrite, applying gluvit, banging rivits tight, pounding out dents, etc. But on the day of painting do your best to get the surface oxidation & grease off and then paint ASAP. Someone on here (maybe it was you, TD) clued me in to not doing the sandpaper roughing of mirror-like surfaces until day of painting, or else you just give nice scratches for the oxidation to set in and be impossible to get out when it's time to paint.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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as soon as the rain stops I['ll do some more paint removel, it's ugly out west, lots of rain

 

[Warlord]

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I am glad I found this forum. I supposedly have a 10 foot, 1962 Klamath Trailerboat, at least thats what I have been told. That and the registration says its a 1962 Klamath. Anyways I have been looking for info on my boat and stumbled across this post. My boat is also going to be a project boat, so maybe I will post my progress and keep the thread going. Maybe someone can tell me if the parts on the back of the boat are supposed to be stabilizers of some kind. Or if they were even stock or added later. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[redfury]

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They look stock based on the riveting used to secure them to the hull. What real purpose they serve is a question though, as I can't imagine that boat goes all that fast.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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I am glad I found this forum. I supposedly have a 10 foot, 1962 Klamath Trailerboat, at least thats what I have been told. That and the registration says its a 1962 Klamath. Anyways I have been looking for info on my boat and stumbled across this post. My boat is also going to be a project boat, so maybe I will post my progress and keep the thread going. Maybe someone can tell me if the parts on the back of the boat are supposed to be stabilizers of some kind. Or if they were even stock or added later. Any help would be appreciated.

It looks like what you have is a Trailorboat Klamath, I did a little research on them when I got mine, they started that model in about 1947 or 48, that is the forunner to the Klamath brand boats you see today, trailorboat manufacturing was bought out sometime in the 80's I believe and the name was changed to just plain ol' "Klamath"

That is based on the Klamath you have, that is actually the model of the particular boat you have, but that also the model that the trailorboat company was famous for, they also made a tear drop travel trailer that had a boat on the roof, those campers are highly sought after now days.

The fins you have on the back of your boat are not stock, that was an after thought that someone added, and they did a good job of installing them, I'd probably leave them on the boat.

The “Klamath model remained virtually unchanged through the years until the company was bought out, at that time they went on to welding them instead of riveting them. Mine is a 1970, and it’s exactly like yours from what I can tell.

On another note, I talked to the guy with the garage today, he said I can have it for 75 bucks, I’ll do a little checking around to see if I can do any better, and if not, I’ll go for the garage.

the best thing to do is mesure the boat, mine is suposed to be a 12 foot, but it actully mesures about 11'3"

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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today we have warm temperatures, the sky is clearing, it's a great day for working on the boat, but as winter weather will sometimes do, we have flooding rivers, the Nehalem river is above flood stage, and as luck would have it, I have the starcraft and travel trailer sitting right next to it, so today I'm going on a rescue mission in hopes that I can save the starcraft and travel trailer and hopefully get them to higher ground. keep your fingers crossed, I don't want to lose them

 

[Warlord]

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Yeah it was raining pretty hard up there. So I'm guessing you live closer to Tillamook where it was really pouring. I hope you save your stuff though before the waters rise to high.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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Yeah it was raining pretty hard up there. So I'm guessing you live closer to Tillamook where it was really pouring. I hope you save your stuff though before the waters rise to high.

to late, the travel trailer got flooded, it's full of mud and don't think it can be saved, the starcraft I'm not sure about, I might be able to salvage it, there's still to much water out there to pull anything out, I was lucky to get to it, I had to go through 2 road blocks, 2 feet of water on the highway, and deliver supply's to the local fire department.

I have the travel trailer and boat insured, but I don't know about flood damage, I'll call the insurance company tomorrow.

I'll start a new thread on the boat, I hope I can save it, it was such a nice boat. I had it stored at a friends house and the water came up to his front door so he was lucky, I'm going to go back out Saturday with some pumps and start helping with the clean up, I guess I need to bring the boat and travel trailer home and try to do something with them, I'm pretty upset over the whole thing, don't know if the insurance will help out, don't know what I can save, the friend got his stuff to high ground but he had no way of moving the trailers.

here's footage of the flood http://www.katu.com/home/video/12127596.html?video=pop&t=a

and here's pictures of the boat and trailer.

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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more pictures

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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and some more

 

[Mr.Stuart]

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it looks like the water went up to what would normally be the water line on the boat, but I had the drain plug out of the back of it, so it's full of mud.

ok, I go pout now, not sure how to handle this yet.