Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

Decided to call it a early night. Need to get disks for my 7in grinder, 4.5 takes too long. I will be old and grey...lol. How long did it take some of yall to to the grinding/sanding after you removed the stringer? So far it is all working out pretty good. I am going to order my Epoxy tomorrow hopefully. I want to have it ready when I get to that point.

 

[Ricky1979]

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Well the 7in grinder does the trick! I should have the most of it ready for new wood tomorrow. Tired of all that dust for sure. My shop vac is hating life..lol.

 

[jcsercsa]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

Well the 7in grinder does the trick! I should have the most of it ready for new wood tomorrow. Tired of all that dust for sure. My shop vac is hating life..lol.

HAHAHAHA your having fun now !!! hahahaha John

 

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

The original wood on the floor i think was 1/2. Should I use 1/2 to replace or go to 3/4? Another thing is the transom was 1 1/2 thick, that is finished thinkness. Should I laminate 2 pieces of 1/2 then build up the rest in glass?

 

[tallcanadian]

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If you can get 5/8, use two piece then build the rest with perhaps mat. You can either use PL Premium to laminate the two together or fiberglass the two. That may help with your thickness. Get job and beautiful boat, by the way.

 

[Ricky1979]

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Well some good news today. Got all my glassing materials oreder today. On top of that, im almost done grinding

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[Ricky1979]

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[Ricky1979]

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Well I have a question about what I found sanding. I think it is loose glass or the gell coat is loose. it is about a foot long so I didnt want to keep sanding it out unless it is necessary. So if someone could point me in the right direction on what to do that would be great.

I also did find a hole that I ground out and is ready for repair once my resin and glass arrive.

 

[Ricky1979]

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[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

I looked closer at the hull and noticed more of this in a couple other areas. I need a little input on what I should do to fix this or if it is a problem. The boat is getting painted after so even if it is something that can be done from the outside is fine.

By the way all my glass materials will be here thursday so this weekend will be a busy one. I only have 3 weeks till I move everything back to florida so everything has to be atleast glassed in for transport by then. Which I think will be no problem.

 

[lowkee]

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I'm at a loss as to what the strips are. Maybe delamination? I'd grind a small section in a circle and see if it lifts out. If so, you'll need to grind it all down to attached glass and rebuild it once your materials arrive.

3 weeks is a tight schedule. Work quickly but triple check your work. Things tend to go pear-shaped in the least expected ways. Keep up the pics and you'll have loyal followers in no time

 

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

I'm at a loss as to what the strips are. Maybe delamination? I'd grind a small section in a circle and see if it lifts out. If so, you'll need to grind it all down to attached glass and rebuild it once your materials arrive.

3 weeks is a tight schedule. Work quickly but triple check your work. Things tend to go pear-shaped in the least expected ways. Keep up the pics and you'll have loyal followers in no time

That is kinda what I was thinking but was kinda hoping it wasnt. O well I still have 2 days till I can rebuild so I have time to get that stuff ready to go. Thank you for the reply.

 

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

tick tock.... tick tock....lol. Time sucks while having to wait for materials... Should have planed that a little better

 

[lowkee]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

You have plenty of wood to cut, so get measuring and marking some new stringers. It'll take a good two days for those, and if you get through it quickly, you still have the deck to template . if the transome is getting replaced as well, taking some cardboard and making a template and cutting that to size will take a bit as well, since you want it to be as snug as possible. Just remember, the transom hits the hull bottom at an angle (13degrees-ish), so take that angle into account when cutting your transom wood from the template. I messed that part up and had a slightly short transom board once I cut the angle onto the bottom of it.

There is always something to fill the time when rebuilding a boat.

 

[Ricky1979]

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Very true... I will be starting on all the cutting tomorrow hopefully. I build custom cabinets during the day so I might be able to squeeze some play in a little after. I also have to grind the loose laminate. Speaking if which. Should I grind the gel coat off? It seams that is what the issue is. There are spider cracks in the gel where the laminate is loose.

 

[lowkee]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

Those will be some big holes to patch if you grind right through. No, I would just use a sanding disc until the majority of the obvious lifted glass is gone. Going through the gelcoat requires making a patch, which is much more work than simply layering on a bit of glass inside. If you do go through by accident (or on purpose), you can tape wax paper to the outside and apply gelcoat, glass, wider glass, wider glass.

 

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

Those will be some big holes to patch if you grind right through. No, I would just use a sanding disc until the majority of the obvious lifted glass is gone. Going through the gelcoat requires making a patch, which is much more work than simply layering on a bit of glass inside. If you do go through by accident (or on purpose), you can tape wax paper to the outside and apply gelcoat, glass, wider glass, wider glass.

Makes since. I will find out tomorrow after work what that turns out to be.

I laminated my plywood today for my stringers, will be laminating the ply for the transom in the morning before work.

 

[Ricky1979]

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UPS finally showed up with the goods a little after 8 tonight... I guess better lete than never.

 

[thrillhouse700]

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Those spots look like really thick resin puddles to me, we had those on our boat. We just ground em out until we hit glass then laid a layer of CSM over it.

 

[Ricky1979]

Re: Rebuilding a 71 Glastron v 156

Well I have all the repairs done on the hull. Had a college football game to go to so now headed back to work on the boat.