Come on, I wanna see your bottoms (speedcoat ?)

[IMPATIENT 1]

HAHA don't you guys realize Im TRYING to "ruin" some of you. Hopefully one day you'll thank me when you've forgotten the days of cracked blistered and wood rotted glass hulls lol
Cheers
it working, i'd love to have 1, but its outta my $$$$$ range.
serious question for you tin boat owners: do they get cavitation burns on the hull?
if speedcoated the ENTIRE BOTTOM on my sj, yes it help, felt slipperly when wet, but i honestly don't think i gained 1mph outta it. my trailer was fresh and after 3months on the trailer, the bunks were almost black from the graphite.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE DEVELOPE A TEFLON COATING THAT CAN BE APPLIED AT LOW TEMPS, MAYBE USE SOME KINDA ACTIVATOR OR CATALYST TO CURE IT???????? you tin boat guys otta find a low temp telfon and see if anyone around has a pc back booth big enough to bake it on with that'd be scary slick!!!!!:devil:

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Started with this...
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysga...s/DSCF0828.JPG
This is just prior to wet sanding the rocker area with 600 grit. I went with the same finish used by some of the worlds fastest circle boats and info derived from Lake X testing from Mercury Marine.
Only thing left is a hand applied coat of some hifalootin speed wax called kiss coat.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysga...1/DSCF1086.JPG

[GAWnCA]

What is it? Where did you buy it?

[Squirtcha?]

I also disagree that speedcoat makes no difference. Speedcoat (graphite) repels water.
A painted polished surface does not. It may not be a huge difference, but I guarantee
there's a difference.
Maybe I should've said "a measureable difference". The point I was trying to make is that
if have a nice smooth bottom (that sounded weird) whether it be gelcoat or paint, and you
flipped a boat over to speed coated the bottom (nothing else.......just the speed coat)
you more than likely won't see a speed increase, or at least not enough to justify all the work.
Since he's already got her flipped and sounds like he bought the material.......what the hell.
This looks pretty cool. Even if it didn't work it still looks trick as hell.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysga...1/DSCF1086.JPG

[V-DRIVE VIDEO]

There are many theories on bottom coatings and textures. Billy B hand roller ed his speed coat to achieve a rough surface.
He was thinking along the lines of a golf ball in flight breaking up the drag. Running 147 with a true (non runner) flatbottom he may be on to something.:idea:
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysga...jave_Billy.jpg

[jrork]

Started with this...
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I went with the same finish used by some of the worlds fastest circle boats and info derived from Lake X testing from Mercury Marine.
http://www.v-drivevideo.com/jerrysga...1/DSCF1086.JPG
Is it just me or does that sparkle like mutha? I'm thinking this top secret Lake X finish might have sparkly chit in it..
Looks fantastic...........

[Scoobinator]

Here is a picture of speed coat that MPD did on my eliminator sprinthttp://***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=40225&stc=1&d=11912155 43

[jrork]

Thanks for all the replies guys.
Okay, I did it and you guys arent kidding when you say that's some nasty stuff. Yuk.
In the end, I dont know if it'll do a thing but I think it looks cool so I'm happy.
Was kinda a bummer to take after the brand new paint with some sandpaper to give this stuff something to bite in to.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...k/IMG_0242.jpg