Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebuild

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

We simply MUST cover that repulsive greenish brownish...ish color...with white!

For now....

And then...

Color!

I worked on the main structure, while the "hired help" [you can see her trying to hide in various pictures] took care of the spray rails.

Here she is with the first full coats of paint. I started with the gray, and while that was drying went onto the black, then let it sit for the night, came back the next day, sanded and did it all over again.

As you can see, the lines are not good, things overlap and mix, BUT, that will all get fixed. . . . . .

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Now, I've opted to leave out some of the sanding pics, cuz, well that would just get boring.

Let's get those lines cleaned up!

Alright, looks like the primer is concealed, but we still don't have "smooth" paint, as you can see in the transom.

I guess we need to get out the sander again

Let's do some sanding!

And you end up with This....







Now, I really actually struggled with this, because I kinda wanted the full thing to be a "surprise" so to speak when it get's done, so I wasn't going to put these pics in. But since there are so many pics that I've taken where you can see the color and the clarity of the paint, it won't be a surprise anyway. And the main person I'm doing this for [My Grandfather, in case any of your forgot ] I don't even think he knows how to turn on a computer.

So anyway, enough of my babble.

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

And let's get to the final pics!

And there it is!

Now, you can still see some mild brush marks, both in person if you look right, and in the pics. but, overall, I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

I did not, in case anyone was wondering, roll and tip the bottom of the boat. Since only the fishys will be seeing it, I didn't think it had to have a mirror finish.

 

[jasoutside]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Nice! I am looking forward to seeing what she looks like pulled out into the sun!

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Alright, time for another update...it'll be a somewhat short one, but hey, it's better than nothing, right???

Let's just get right into it....

First a few pics of the "workers" dressed up and ready to 'glass.

My dad even came down to help one weekend, and it was great! Got lots done that weekend.

Don't really have any of the fiberglassing in action as I was kind of too busy to stop and take pics.

But, you can see a freshly 'glassed piece on the left hand side in this next pic

My dad and his awesome "straigh edge"

While I was fiberglassing, my Dad was working on cutting and piecing in foam

The start of the foam

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

And at the end of the day

And then of course at the end of the day, the "hardest" worker needs a break.

Once all that was in place, it was time to take it all back out and clean it up, and then of course run some Livewell lines and some Conduit for the wiring that will be under the floor

Drilling holes for the conduit hold downs

Making sure everything fits properly and everything is long enough

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

This is going to come up right under the console, one running back and one running forward

The foam going back in, you can see how the livewell lines fit perfectly in the channels of the "I" beam on the bottom of the boat

And everything back in and put together, I'm super happy with how everything came out and how well everything is hidden


That's all for now, I'll try to get another update in this weekend or early next week!

 

[Triton II]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Nice work R-M. Looks super tidy and the paint is great!

TII

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Very nice work. Can't wait to see this one all reassembled.

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Nice work R-M. Looks super tidy and the paint is great!

TII

Thanks! And it just got repainted.

It looked great in the pics, but looked terrible in person, tons of brush marks, too much dust etc etc. So I made the jump to the nice and cheap Interlux Topsides. I was using Rustoleum. :facepalm: Good sheen, just would not lay down to save my life.

Very nice work. Can't wait to see this one all reassembled.

Me too! been looking forward to this now for over a year. And the fact that the past MN winter we went through was like 8 months long...that didn't help, and has delayed things greatly. Now it's 98 with 80% humidity. O how I love MN.

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Yay, I'm actually getting ready to put the floor back in this 19 year long project...and I've made the decision to go with Rivets to hold the floor down, rather than screws. The outside attachment points to the stringers only leave me with 1/2" or so of clearance, and I'm not really wanting to put new holes in the boat at this point in my venture.

K, so here's the question, I can get my hands on SS rivets that are the right length, with great holding strength, but the head is only .600 or so. I know that's over a half in, but I could have swore the rivets I removed to pull the old floor had a bigger head. Maybe not, I just can't remember.

So anyway, is that head big enough to hold down the floor, or should I look for something with like an inch head?

 

[djpeters]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

I'm putting my deck down right now also, but am using all aluminum rivets. The head you mention is large enough....

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Alright, here we go, an update to kill all other updates. I'm finally just going to put them all up in one shot....it's probably going to take an hour or so, but here goes...

Let's start with the Rub Rails... I wanted to do something a little different, a little more "out there". I was going to paint them, but decided to clean them down to bare metal and consider that good...so I did. Then once they were nice and clean, I prep'd them and applied SharkHyde, which seems to be a really good product

A comparison of before and after

Both of them cleaned up

And a nice close shot of how they look as bare aluminum

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Up Next was one of the bigger headaches I faced when I started this mess, the casting deck. I wanted to ditch the bench up front that was never used, put in a modern style casting deck. I had no idea how I was going to accomplish this, but just like the rest of the boat, I figured I just needed to jump in and have at it. So I did.

What I started with, some Angle and "U" Channel aluminum from the Local Menards

A drill bit, some rivets and a tape measure

We start off like this....

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Add a few pieces....

And it ends up looking like this!

And how it's going to lay out when I get the new casting deck cut. I think it turned out kinda nice.

I still have to add a few support pieces, but both the front and rear sections are incredibly strong by themselves, I just want to add some more reinforcement where the 2 join.

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Alright, now, lets move on to the transom

Gotta start by dropping some glue on some wood...

Spread it out all nice and pretty with a nice cheap trowel

Looks all pretty when it's glued

Slap the other half on top....

And clamp the livin' crap outta it....wait, that's later, but this is a lot of clamps

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Then cut it, and glass it

One more thing checked off the list

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Now lets do some carpeting!!! [Yea I know, most of you don't like carpeting back in boats, as it can hold moisture, but I'm doing it anyway! ]

First we have to trim down the metal compartment pieces, as the livewell is now in the casting deck, as opposed to taking up half of the damn boat.

And now they are the same size!

Now lets cut some carpet, cut and trim everything to make sure everything wraps properly

Ok, now we get to clamp the crap outta something

And Again

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Until we end up with something like this....

Then we add some accessories...Speakers and Courtesy lights

And we get the end result, Neat.

Since we got those out of the way and now have a little practice under our belt, lets move on to bigger things

First we vacuum off any of the leftover dust so we get good adhesion

Then cut it to the approximate size...

And make the edges so they don't overlap

Then glue up the surface and get it ready for the carpet

 

[Racingman24]

Re: Here we go, diving in, hope there's water in the pool... Just Another Tinny Rebui

Flip the wood over onto the carpet. I figured my largeness was a good way to make sure I was getting good transfer of the glue....so I walked back and forth on it until I had all area covered

Once I was satisfied that the glue had transferred, it was time to get the wraps done, so lets apply more glue...

And staple the crap outta it

You end up getting a piece that looks like this

Do it a few more times, and you end up getting pieces that look like this...

Again....Neat