1970 Seafari conversion to CC

[CoreyTrx]

The boat is coming out great. Have you thought about spraying the gel coat? You will save tens of hours of sanding if you spray over rolling. Plus it's a lot easier to get even coverage spraying then rolling. You can get a cheap gun from Harbor Freight that will work good. I spray it all the time with some duratec or patch aid mixed in. You don't need a huge compressor either. I have a craftsman that I think is a 30 gallon and it keeps up fine. It will really save you tons of time. Keep up the good work.

[afishin82]

Originally Posted by CoreyTrx

The boat is coming out great. Have you thought about spraying the gel coat? You will save tens of hours of sanding if you spray over rolling. Plus it's a lot easier to get even coverage spraying then rolling. You can get a cheap gun from Harbor Freight that will work good. I spray it all the time with some duratec or patch aid mixed in. You don't need a huge compressor either. I have a craftsman that I think is a 30 gallon and it keeps up fine. It will really save you tons of time. Keep up the good work.

I would love to spray it but have had nothing but frustration the last couple times I sprayed gelcoat. I would have to do some sort of primer to ensure I don't get pinholes and sand that anyway. So just figure I will try rolling and sanding. I've gotten pretty good at sanding anyway....it's my favorite thing ever!

[72potter20]

I used interlux vc performance epoxy on my boats bottom. Turned out great and can be applied over gel coat. Doesnt stain at all.

[afishin82]

Well done sanding and buffing and am very happy with the results! I put 1 coat of wax on and was thinking about putting another coat on. I'm not sure if it's necessary or how long to wait to let the first coat harden up. Any recommendations?

[afishin82]

Couple pics after first coat of wax.

[ricciprice]

Looks good, plan on doing the same thing, will be mixing with duratec and shooting tho, my brother is redoing a small whaler right now and he tried shooting gel with a dump gun but had tons of orange peel, was sanded down and reshot with duratec and gel and boy does it lay down, sanding time was cut at least by half if not more, duratec will make lay down

[afishin82]

I tried duratec before and didn't prime the boat first. Ended up with tons of little pinholes. I guess if you a good prime coat on it would help with the pinholes. I will try it again on the next project.

[afishin82]

Anyone have any tips where to start with a prop for the 200hpdi???

[WillyC]

Mercury Mirage Plus 19p. I'm running an old carb'ed Yamaha 200 on my 1975 20' sf. Right at 400 lbs it does great on my boat. I can only get 5200-5300 rpm out of it at wide open but I think its mounted a little low.

[afishin82]

I'm gonna try the yamaha reliance 19 sds. A guy with a 200 4 stroke is using it and he said he's very happy with it.