1974 20' sceptre transom replacement and i/o to outboard bracket conversion

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Now that it is finally warmer out I cleaned up the bottom of the sceptre and shot some more primer on it. I already had 3 coats of interlux 2001 epoxy barrier primer and went with a coat of white interlux epoxy prime coat over that. I will fix all the little spots and pin holes with an epoxy glazing putty and then it will be ready for polyurethane paint on hull bottom.

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Sanded down with 320 and done another round of fairing. Removed the brass floor drains and ground around the hole 6" each way. Went fairly deep around the hole and tapered it back good. Cut a plug to back the glass. The wood block tying the deck to the hull on the drain was solid as the deck is. Laid several layers of glass starting small and working my way up till I had it a eighth above the hull. Will grind it flush tomorrow.

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Got the deck drain sanded down and flushed with the hull.

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Sanded the sides down with 320 and then added 2 coats of interlux Epoxy PrimeKote to the sides and one more over the bottom.

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Finally got back on the boat again. Been working on my 71 Camaro instead of the boat but it is time to get her finished. I rolled it over to the opposite side so I could do the same as the other side. Sand sand and sanded. Got all the small blisters, nicks, scratches and bad spots filled then sanded. For some reason the back 2 feet or so of this side had some wave in the original gel coat layup and needed some line sanding to correct. I have a Hutchins hustler 2000 and use it on the course work but for this I bought a Hutchins 3800 orbital line sander for the finer grit paper and it gives me a much better finish product. I really love it, should of got it a long time ago. Similar to the standard line sander or flat board but it works like a DA sander in a orbital motion and leaves not scratches. It will leave a very flat surface and flatten out any high spots, waves ect. Sprayed epoxy primer, then sanded sprayed again then filled with epoxy filler then sanded, then primed again, then sanded then fixed any small spots left then primed once again. I will wet sand with 320 then spray white prime coat next. Nice to finally have the boat hull fully primed.

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After 7 coats of primer and fairing I finally got the hull to smooth enough finish that I felt good about painting over. Started on the bottom side with a very light grey that will be the final finish on the bottom. I don't plan on keeping it in the water no longer than 2 days so no bottom paint. This is the first coat. It came out super smooth with no problems other than one or two nats in it. Turned out slick as glass. I used a 2 part poly urethane called perfection from interlux. The sides will be blue and the inside white with the original floor pattern back in it with non-skid


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I have been trying to get the inside of the boat ready for paint, I am filling all the old holes were the pads were and also the holes from the controls on the dash. I want a nice new hole free hull so that when rigging I can set all the new equipment in fresh new holes in the locations I like. Once the holes are filled I will sand them back and fair them in and start priming the inside with 2 part epoxy primer.

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Finally got some color on the hull over the labor day weekend. The bottom had 3 coats of two part poly urethane in light grey and the sides are painted Carolina blue. I got the inside primed with epoxy primer and faired out smooth after 3-4 rounds of epoxy filler and recoating. Once I get the last coat on the hull sides I will spray the inside white and redo the factory floor stripes with the grey same as the bottom but with awl grip nonskid aditive. Good to see it coming together and I can't wait to finish it so I can put more time in the 25' seafari. Note- the small trees behind the boat grew while the boat has blocked the mower if that tells you how long this has drawn out.

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Got the paint almost complete on the sceptre. I sprayed a little over a gallon of white in the inside including the deck, cap and inner sides. I still need to do the tank cover, rear hatches, front hatch and the stripes in the floor to finish paint. I am planning on redoing the original floor stripes back with the same grey that is on the bottom of the hull. She is a little dirty in the pictures and needs some leafs and crap washed out but hope the grey decking once I get it one will help hide any dirt and usage better than the white will.

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Got thethe swim platform nonskid painted on. Used Algrip nonskid additive into the two part polyurethane grey. The white was applied with a texture but no additive.

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