1970 Seafari conversion to CC

[afishin82]

Couple pics after first coat of wax.

[ricciprice]

Looks good, plan on doing the same thing, will be mixing with duratec and shooting tho, my brother is redoing a small whaler right now and he tried shooting gel with a dump gun but had tons of orange peel, was sanded down and reshot with duratec and gel and boy does it lay down, sanding time was cut at least by half if not more, duratec will make lay down

[afishin82]

I tried duratec before and didn't prime the boat first. Ended up with tons of little pinholes. I guess if you a good prime coat on it would help with the pinholes. I will try it again on the next project.

[afishin82]

Anyone have any tips where to start with a prop for the 200hpdi???

[WillyC]

Mercury Mirage Plus 19p. I'm running an old carb'ed Yamaha 200 on my 1975 20' sf. Right at 400 lbs it does great on my boat. I can only get 5200-5300 rpm out of it at wide open but I think its mounted a little low.

[afishin82]

I'm gonna try the yamaha reliance 19 sds. A guy with a 200 4 stroke is using it and he said he's very happy with it.

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by afishin82

I'm gonna try the yamaha reliance 19 sds. A guy with a 200 4 stroke is using it and he said he's very happy with it.

Better compare the gear ratios of your motor and his! Just because the HP is the same doesn't mean they'll want to turn the same rpm or same prop!

[afishin82]

Originally Posted by Bushwacker

Better compare the gear ratios of your motor and his! Just because the HP is the same doesn't mean they'll want to turn the same rpm or same prop!

Will do. I'm gonna stop by my local yamaha guy and see if he will work with me to make sure I get the right prop.

[afishin82]

Got the interior faired and primed. Ended up sanding through in quite a few places. I would like to paint over it but thinking its gonna need another coat. It looks pretty darn good and I would like to avoid spraying more primer but I will I'd it's necessary. I've done some research and have seen some info saying to sand with 320. The awlgrip guide says 220???

[flyingfrizzle]

Originally Posted by afishin82

Got the interior faired and primed. Ended up sanding through in quite a few places. I would like to paint over it but thinking its gonna need another coat. It looks pretty darn good and I would like to avoid spraying more primer but I will I'd it's necessary. I've done some research and have seen some info saying to sand with 320. The awlgrip guide says 220???

I like to do my final sand with 320 and even 500 sometimes prior to paint. 220 just leaves to much scratches. It works well for knocking down thick high build but I would shoot one more coat and lightly sand with 320 to keep from breaking threw. If you paint over that it will take may coats to hide the white spots. Grey and white are good to alternate as you can see where you do sand threw and makes it easier to see where you applied it at when coating but it will bleed threw if you paint on it like it is in the final picture. The base color makes a big difference in the look of the final coat. Also I like to prime with a high build primer or a base primer. Your last coat should be done with a sealing primer or final primer prior to paint. Big difference in the two types of primer. The final pre paint primer will not sand well but you shouldn't need much sanding on it. I usually wet sand the last coat of sealing primer. Make sure you don't break threw down to the base primer or you will need a recoat. You can paint over what you got here but for the best finish add a few coats of final prep primer prior to your paint work. This is how I do it any way, others may have different ideas.