Started 20' upgrade and restore

[billythekid]

trayder thanks do you have any projects up your sleeve? gfs 42 is good I find that if you put plastic over the tip and tape it on it will keep it good right up to the tip. I put a ball vavle on drain becuase I had it leftover from another project. also I like being able to isolate everything. I am laying the deck up on saturday with 2 freinds( slash proffesionals) the way its going to go is

3 coats of wax
2 coats of PVA
duratec
2 layers of matt
1 layer of cloth
devilet putty
dyvinecel
strips of plywood where stuff is getting mounted
devilet putty between everything
layer of mat
layer of cloth

[billythekid]

well today was the layup day.I tried to take as many pics as time would allow. The time constraint was tight with the laminating process. I waxed and sprayed the the mold on friday to have it set. We started off with the duratec this morning, using 1.5 gallons sprayed with a cup gun. after this we cut two layers of mat to size staggering the joint on each layer.The most important part of the lay up is the first two layers of mat,becuase you cant have any air bubbles for voids. we didnt start until the duratec got tacky.






we used white duratec and gray duratec as the backup







these are my two friends / proffessionals that came to help me laminate the deck. after doing all the layup it was way too much work for one person. during the layup 2 of us were rolling out and 1 guy was smoothing out.




here we are dry fitting all the coring and marine ply. The coring is really easy to work with.


its definitly not rocket science laying the coring and the wood blocks we kept the coring in about an 1.5 inches around the outside and the hatches.







The Devilet putty has the texture of coolwhip it to gets mixed with MEKP. we applied it with a 1/4 notched trawl for laying tile. this stuf is a mess and it gets everywhere. One thing we goofed on was not marking where some of the pieces were from and after some head scratching were figured it out. After everything was set in place we back filled any voids with the putty and put a 45 degree radius on the access hatches were we had left the 1.5 inch space for the final layup.












well sunday am we are layng up the final 2 layers of glass. so far we have using 8 gallons of polyester which is right on what we expected.

till next time

[strick]

Good work....that was a big time saver doing it that way. What do you plan on doing for the non-skid? Keep the pics coming

strick

[billythekid]

Strick I plan on sanding it to 220 for the paint and I will probably mix in griptex or Alexseal's version of non skid. back to grinding and sanding..

[billythekid]

I got some work done after my real job today I grinded some excess off all the way around the deck. I layed out the cut outs for the 2 deck hatches and went to work with the jig saw. I also sanded done any imperfections around the hatches . The flange is 1/4 inch thick.



profile of the flange

[tunaorlater]

very impresive, keep up the good work.

[billythekid]

well on saturday morning we dropped the deck in place for a dry fit and it fell right into place.. It doesnt happen to often that everything works out this good.






















I will cut the box down under the side access plate. This where the rigging for the motor will come out of



this week I will finish any rigging under the deck, I am going to put some type of rim board around the inner linner and cabosil the deck into place and glass around the outside edge.

till next time

[Trayder]

Billy-

I am overseeing the restore of an 18 that I plan on re-selling this spring. At this point it is in the fairing/priming stage.
Really looking fwd to your pictures of the deck lamination.

J

[billythekid]

here are the final pics of the layup











this what the table looks like after a full days work!

[Trayder]

when will you pop it?