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10-18-2014, 09:58 PM
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That looks great! Do make sure that you glass the seam real good were the platform meets the tub inside and out
 strick
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#22
10-19-2014, 01:58 PM
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I glass both inside and out where the platform meets the tub. The inside was a pain but it came out pretty good for doing it all by touch. I think it should be good. I've ran the boat a few times and no crack or movement.
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#23
10-20-2014, 09:03 AM
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After the platform was glued to the tub with thickened vinyl ester resin I glassed the inside where the two meet and around the outside. I then faired it all in and shot some gel on the bracket. I'm missing a bunch of pictures of some of the steps.
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#24
10-20-2014, 09:12 AM
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Then I needed to get the transom patched up, faired and gel coated so I could mount the bracket. For the I/O hole I laid up 5 layers of 1708 on a waxed panel and cut that to fit the hole then glassed the seam. All the holes and spider cracks of the transom were ground out and got at least 2 layers of mat. If they were deep enough I used a layer of 1708 then mat. For the ice box drains instead of going back with the brass drain tubes that leaked and ruined the transom I used fiberglass tubes and faired them in.
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#25
10-20-2014, 09:19 AM
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For the gel coat I used patch aid which I really liked. It made the gel really hard and leveled out pretty good. Once it dried I sanded with 400 to 1500 then compounded it. It came out like glass. Then it was time to figure out where the bracket was getting mounted. I made a template of the bracket with some 1/4" luan and transferred the holes from the bracket to the transom. All the holes got 3 coats of epoxy to seal up the core.
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#26
10-20-2014, 09:25 AM
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Then it was time to mount the bracket which I hung from a tree. I used 1/2" stainless bolts and 1/4" stainless washers. On the inside of the transom I used a 4' piece of 4" aluminum c channel as a backing plate. I used 5200 around all the bolts and washers. Where the bracket meets the transom I ran a bead of 4000 because it won't yellow like the 5200 will.
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#30
10-20-2014, 08:24 PM
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Thats something special !!!
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