Guys thanks for the input. Pelican I have read some of the threads you have contributed on mentioning the interprotect 2000e product.

I have also landed here http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...t=shine&page=4 which uses both methods. I will not be gel-coating the tank and lean towards the preferred Coal tar epoxy application.

After having done this; would you still advice against foaming in the tank and then glassing it? I do plan on raising it using this as my guide http://www.yachtsurvey.com/fueltank.htm but truth of the matter is moisture could still be an issue.

Thank you all for the contribution.

tanks should never be foamed in place - use "chocks" - at my shop,i make up chocking systems from starboard...

pay attention to the prep process - it's best to clean,scuff sand and chemically etch prime the aluminum surface prior to application of any coating...

Looking good!! Keep pics coming I'm about to do the same thing as you good luck.

Patrick

So I got some cover on the boat and finally got the stringers cut from the top. Busted and soaked with water. This is turned into the biggest pain in the ass but, it is going to get done slowly but surely. Have gutted some of the stringers but there still remains some water and foam towards the back will probably have to cut them from the side.

The plan is to dry them out, glass them from the inside and then from the outside once foamed in. Any suggestions on this? Also, what is the best way to air these things out?

Transom was reinforced with biaxial and mat.

The work never stops!

Enjoy.

I've been under the weather lately due to certain events that have happened so progress has been slow and to some extent depressing. For starters, the guy that I payed to do the work pretty much ran off with my money after the first week and a half of work. Luckily enough I did not grant his request when he said he wanted the rest of the money, with only having done 25% of the work if at that. Between my schooling, boards and a dead stop due to not having the experience or knowledge to continue doing what is left. I have halted the project.

Beware, if in South Florida and you come across a guy name Joei... He is black, believe Jamaican. Referred to me by Andy from El Capitan which he tells me the guy will never again be recommended from his mouth to anyone ever again.

Stringers were gutted, sanded glassed and refilled with 4lb density foam and closed up. Bulkheads x2 (6lb foam coring glassed with mat,1708,mat front and back)

Fuel tank was sanded, washed, cleaned, primed, coal tar epoxied and foamed. Tank does not rest on floor and has a 1/2in rise off the floor ( no wood )

I made a mold for a tank for fresh water wash down, first tried had microscopic leaks, I added paste all around and reglassed no leaks what so ever. Will finish it with a coal epoxy paint job just in case.

I have hit a wall when it comes to throwing the floor on. =/ Ideas are present but have yet to go through with them.

Nice

Thanks man, hanging in there. Had no idea these things took this long.

O Yeah. Course u can spend unlimited amount of $$$ and time. And fair and sand all day. Just depends how "perfect" u want it.

As perfect as it deserves to be, nothing less for my SeaCraft.

That's the spirit!