89 18sf Project/rebuild/restore started

[alexh]

all last weekend/this week nights has been spent fairing. I'm gonna get happy with it by this Friday evening and hopefully have the topside primed this weekend. The hull gelcoat is fine, I need to wetsand it at some point, but that will probably happen once its finished and I find some time.

I'm using HMG paints; I haven't heard a lot about them but what I have heard, is good. Im spraying an epoxy primer, which they say does not need to be sanded before topcoat (minus imperfections) Topcoat is a twopart polyurethane paint (Acrythane XSC) Matterhorn White, with kiwigrip gray for nonskid. I'm going to flatten the shine to a semigloss, because I dont want a) every imperfection standing out, and b) I think it will look like crap if its not kept spotless c) I dont want it to be blinding.

The pics below of the hull is just the first of many layers for fairing...I'll get some final pics of it ready for primer tomorrow.





The console took a pretty good hit at some point in its life, but the trim will cover most of this up:


I also removed the lip, ill need to make an inside cleat for the console to mount to the deck


Hatches ready to go:

[alexh]

Just got the shot the boat with primer. Cup gun wouldn't lay heavy enough, so I switched to the pot and it went on much better. I have lots of pinholes to cover with glazing compound before the hull gets a second shot, as well as some runs to sand out. Still hope to have the second shot done by Sunday evening.

More fairing yesterday as well as drilling for scuppers.


Washed it down first thing this morning.


put a fan on it to dry, and wiped the hull down with acetone/tackrag and then shot it.




gunnel cap still wet

upclose pinholes.


console

[alexh]

Ended up only shooting the topside once with primer sat. and sunday I spent the day sanding and filling pinholes. The HMG epoxy primer didnt sand very good at all. The DA and pad sander would gum up almost instantly. Even using sheets of 320 by hand it would still gum up almost instantly. The only thing that wouldn't gum up were sanding pads. Not sure why this was, but it is what it is. The primer had sat almost 20 hours before touching it.





all filled in:



Just picked up a leaning post last week, and this week I need to buy Kiwigrip, and get an order together for genuinedealz.com I should be putting the boat back together by this time next week.

[alexh]

Finally got it painted this weekend. I ended up not using much flattening agent, but I dont think it'll matter in the end. The color is made to match matterhorn white by awlgrip. Shot one coat, waited six hours and then shot another. Had some overspray issues with the first coat, but in the end, I'm very happy with the results. Kiwigrip came in today, so Ill get it taped off and painted asap.




New leaning post came in too. Still trying to figure out where I want it.

[uncleboo]

Awesome job!

[alexh]

almost finished. Fitting hardware, pulling electrical and rewire. Replacing trailer springs this weekend and begining electrical next week. Should be done soon.
Grey kiwigrip

[fdheld34]

your resto looks awesome.......tons of views and little comments...you must be doing everything right!!!!
Questions
was the kiwi grip easy to work with??
How much did you use...also looks like you really put a thick layer of kiwi on....do you think you can you go barefoot on the boat or is it too rough??? Still debating kiwi but dont want my son's feet to get sore!
-Fred

[alexh]

Originally Posted by fdheld34

your resto looks awesome.......tons of views and little comments...you must be doing everything right!!!!
Questions
was the kiwi grip easy to work with??
How much did you use...also looks like you really put a thick layer of kiwi on....do you think you can you go barefoot on the boat or is it too rough??? Still debating kiwi but dont want my son's feet to get sore!
-Fred

As a whole, kiwigrip seems ok. The hardest issue is roughing up the surfaces at the edges where its taped off. You definitely gain a lot of time doing it indoors or when its cool outside. The sun cooks it pretty quickly. Another issue I found is variances in grip/texture when working over large areas. When one portion starts to set and one area is fresh, the roller raises up the paint considerably more on the tacky part as opposed the fresh part. It wouldn't be any problem to quickly roll on another coat either if you weren't happy with the results. If I try, I can dig up some edges of the paint with my nail, so I dont think pressure washing is in the question, ever. I used 120grit and 80 grit paper to rough up the areas. I used almost an entire gallon to do what is shown in the pictures.