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holorinhal
05-25-2007, 09:28 PM
Ok here goes.I have been wanting to write a thread following the progress of the restoration of My Kona,for a while now,but havent had the time to spend on it.
However I will try to make the time When ever I can.
Please keep in mind that some of the pics that I will be showing are of work that I have done on the boat more than a year ago.That being said and My limited budget,hopefully the tread will catch up to the present day progress.
These first pics are when I went to Huntington beach to pick up the boat.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/kona_at_owners_house1.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/kona_at_owners_house_3.jpg
I bought the boat less engine,but it did come with the basset water injected headers,and all the stain less braided hoses.
The pump is a jacuzzi 12wj freshly rebuilt about 4 years ago but never ran after rebuild,with a place diverter.
A litle story about the previous owner.Aparently he had
a prety good motor in the boat ,and was running it at lake Mead,as He use to live in Vegas,when He got pitched from the boat.I guess He got scared of it and never ran it again.
I guess before he decided that he was'nt going to drive the boat again,He had the pump done and new interior and carpet put in.
The boat has been regellcoated,but the deck has a bunch of tiny cracks all over and other spots that are crazing. I later found that the cracks in the deck were in the glass too,but the other cracks were only in the gell.

holorinhal
05-25-2007, 09:55 PM
Ok here are a few more Pic's.
These are from when I got the boat back to Vegas(back full circle).
The boat had been sitting under a dark blue heavy cloth boat cover for four years,so it needed a good cleaning.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/got_her_home_and_cleaned_up1.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/got_her_home_and_cleaned_up2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/gother_home_and_cleaned_up3.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/got_her_home_and_cleaned_up4.jpg.
From these pics and from a distance,You could not see the boat acne it had.
Ok here is where it started getting intresting!
I bought a 454BBC which was reportedly in good running order,rebuilt with about 5000mi,with 10:1.compresion ,with the intentions of just sticking it in the boat and go have fun.It was end of season and being the curious one,or skeptik,Idid not just want to take the word of another,I poped the pan off to have a look inside.lo and behold what did I discover ?A spunn bearing,I WAS PISSED! Any way I proceeded to tear down the engine .I pulled the heads first and made another discovery.It aint no 10:1 motor and further more one cylinder was really rusty .UHHO!Have I got a cracked block or head?
I tore the motor completly down and off to the machine shop it went to cleaned and maged.
well The block and the heads tested good,NO CRACK'S,but the one rusty cylinder could not be cleaned up,so it was time to bore.
I talked with My engine builder and we decided to go with some more cubes,A STROKER MOTOR! Bored .030 and bought a Scatt 4.25 stroke rotating asymbly.
Any way while I was gathering parts and with My limmited budget,and being hard headed and not wanting to settle for a lesser motor (i did not just want a stock motor) ,I started picking at the boat! For one the cracks in the deck were driving Me crazy! so I started contemplating fixing the deck, started there and one thing lead to another.You Know one of those ,while I am here I might as well fix this too,situations.
Anywho here I am a year and a half later and I am still working on it! Oh well hopefully the end result will be worth it,When all is said and doneIt will practicly be a neww hull,as I have filled every hole except the transom cutout,and replaced every pice of wood,except the wood glassed into the deck.I think it will probobly even be built better than Kona built it the first time!
I am calling It a reso build instead of a restoration ,becouse while the hull is a classic It will be updated and modernized to almost a custom boperformance boat....Hal

Wicked Performance Boats
05-26-2007, 01:47 AM
You go Hal, It will be a nice piece when you're done. Pat

El Prosecutor
05-26-2007, 06:59 AM
Nice boat, that is a great interior too.

DOZZR
05-26-2007, 09:21 AM
Very nice!!
I just returned from Havasu yesterday from my kona restorations maiden voyage, and I was impressed on how the well the boat turned out. My point being, when you hit the water with your "new toy" every single thing you did, every extra hour/day you put into it although nobody else may notice, makes your smile all that much brighter. Keep it up you have a sweet looking boat and trust me, people "WILL" notice !!:D And when you put the hammer down for the first time, be ready to capture a memmory you wont soon forget WOOOOOO-HOOOOO what a rush!!!!!!
Your boat looks great, keep us posted on the progress.

