I have been restoring my '87 Bayliner Capri Cuddy for what seems like eternity. In reality it has only been a summer or two. The reason it is taking so long is because I quite literally don't know what I am doing.
Therefore I read and read and when I am tired of reading I call people and then read some more. I have found alot of great info. on this forum and in talking with people locally at boat shops and repair shops as well as Bayliner themselves.
My problem is this. There is so much contradicting info. that it is almost impossible to know who to believe. Read almost any thread on this forum and you will believe that 1708 biax and "peanut butter" is the way to go. Also that US Composites is where to buy material from. That you should under NO circumstance use resin from a big box store. What makes it so bad? Why is UScomposites so much better.
You would read all about how to bed and tab in your stringers and then do a wrap on the final layer or two.
Talk to some boat repair shops here locally and they will tell you (depending on who you talk to) that you don't have to glass all the way over the stringer but only 3-4 inches up both sides as long as the entire stringer is coated in resin. Or they will tell you to tab it in with two over lapping layers and then put two full wraps on but that CSM is not nessacery and will only soak up resin and not do anything for strength.
Then you have the whole foam debate. I have read on here that you can use just about anything for floatation as long as it is bouyant. 2 litter bottles, milk jugs, pool noodles, I have heard of inner tubes. Pink or blue foam from HD. Talk to a local shop and pour in foam is the way to go. Talk to another and any of the above is fine.
When it comes to laying the deck the only thing that is congruant is that it should be waterproofed. How to go about this waterproofing is anyones game. Resin coat both top and bottom, then mat all over it. Polyuerathane the bottom and mat the top, paint the bottom with an acrylic paint and mat the top, polyuerathane both top and bottom and carpet. Anything you can think of to waterproof I have read and been told will work.
My concesus is anything goes. There are so many differing opinions on how things should be done that one can't possibly be any better than other. I have read on here that no matter how it's done it has to be better than the factory. I was even told that at a repair shop today.
There my rant of frustration is over.
Therefore I read and read and when I am tired of reading I call people and then read some more. I have found alot of great info. on this forum and in talking with people locally at boat shops and repair shops as well as Bayliner themselves.
My problem is this. There is so much contradicting info. that it is almost impossible to know who to believe. Read almost any thread on this forum and you will believe that 1708 biax and "peanut butter" is the way to go. Also that US Composites is where to buy material from. That you should under NO circumstance use resin from a big box store. What makes it so bad? Why is UScomposites so much better.
You would read all about how to bed and tab in your stringers and then do a wrap on the final layer or two.
Talk to some boat repair shops here locally and they will tell you (depending on who you talk to) that you don't have to glass all the way over the stringer but only 3-4 inches up both sides as long as the entire stringer is coated in resin. Or they will tell you to tab it in with two over lapping layers and then put two full wraps on but that CSM is not nessacery and will only soak up resin and not do anything for strength.
Then you have the whole foam debate. I have read on here that you can use just about anything for floatation as long as it is bouyant. 2 litter bottles, milk jugs, pool noodles, I have heard of inner tubes. Pink or blue foam from HD. Talk to a local shop and pour in foam is the way to go. Talk to another and any of the above is fine.
When it comes to laying the deck the only thing that is congruant is that it should be waterproofed. How to go about this waterproofing is anyones game. Resin coat both top and bottom, then mat all over it. Polyuerathane the bottom and mat the top, paint the bottom with an acrylic paint and mat the top, polyuerathane both top and bottom and carpet. Anything you can think of to waterproof I have read and been told will work.
My concesus is anything goes. There are so many differing opinions on how things should be done that one can't possibly be any better than other. I have read on here that no matter how it's done it has to be better than the factory. I was even told that at a repair shop today.
There my rant of frustration is over.
