Hull Bottom Progress

[kraken]

Originally Posted by joe7670

Moved on to the hull today while I wait for the liquid nails on the floor to dry.

I thought the glass work was a pain. Sanding the bottom paint off takes the cake.

Used a product called On and Off. Helps get some of the paint off and helps with the barnicle, but nothing works like getting in there and scrapping and sanding. Got about through about 3/4 of the bottom. Prob. a few more days and then sanding with finer sandpaper to get ready for paint.

Also removed the old roll on style rollers from trailer and have parts ready to convert it to bunk style trailer.

Removing bottom paint, applying barrier coat where needed and then going iwth a one part interlux paint. Boat will be trailered.

What do u use to fix the dents and dings under the boat? I just purchased a V20 and it has a pretty good array of small gashes from rocks and boat landings.

[joe7670]

Not a glass expert, but from everything i've read i'm doing the following:

1. Sand the area back or out to the point there the loose gelcoat and/or glass is gone.
2. Fill in with glass and epoxy resin (I'm using MAS)
3. Let dry and sand
4. smooth surface with a coat of resin with coloidal silica in it to create a thicker mix. Used kinda like applying bondo with a plastic spatula.

If the damage is more than superficial, you may need to revert to some of the videos on youtube which show how to fix a hole in the hull. All of mine are small superficial stuff mainly affecting gel coat.

In my case the below water line items i'm addressing this way because I will not be applying gelcoat over it.

Above water line i'm still reviewing cause my understanding is that you cannot apply gelcoat over epoxy resin. and i'd really like to fix the 3-5 small spots on the top with something that I can just buff and not need to paint the area. Any ideas are accepted.

[nymack66]

Joe ,
In regards to the gel coat over epoxy call the guys at http://fiberglassservices.com they will tell you for sure if its ok or the steps to follow ..

[Stillrunning]

I don't think at age 45 I could get under a boat and do all that work. I'd have to splurg and have it soda blasted.

[joe7670]

Finally the weather has cooperated!

Got to painting the bottom with roller and brush using Interlux Brightside.
First excited that it's done, but will say that if I ever had to repaint I would go with spraying. Although all in all it's not that bad, it's not as good as I thought it would be from what I had read.

On to mounting the bracket!