How many man hours and $ in rebuild?

[Bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by strick

You can spend $1000 alone in sand paper, plastic measuring cups, mixing sticks, roller sleeves, roller handles, paper towels, rubber gloves, acetone, ...etc...

strick

Amen! These incidental things add up quick too and no one ever budgets for this either. You need to plan on spending $1000 for these things for a floor and transom project ($500 each).

[billythekid]

acetone, paint thinner and denatured alcohol. could rack the bill up alone. I think I might get 5 gallon buckets for the next build.

1708 biaxel fiberglass is around $9 a yard retail right now,
polyester resin is around $ 19 a gallon.


I am almost talking myself out of a build, thank god i can buy almost everything at whole sale.

[wes5.7]

Thanks for the heads up. It's a real eye opener. Sounds like too much of a commitment of time and money for me right now. Sounds like a good project for retirement. I like working with my hands and rebuild/work on outboards and I'm in the process of rebuilding a 16' dual console tinny but 2-3yrs of my free time to rebuild just a hull is too much for me. I must commend you guys for completing such a task.

[Normagain]

My wisest purchase so far has been a $60 bag of Cabosil from Revchem. I've used over a 5 gallon bucket so far and will probably have quite a bit left over but it has saved me some coin!