holorinhal
05-26-2007, 10:13 AM
Hey Pat! How have You been doing? Hope all Is well.
Thanks Guys.The boat dont look near as good now!
The thing is in a million pieces,dody work has been done and is in the primer state right now.
DOZZR,Your boat looks awesome!I have been admiring You'r boat ever since You posted about it. I really love the flames! I plan on painting Mine with a bunch of Ghost flames. It's nice to see actual Konas, and not the Tahiti Tigers that ours are splashed from.
Do You have any pics of Your restore proccess? What all did You do to it?Let's see more pic's of it!
Here are a few pics of what the deck looked like up close .
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/gell_cracking_on_deck.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/gell_cracking2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/gell_cracking3.jpg

holorinhal
05-26-2007, 10:48 AM
heres a couple more pics of the boat accne.
this is on the side of the hull.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/2774crazing4.jpg
this is on the top of the cockpit area
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/medium/2774kona_011.jpg.

DOZZR
05-26-2007, 11:46 AM
Here you go Hal,
I wasn't really planning on getting into a complete restore, so unfortunately I dont have alot of close up pics of the original condition of the boat. But it had no clear coat left on it at all, when I would wipe it down after running it my towell would have all kinds of metalflake in it, and the finish was like sandpaper :jawdrop: , I still have to get the seats upholstered, I made new ones ( http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Dozzr/Boatpaint033.jpg ) and they are at a guys shop but when the guy saw the boat he all of a sudden decided to double the price, I guess he thought I had alot of money to blow.
So now I need to find someone who can get it done affordably.
I was fortunate that the hull was in great shape, I didnt have to get into hardly any glass work at all, there was some delaminating spots around the stringer connections but it was still protecting the framework, so I was able to repair it easy enough without replacing any wood. there were some stress cracks here and there but I grinded and filled them and after the Havasu beating it took they seem to be holding up perfectly.
I dont want to take over your post so I'll cut it off here, but feel free to ask away if you have any questions, so log off, and get buisy on that boat !!, :D we have to get all these Kona's together at one time and have some fun.
Have a good one,
John
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Dozzr/TARA0.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Dozzr/CID__0831061918-1.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Dozzr/HPIM0286.jpg
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s8/Dozzr/CID__0827061906-1.jpg

holorinhal
05-26-2007, 11:37 PM
Ok here are a few pic's of the interior ,before we get into the ugly stuff!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/interior1.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/interior2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/interior3.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/interior4.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/interior5.jpg
Well next we will be getting to the ugly stuff of getting rid of the boat accne replacing the wood and the fun fiberglass work...Hal

holorinhal
05-27-2007, 09:56 AM
Ok well while I was waiting on My engine to be built,I was sitting here staring at the deck on the boat.Every time I would look it over I would tell Myself,Man i should fix this! After a while I started picking at the deck.I had seen Roostwears Stevens thread ,and He was scraping the paint with a razor blade,and I thought would this work for Me.
I started scraping and it was working
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/scrapping_gell_off_with_razor_blade1.jpg
It started comming off pretty easy
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/scrapping_gell_off_with_razor_blade1.jpg
Aha! The original gell,Silver metal flake!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/scrapping_gell_off_with_razor_blade3.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/scrapping_gell_off_with_razor_blade2.jpg
Ok! Well this scraping is taking way toooolooong! Time to break out the big gunns!

holorinhal
05-28-2007, 09:41 AM
Todays update .
The razor scraping is taking too long. I will have to grind the rest of the gel off with a power tool,But first being that I guess I will go ahead and re paint,I need to get the boat off the trailer and onto a dolly that I built.
I went ahead and removed the rub rail from around the boat. When I got it removed I was surprised that there was no hull deck seam It apears that the huhh is some what capped,but is cracked in spots.I don't know if this is a factory deal or an after thought?
To get the boat off the trailer I decided to try Squircha's method ,with the two engine hoists.I have allready removed the pump ,so I will have to use the transom eyes to lift,hope it holds.The hull does'nt seem to be all that heavy,so I dont see a problem.
Got her all hooked up and started to lift
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/taking_boat_off_trailer11.jpg
Off the trailer we go!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/taking_boat_off_trailer21.jpg
Free hanging,Hoe nothing goes wrong now!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/taking_boat_off_trailer31.jpg
Bottom shot.Got some work to do here.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/bottom_shot1.jpg
ready to go on dolly.You can see the dolly in the background.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/taking_boat_off_trailer31.jpg
Well the two engine hoist method worked like a charm. Very cool idea Squircha! It was easy as pie!

