The R?surrection of the SeaGem

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey Beta, Its salt water the LI Sound. They were wearing those wrist bands for sea sickness but got nausea anyway

She{Caity} may have got those smooth moves from you, but I gotta stay with... the good looks 'had' to of come from her mothers side

You calling my daughter UGLY!!!! ROFL

Sorry couldn't resist LOL

She actually has my personality, which is a real scary thought. I am going to be in trouble when she gets older I am already looking to put her in a convent lol

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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very cute Bill,
Not you, the little one.
Bob

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Thanks Bob,
I am already looking into convents for her lol


As some of you may know I am having a problem with her when I hit 4000 RPM. No matter what prop I am running the prop ventilates and or has cavitation. To remove the possibility of it being from the hull being rough and creating an air pocket. I started sanding down the hull today.

OMG what a job, 1st I power washed off as much of the bottom paint as I could, then I started sanding, and sanding and sanding........ my day is finished and I am only 1/2 way done. Here is a pic of the other side

NOW FOR THE BIG ??????

I know that I really don't need bottom paint because its a trailered boat. I read here just to use rustolium ($30 a gal )where the bottom paint used to be. My only other option seems to be Interlux VC17m at $54 per quart being 22' I need 1 gallon for 2 coats

Any thought???????


PS as you can see its already dark, I have been at this since 7:45am Man my arms are tired and hurting. Even doing this with a pneumatic DA sander its still a PITA

 

[tallcanadian]

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Hey Bill, how's things? For what it's worth, I used Tremclad paint, which is the Canadian version of Rustoleum, same company. I had it on my boat bottom for 3 years. It stood up quite well. And besides, you can't see it anyway. Just my 2 Canadian cents worth.

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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Hey Bill,
I feel your pain on the sanding. I'm sanding the hull too, but mine is still upside down. I wouldn't even want to think about doing it that way.
Sorry I can't help on the paint question.
Take care
Bob

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey TC Thanks for the input

Hi Bob,
yep this is a real PITA the boat is still on the trailer. It is really no fun playing contortionist under the boat with a DA sander.



3:30 am and I'm still arguing with myself over it one of the problems with using Rustolium is the choice of colors. the boat is off white and maroon, rustolium is limited, i am down to white, cream or leather brown.

I am leaning towards white or cream and putting a maroon boot stripe on it

Whatever I choose, its not getting finished this weekend I found 2 blisters I want to repair 1st.


EDIT- I was looking at the Rustoleum web site seen they have it in Regal red so I did a lowes search for rustoleum regal red & low and behold they have 4 quarts at my local store Guess the choice is made

 

[CheapboatKev]

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Trusty Rusty was my vote, although somewhat moot at this point!
I feel ya on the aches..I see you posted @ 3:30 am, I was up as well, too sore to sleep!

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Trusty Rusty was my vote, although somewhat moot at this point!
I feel ya on the aches..I see you posted @ 3:30 am, I was up as well, too sore to sleep!

LOL, I actually had nightmares about mosquitoes that woke me up at 3am this morning I get up and my wife shows me a bite she got during the night.

I am a real hurting puppy tonight. I didn't even finish ran out of sandpaper for the DA. I have 2' + the transom left to sand. Times like this I wish I had a smaller boat
But all is good I went and finished power washing my parents deck so I can get it sealed.
Here is what she looks like now

I left a small ribbon so I have a line to work off of. Once I pick up some painters tape I will sand her out while I tape.

She looks good without the bottom paint, I thought for a second about either repainting or gelcoat the entire boat and forget about the line. I wish the getcoat was in better shape and thicker. I would just wet sand, wax her and call it a day. One thing stopping me is I found 2 repairs under the bottom paint, one of them is a circle about 3" in diameter. I am really wondering what it could be from. I am in contact with the original owner I am real temped to ask what happened


Well it looks like ist going to be friday before I get back out on her. Tomorrow I have to finish the deck which leaves wednesday to finish sanding and paint the 1st coat. That makes thursday for the 2nd coat leaving fri-sat for splashdown

 

[ezmobee]

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I just finished my deck today. It only took 3 years (I wish I exaggerating)

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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Hello Bill,
The boat looks a lot better now. Did you check to see if the Rusto could be tinted? Just a thought.
Good luck with the deck. I really hate to do mine. It's at least a three day event.
Take care
Bob

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hi Bob,

I already looked into that, it can't be tinted . I thought about looking to see if Benjamin Moore has a similar paint to rustoleum that can be. I am still arguing with myself over color, now I am thinking maybe the almond with a brown bootstripe being that the interior is brown and the only other red on the boat is the gel under the cap .
I hate to say it but my mind is working overtime I have 2 gal of pettit white for the other boat, I am almost tempted to sand the rest and shoot the entire girl BUT I want to get her back on the water and out of my front yard.

