Here We Go Again

[FELLOW-SHIP]

HOOPS I should have said Pro Trim

Here you go.

http://www.pro-trim.com/product.asp?ID=56&nPage=3

FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins

[strick]

Thanks Fellowship. Never herd of the stuff but it looks good. Let us know how it works.

Bryan- I still have to pull the all the staples. I've pulled a few out just to see how easy they will come out and they come out easily. I'll pull them all this weekend. Liquid nails is $17.00 a gallon and it took a gallon to glue the panels in place. A lot cheaper then resin and I avoided the PIA of having to mix cabosil. Plus the stuff is more sticky then resin/cabosil. The panels just pressed right in place. It's very solid. Keeping costs down and getting the job done.

I still will use the panels I pulled off the sides of the boat to fill in the upper most portions that I could not cover with the flat panels. They held their shape OK.




I needed to get some marks on the panels while they were still on the side of the boat so I would know were to make my cuts. I used a really long 1/8" drill bit and attached it to my handy little angle drill.



drilled some holes from the inside out



and connected the dots



The panels did not hurt the outside of the hull in any way other then the little 1/8" holes that I will fill later.



I'll get more done this weekend hopefully.

strick

[bbh57]

Strick, I was thinking the coring and mat you added on the sides would add strength and be eaiser to fair then the woven on the hull. Is there a problem with doing it that way. without the panel?

[strick]

Bill- the coring and glass did make the sides of the hull rock solid. However there will still be tons of fairing if you do it that way. This way is much easier, quicker and probably cheaper if you figure all the resin and filler you use when fairing.

strick

[BigMike8o9]

"I needed to get some marks on the panels while they were still on the side of the boat so I would know were to make my cuts. I used a really long 1/8" drill bit and attached it to my handy little angle drill."

Wow, Great idea. Did you see that somwhere or was it yours. I would have overthought that to the point of making all kinds of transfers and contraptions.
Perfect KISS engineering.

[strick]

Another weekly up date. Lots of boring stuff going on. Most of it is not worth posting.

Sanding down thru the gel coat because of the blistering.



I have a feeling the entire bottom will have to be done in this fashion but I wont be sure till I turn the boat over.

I continued to make good use of my fiberglass panels covering anything that is flat.



I let the fiberglass panels cure for several days before removing the staples shown below.



A pick was used to elevate the staples thus removing them easily.



A word about using the fiberglass panals. Make sure you use LOTS OF GLUE. I had about 4-5 areas toward the bottom of the panels were I did not put enough glue and I got some voids
were the panels would push in slightly. I had to drill some small 1/8 inch holes and inject resin into these areas.




If I had this to do over again I would put these panels in while the deck cap is off the boat. It would go much faster.

The panels were sanded lightly and cleaned with denatured alcohol. The corners were taped and a small bead of cabosil/microballoons was injected into the corners.




After the tape was pulled it left a nice finished corner. The corners will get sanded and then one more bead will be applied.

At any rate I'm happy with the way things are going. The panels are solid and the inside of the boat is starting to take shape. Here are a few shots.



For finishing the tops of the panels under the gunnel the area was sanded and cabosil/microballoons swiped over the area. 1/2 Oz matt will go over this to prevent cracking.



The fish box gel coat had lots of blisters and needed to be sanded.




Till next time




strick

[1bayouboy]

What can you say.....AWESOME! Thanks for taking the time to get shots and post them.

[silverg]

Looking great strick.
Saw them strip the gel on a B31 on Ship Shape using something like this. Too much money for a one time use, but if somebody had one to rent. Looked to go pretty fast.
My bil's B20 is going to require that if we ever get to it.

http://www.paintshaver.com/marineshaver.html

[warthog5]

Wait a min. Did you got a New boat shelter?

[strick]

Yea the 23 is outside it's home collecting lots of dust. I did buy an engine cover for it so the new zuke is taken care of

Trey- thanks for the cool link. I'm going to call a few rental shops and see if they have anything similar to that tool. I'll be flipping the boat in a couple weeks to get started on the bottom. Burn out has again set in. I think I need to go fishing soon!

strick