Squirtcha?
05-28-2007, 10:33 AM
Glad it worked out for ya.
I've taken mine off the trailer by myself.
Flipping it over pretty much takes two people.

holorinhal
05-28-2007, 12:50 PM
Yea I took this one off by Myself also.It was very easy....Hal

holorinhal
06-19-2007, 08:08 PM
Ok! Well let's see if we can catch this thread up some.
I got the boat off the trailer and onto the dolly for better working access.
I needed to grind all the gell coat off the deck,down to the bare glass to make sure that all the cracks go away .When I got down to bare glass I found that there was a ton of tiny cracks in the glass itsself.The cracks were very tiny and bunched together all over th deck,almost like at some point there was a bunch of weight placed on the deck. Maybe someone too heavy walked on the deck? Any way there were too many and they were too small to V-grind and fill back with glass.
I called Todd(Toddnjuzz) at TRG fiberglass,to see what route He thought I should take. He gave Me a couple options,one of which was to lay up a layer of mat followed by a layer of cloth,over th entire deck then blocksand it down. Todd said that is what they did to Cyclones deck on his Rogers and it worked great,So that is what I did. Deck grindinghttp://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/36.jpg

holorinhal
06-19-2007, 08:23 PM
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/ground_the_deck1.jpg
Here You can see the original gell coat ,which was silver flake with blue flake graphics.
Down to the glass
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/grnd_the_deck2.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/grnd_the_deck_3.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/grnd_the_deck_4.jpg

holorinhal
06-19-2007, 08:33 PM
Before I glass the deck I need to Fix a spot on the nose.
If You look at the nose in this pic You can see the bad spot.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/grnd_the_deck_4.jpg
I filled in the bad spot with glass,then laid up layers of glass over it.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/421.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/431.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/442.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/45.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/46.jpg

DOZZR
06-19-2007, 08:55 PM
dam, even looking at it on the internet makes me itch :D lookin good !!!, keep it up we will have a kona bash when you are done

holorinhal
06-19-2007, 08:58 PM
Ok ,I got the deck laid up with a layer of mat and a layer of cloth.
First I laid out the mat and cut it to fit the deck,then cut the cloth to fit ,so every thing would be ready to go.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/47.jpg
I used vinylester laninating resin for the layup,and added some sufacing agent to the final coat to harden non tacky.I had to work at night and under catylize the resin,due to the heat here in Vegas.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/48.jpg
Here is the deck cured and ready for block sanding.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/49.jpg
I got one ripple in the final layer,that I had to grind a little before blocking.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/50.jpg
After sanding down the glass layup,I skimmed the whole deck with a mixture of finnishing resin and microballons to fill in the low spots(not shown),then blocked that down.Then as a final fairing I used a pollyester putty to finnish fairing,then primed.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/511.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/541.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/55.jpg

76ANTHONY
06-19-2007, 09:50 PM
dam, your workin that focker, great job man...:jawdrop: :D

gqchris
06-19-2007, 10:46 PM
Great Write UP! Keep up the good work, we are watching your progress !

waxer
06-20-2007, 08:25 AM
Great write up, like a good book with pictures. pls update whenever you can....

Wicked Performance Boats
06-20-2007, 10:39 AM
Hal, Looks great and keep up the progress. Everything is ok with me. Got the suburban back and still building Rod's Wicked. Should be on the water testing in a week or so. Pat

holorinhal
06-20-2007, 11:52 AM
Hey Pat .I am glad You are doing good.Which hull did Rod get,Or did he have one laid up?
I am going to be ready to cut the intake out and set it soon.I may give You a call ,for some help.

Wicked Performance Boats
06-21-2007, 07:56 AM
Hey Pat .I am glad You are doing good.Which hull did Rod get,Or did he have one laid up?
I am going to be ready to cut the intake out and set it soon.I may give You a call ,for some help.
Hal, Rod got the 3rd hull laid up by Cheeta Bob or the last one he laided up. Let me know if you want help. I've got the template too. Pat

roostwear
06-21-2007, 10:40 AM
Ok well while I was waiting on My engine to be built,I was sitting here staring at the deck on the boat.Every time I would look it over I would tell Myself,Man i should fix this! After a while I started picking at the deck.I had seen Roostwears Stevens thread ,and He was scraping the paint with a razor blade,and I thought would this work for Me.
Ok! Well this scraping is taking way toooolooong! Time to break out the big gunns!
Pain in the ass, isn't it? Someone obviously sanded before they sprayed your boat! Looks good BTW.:D

bradbigsley
06-21-2007, 11:21 AM
great job. keep up the good work..

