Bought my first boat to cut, gut and rebuild from bow to stern, including engine. Killed my back and suffered the wrath of the fiberglass demons

[TripleJGraffis]

Is there a loophole where it's fine as long as the boat and trailer is attached to a vehicle?

I didn't read anything like that.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

Going on maybe a month since anything productive was accomplished. Boat is no longer in my yard so that makes things slightly harder to work on it....Not to mention the fact that all my toys and tools are still at my house so nothing much can be done until everything is at the storage unit. With that being said, I did purchase a second hand generator for power at the unit, and aside from that, I have turned the majority of my focus onto a separate project. I am rebuilding an old utility trailer. The front half of it is going to be enclosed and the back half is going to be an open flat bed. There will be access doors on the sides that open up to small compartments where I can store tools or whatever else. I want to get this trailer finished before it starts snowing, so at bare minimum, I can load all my tools onto it and get them all over to the storage unit in one shot. Not to mention, given current circumstances with the boat, I now am looking harder at moving elsewhere and will need a good working trailer for that job. I may not be posting and progress may be slowed, but I am still here, hovering around and reading other's threads.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Going to be warm this weekend in Wisconsin.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

Going to be warm this weekend in Wisconsin.

Of course.......It's going to be warm when I am stuck working all weekend. I get done here in 40 min...Going to use what little light is left today to slap a layer of paint on the trailer. This t5rialer should give me good practice for when it comes time to redo my boat trailer!

On a side not, I last left off glassing stringers in.....Do I need heat or warm weather to glass effectively?

 

[Pmt133]

In my experience, once you start creeping below 60F, poly can be a SOB. Epoxy can depending on the type used but even then also won't work too well. I'd probably make a enclosure from plastic tarp or something and use a big kero/propane heater to get it warm for the work.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

In my experience, once you start creeping below 60F, poly can be a SOB. Epoxy can depending on the type used but even then also won't work too well. I'd probably make a enclosure from plastic tarp or something and use a big kero/propane heater to get it warm for the work.

Won't that cause propane fumes to linger inside of an enclosure?

 

[Pmt133]

Won't that cause propane fumes to linger inside of an enclosure?

It could but a good heater would generate very little for the amount it would heat. And it wouldn't be sealed perfectly but that is a valid point. I usually have a 4 gas running if I do that though... just in case I'd rather not kill myself. At least a CO monitor.

 

[TripleJGraffis]

It could but a good heater would generate very little for the amount it would heat. And it wouldn't be sealed perfectly but that is a valid point. I usually have a 4 gas running if I do that though... just in case I'd rather not kill myself. At least a CO monitor.

The only propane heater I have is the one in my pics from way back when I started trains the boat apart.....the harbor freight tank that creates a little fire pit inside... grays amazingly well... but I had to vent the tent

 

[JASinIL2006]

I heated my garage with propane heaters when I was glassing my boat. Unless you’re running a chopper gun and are putting extreme amounts of vapors in the air, you’re not going to have a problem with a propane heater. The MEKP is the really flammable stuff, so I just make sure that I opened it and poured it into my measuring cup outsideand awsy from the heater.

 

[redneck joe]

Co2 monitor

 

[redneck joe]

I wish we would have heard the rest of this story...

 

[TripleJGraffis]

I wish we would have heard the rest of this story...

Hey Joe! I have been missing posting updates. With the cold weather and life getting in the way, I have not been able to get to my storage unit at all this winter. I have been working on purchasing a duplex, working a lot to save up for it, as well as refurbishing a utility trailer so I have something to move all my crap once I do find a duplex. I also am getting married tomorrow, so have been focusing a lot on that as well. I really miss getting at my boat but it is stuck in a small cramped storage unit with no power. Not the ideal spot to have it when I want to work on it. This story is not ended......but it is severely delayed much to my dismay. Once I have a garage to roll the boat into, I plan on really getting started back up again! You may see me struggle, but you'll never see me quit!

 

[Scott Danforth]

I also am getting married tomorrow, so have been focusing a lot on that as well.

Congrats

 

[TripleJGraffis]

Congrats

Thank you! Looking forward to it!

 

[aspeck]

Congratulations, TripleJ! Hopefully she will be in full support of your resto project and not let too many "honey-dos" get in the way!

 

[redneck joe]

TJG!!!

welcome back and great news. Took me a couple rounds to find the right one and almost 20 years later she still loves me. Never mind I drug her nightly....

Hopefully since you have done all the nasty work she can swoop in for the fun finishing g stuff.

I'm tearing into mine, hope like hell to have done by end of June.

82 Starcraft MR 180 floor, slight refit and leaks

so... it will begin this spring would like to be back on the water in a few weeks. I can take the time off but want to have most of the research, supplies and such in place to complete quickly once it becomes my full time job to complete. Have a leak i cannot identify from the outside and...

forums.iboats.com

When is the big day?

 

[TripleJGraffis]

Congratulations, TripleJ! Hopefully she will be in full support of your resto project and not let too many "honey-dos" get in the way!

There are absolutely zero!!! I have 100% support with this boat!

 

[TripleJGraffis]

TJG!!!

welcome back and great news. Took me a couple rounds to find the right one and almost 20 years later she still loves me. Never mind I drug her nightly....

Hopefully since you have done all the nasty work she can swoop in for the fun finishing g stuff.

I'm tearing into mine, hope like hell to have done by end of June.

82 Starcraft MR 180 floor, slight refit and leaks

so... it will begin this spring would like to be back on the water in a few weeks. I can take the time off but want to have most of the research, supplies and such in place to complete quickly once it becomes my full time job to complete. Have a leak i cannot identify from the outside and...

forums.iboats.com

When is the big day?

There is zero interest to help until I get around to any potential exterior artwork.
Get married tomorrow!

 

[JASinIL2006]

Congrats!

 

[aspeck]

Today is a good day for a hangin'! LOL! Congratulations and enjoy your day ... and hopefully you will not be looking on this, or any other, site today ... enjoy your day and bride!