Started 20' upgrade and restore

[billythekid]

Hey GFS I got the latches from west marine they are boxed in a west marine box but they are Taco latches. I am probably going to use a gasket material from taco to. once I get the boat painted I will start looking around for the righjt gasket material.

Strick THat is correct I used the multimaster to bed the coring. THe bait tank is going in front of the console.since I shifted the console back I will have room in front of it. back to sanding and fairing.

[billythekid]

Well I did a 8 hours of sanding today and did what is called "Poormans priming". I dont remember seeing it on here with all the restores. I learned this from a freind who had restored alot of boats. Basically from when I sanded the orginal paint of the boat there were some deep scratches from turning the sander on its side all over the hull. Here is what I did to smooth out the hull. I wiped the hull down with a wet rag with water to remove the dust. I went to my work truck and took out a half gallon of PVC primer. I dumped some in a mixing cup and with a rag wiped down the whole hull. I let it dry for about 5 minutes and went to down with the 220 on the palm sander with vaccum hook up. Make sure that if you do it you keep the sander flat, the whole point is to find the low spots..






here it shows where the deep scratches are










here is shows scattered all over





I filled them all with Evercoat smooth glaze. being that they are so shallow





finally ordering paint this week and hopefully priming by the end of the week.





here is a shot of the pie plates in place that will acess the sending unit and the pick up tube.



Not much to look at but I figured a couple of you guys would like the primer trick. Its cheap and effective.

[strick]

Now you tell me

strick

[billythekid]

sorry about that Chuck, but now you are a "experienced sander" with many hours under your belt

[Islandtrader]

Great Thread.

You can also use a product called DYKEM it is a layout fluid, a little goes a long way.

[gofastsandman]

Man you are fast.
Thx for the info.
notsofastsandman

[billythekid]

got 4 coats (2.5 gallons) of awlgrip 545 epoxy primer on the boat over the week end. I was really happy with the results, the 60 hours of sanding and fairing paid off. The boat was sprayed with a Binks 2 qt pressure pot. the nice thing about this set up is you mix 2 quarts at a time also the gun can be turned any position and it keeps spraying. This helps out for spraying the rod and anchor lockers. There were very few runs in the primer, (they are already sanded out).

































the only pin holes I had were in the front caasting deck where I sanded the original nonskid off.



I will fill the pin holes with glazing putty this week, wet sand the boat to 320 and hopefully get it sprayed by the weekend. I am still waiting on the paint.

[reelclassic]

looks good....What color are you going with? Mine is going to paint this week or early next week I have to finish my console and 3 hatch covers.

[zach]

Boat looks great. I'm interested in your scuppers. Which ones are you using?

[billythekid]

reelclassic I am going with Aqua mist on the hull. interior is going to be snow white with a contrast color on the non skid that hasnt been decided yet. I might get a little tricky and shoot the rod lockers the same color as the floor. I havent decided yet.

Zach the scuppers are going be be sea stops, they are a fiberglass rienforced plastic with a 12 degrees offset top to bottom so they stay closed until pressure is pushed against them from the inside.

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