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 12:09 AM
Well I was'nt really planning on replacing the stringers,but there I go again looking at things too long!
After looking them over realy good I found that they were still very solid,but I can see that the glass has delamminated from the wood,and they were very ugly.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/532.jpg
I cut out the stringers today.I just took a side grinder and cut about a 1/4" above the hull,on both sides of each stringer.Then with the stringers removed,I took a sawsaw and cut down alongthe hull and the remaining glass to make it smooth.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/551.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/542.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 12:24 AM
I am doing a pump swap and set back,so I removed the Intake.
I started first by removing the bolts through the hull and intake,then carefully cutting,with a grinder and cutoff wheel,along the seam of the intake hole and intake,from the bottom.
I then took some screwdrivers,wood chisels and a pry bar and wedged them between the flange and hull working around the inake,tapping each one in allitle at a time ,untill it finally just poped loose.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/641.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 12:30 AM
Went ahead and cut out the glass and removed the wood in the transom. also filled a few holes in the inside.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/65.jpg
I went ahead and removed all the wood in the gunnels and the dash in prep for replacing with new.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/621.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/631.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 01:01 AM
I filled all the holes on the inside around the gunnelswhere varrious things were mounted.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/67.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/692.jpg
I cut out all the gauge holes,then ground(not shown)the area down tapering the edges inward.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/70.jpg
I then bonded the dash wood with two layers of mat and clamped them with bar clamps.While the glass was still wet I laid up the glass in the gauge holes alternating mat and cloth untill built back up.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/711.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/721.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/731.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/741.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/761.jpg
As You can see in the pic above, I decided to fill the steering col hole,so I could have some adjustability in mounting the wheel.

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 01:21 AM
On this day I cut out and fitted the wood for the transom.
I scribed lines in the wood with a wood burning tool,to try and simulate the balsa look.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/801.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/811.jpg
I ground out and glassed in the exhaust holes,swimstep holes and various other thrugh hull fittings.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/83.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 01:29 AM
Here I laid up the transom wood using two layers of wet mat to bond the transom wood to the hull.I then used 2x4's and bar clamps to clamp the wood tight untill cured.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/84.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/85.jpg

76ANTHONY
06-23-2007, 06:58 AM
dam that boats gonna be brand new when you get done, that is a beautiful job, wish i knew enough about glassing to do that stuff, it looks great:eek: :D

LuckyDaze
06-23-2007, 09:48 AM
I just got done doing a bit of glass work to my boat and lemmie tell you, I do not envy you! That stuff sucks and itches for days. Looks good though! Next winter I have some holes to fill in my boat. Yay! Definitely keep us posted!
~Brian

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 10:44 PM
Thanks 76 anthony.
Yea, luckydazeIt is alota itchy work,but I have gotten use to it and it does'nt seem to bother me as much any more.
The realy frustrating part is trying to get the resin catylized right for the heat here in vegas,so it does'nt kick off before you get achance to use it.Needles to say I have wasted a lot of resin before I learned.I have to work alot at night when laying up any glass...Hal

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 11:07 PM
Well here I ground down the fiberglass on the holes I filled
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/861.jpg
I mixed up some resin and micro baloons to fill in the low spots,from where I had ground the fiberglass.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1031.jpg
I then block sanded the resin/microballoon filler and washed the boat out from all the acumillated dust.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/104.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 11:37 PM
Ok here was My delima.I am doing a pump swap and a set back.I am swaping from the jucuzzi 12Wj that was in the boat To a Berk 12jg. The intake hole for the jacuzzi is wider than the berk intake ,the bolt holes are'nt even close,and I really did'nt want to just patch the front of the set back, So, I decided to just glass in the entire hole and start from scratch.
This is the hole after bulling the intake and cleaning the area up a bit.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/871.jpg
I then made a scarf cut around the perimiter of the holeand tapered it out wards ,so there would'nt be a lip inthe glass after it was built back up.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/891.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/901.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/922.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/931.jpg
I then took a piece of plexiglass ,sprayed PVA(mold release) on it and atached it to the bottom of the hull, over the hole.(not shown)
I then laid up alternating layers of mat and cloth,using laminating resin,until the hole was built back up flush with the top of the inside hull.The laid one final lyer over the entire bilge area inside the stringers.
http:/http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/941.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/951.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/961.jpg
In this pic You can see the plexiglass attached to the bottom.with the PVA the plexi just pulls right off without sticking.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/97.jpg