Hi Ez,
I hear you on the 3 years to finish, I still don't have any interior molding on my 1st floor
I built their deck back in 96 as a birthday present for my dad, (today is his bday) and it hasn't been touched since. I have had to pressure wash it 3 times to get the dirt out of the cedar and I still have to do the handrails today before I can stain and seal it tomorrow, hopefully.

 

[ezmobee]

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Hi Ez,
I hear you on the 3 years to finish, I still don't have any interior molding on my 1st floor
I built their deck back in 96 as a birthday present for my dad, (today is his bday) and it hasn't been touched since. I have had to pressure wash it 3 times to get the dirt out of the cedar and I still have to do the handrails today before I can stain and seal it tomorrow, hopefully.

I sanded the whole deck two years ago....never got around to staining it. I did the deck wash stuff last year....never got around to staining it. Even bought the stain then later returned it so it wasn't sitting all winter. Then this year I finally got it done. Ended up going with a more paint-like stain since my wood was pretty beat by this point. Looks nice though.

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hi Ez,
This pic is for you LOL this is how I spent my morning, I started 7am I even power washed the house. Now all I have to do is re-paint the balusters and Thomson water seal the deck.

PS all those weeds on the ground are vines I cut off the balusters and handrails. The had covered the entire front of the deck EEK

OK, that takes care of what I did this morning, here is what I did this afternoon

I wound up going with the brown, I figured it would hide the dirt and water spots

I did run out of paint, I have to get more tomorrow. I only bought 1 quart thinking if I didn't like the color I would get something else.

All in all I am pretty happy with it, I rolled and tipped and came out decent.
Rustoleum says 24hrs between coats so it looks like it will be a saturday splashdown

 

[tallcanadian]

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That brown good looks, Bill. It's amazing how much coverage you get out of a quart.

 

[BobsGlasstream]

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Hey Bill,
It turned out pretty good. Nice thing with paint is it's easer to change.
Bob

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey TC,

Well I figured about a gallon for 2 coats, with the quart I was able to do the starboard side, transom and the narrow strip above the chine on the port side. I'm thinking 3 1/2 quarts for a 2 coat job. I might give the keel up to the chines a 3rd, but not till after the weekend.

Hi BOB,
That is what I was thinking, I almost went with the almond but it wouldn't be an exact match to the boat. I figured She already has brown on her, the Cruisers lettering + a pin stripe so I wouldn't be introducing a new color.

EDIT- it still looks like a 1980's boat with that color scheme But what the heck lol

 

[sprintst]

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Hey. The Sea Gem is looking good.

I like how you got the family out on the water. Next year I'm in the damn boat for a month

 

[betayv]

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hi bill looking good I have to do the same on my boat hey what grip sand paper you used to remove the old paint ? what was the process before start painting...thanks...

 

[HVAC Cruiser]

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Hey Sprint,
Thanks, as far as getting the entire family out , I doubt if that will happen again. Like I jerk I took them out when Noaa was reporting seas at 2-3'

Hi Beta,
Hope all is well
I used 80 grit on a 6" DA sander. Before I started I washed the bottom down with simple green and a pressure washer. After sanding I used Palmolive dish-washing liquid scrubbed it good with my truck washing brush and power washed again.

I don't know if the way I do is is right, wrong, or indifferent. what I do know is with using dish hand soap and power-washing I wind up with no impurities. If you want to use anything else use either acetone or you can use prep-sol, you can get it at any auto body supply house, napa, etc.. Using those only wipe in one direction refolding to a new spot.

 

[tallcanadian]

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And don't forget you end up with soft hands too, using dish soap.