holorinhal
06-23-2007, 11:48 PM
After I got the intake hole glassed in I encased the transom wood in two layers of mat and one layer of clothI used one solid piece all the way accross the pump hole.I will jus cut the hole back out later.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/99.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/100.jpg
I then ground the floor and sanded the transom.I got the cloth a little focked up around the hole,but thats allright it will be cut out anyways.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/102.jpg
I then did a llitle work block sanding the repairs around the insides of the gunnels and dash.I also found acouple of spots that I wanted to give a little atention to on the rear of the deck and transom.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/108.jpg

holorinhal
06-24-2007, 01:02 AM
Just when I thought I might be getting close,I got another hair brained idea.I decided to go head and cap the hull,instead of having a rub rail.I also needed to fix some stress cracks on the lower side of the hull.
The hull was already capped for the most part, from the factory.However it was cracked in some areas and I needed to fix the holes fron the rubrail also.
I started by v-grinding along the cracks and holes between the deck and hull.I then laid in layers of glass building it back up to just a little high.
I then ground the glass down a little and finnished by block sanding.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1121.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1101.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1112.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1131.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/116.jpg
I then skimm coated the cap with filler and block sanded again and then primed.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/134.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/133.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/135.jpg

holorinhal
06-24-2007, 01:18 AM
These holes were bugging me.I thought that since ihad filled all the other holes ,I may as well fill these alsoI also found a few areas on the transom that needed some more attention.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/121.jpg
I ground out the holes and bad areas and filled with glass.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/120.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1221.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1231.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1241.jpg
I block sanded the repairs ,then skimmed the entire transom with filler and block sanded again.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/127.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/129.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1311.jpg

396_WAYS_TO_SPIT
06-24-2007, 09:40 AM
WOW! i am speechless! You are doing a killer job!

holorinhal
06-24-2007, 10:26 AM
I took the boat off the dolly and set it up on a three point stand,for stringer fitment and installation.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/136.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1371.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1411.jpg
I used the old stringers as a template to get close to the right fit ,but I marked them a little big ,because the original stringers were not fitted that close.They had almost 3/8" between the wood and hull, in some spots.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/149.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1451.jpg
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I cut some jigs out of plywood,to hold thestringers upright for installation.
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I know the level across the stringers Was not neccessary,but I was just currious.
After I got the stringers fitted to the hull like I wanted,1/8" maximum,I took My router with a round over bit and routed the tops of the stringers.
Next I cut up strips of mat 1-1/4" wide x 12' long and had them rolled up ready to go so all I have to do is wet out the hull then just roll them out while wetting out the strips.

396_WAYS_TO_SPIT
06-24-2007, 10:39 AM
Do you ever work:eek:?? Thats a lot of work and you are making killer progress!!!! I see that you are doing the right thing when you are setting the stingers in(the way you have the hull lifted up). Alot of guys try that on the trailer and creat hook/rocker in the hull. You must have been around someone that knew how to do this:idea: Not every guy would do it the way you are doing it. I think this thread needs to be bumped to the fiberglass section:idea: Alot of people could learn from this thread;)

holorinhal
06-24-2007, 11:03 AM
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/535/1518.jpgafter I wetted out and laid up the bedding stripps ,I set the stringers down in the wet glass and weighted them down with some heavy granite pieces that I had lying around.
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After cured,I removed the weights and I am ready to lay up the glass over the wood.
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I cut up all the glass materials,4 layers each(alternating mat and cloth)and had them ready to go.
I coated the stringers ,generously,with resin and then laid up the first layer of mat,then wetted that out.I then laid up a layer of cloth and squigied the cloth and resin to get out all the air bubbles,then repeated the proccess(mat,cloth,squiegie,mat,cloth,squiegie),fi nnishing with a layer of cloth.
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Man I'm glad that is over! That was a chore.
The hardest part was trying to beat the heat before the resin kiked off.I had to work at night and under catalyze the resin due to the heat here in Las Vegas.
Well It did'nt turn out as pretty as I had hoped for,becouse I am going for the natural look,so I guess I have some sanding to do.

pw_Tony
06-24-2007, 11:19 AM
I'm gonna take a stab at your job HonorinHal... is it possible that you're a body man???:D :D :D

LuckyDaze
06-24-2007, 01:57 PM
damn man this is looking good!

396_WAYS_TO_SPIT
06-24-2007, 02:11 PM
I have to give this man a huge thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is doing an excellent job:) :) :) :)

jimslade
06-24-2007, 05:23 PM
What did you set the stringers on? did you leave a soft transition?