paulsboats
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Ready for take off
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71 mx-15 restoration and build
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paulsboats
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Looks like it in nice shape! Hope the back feels better.
Sorry to hear about your back issues.
I feel yout pain, I have the exact same problem with my back but luckily has not bothered me for a few years now.
Looking at your build is really weired for me because its almost exactly what I am about to do with my MX build.
Mind you, I love your wooden floor section, may copy that if you don`t mind.
Thanks it sucks ! I was reading through your thread last night looks like your off to a good start. No I don't mind at all. I think its awesome you want to do it! That must mean i did something right on my boat if someone wants to copy me lol. If you have any questions on how I did it send me a pm.
I got a question may not matter I'm not sure. I have not been able to find anything on this. When I'm sanding the bottom of my boat. On the leading edge of the chines should they have a crisp sharp edge. Also the edge where the transom meets the bottom. I'm just wondering if there's any performance to be made here? I may be just over doing to here. Most of the edges on the chines are in rough shape so I'm going to have to build them back up. I know that it can't to sharp so the gel coat has something to stick to.
Will30
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Should be sharp .....
Well I worked a little bit on the boat here and there filling holes and scratches on the bottom. The some more sanding. As my back would let me sand a little here and there. Something to do to keep me sane. So here's pictures of the boat with the body work done and washed down with a hose and a scotch brite pad. I had to do this to wash the epoxy so the primer would stick. 
Today I sprayed the primer. I used DURATEC VINYL ESTER PRIMER. I called them and they told me that this is exactly what this stuff is used for as a barrier coat to go from epoxy to gel coat. It's mostly used for mold work or reworking but same idea. This stuff is exactly like mixing gel coat 2% hardener by volume of primer. So 1 pint (16oz) of primer to 1/8 ounces of hardener. I didn't know that I needed hardener for the primer so I thought I was sol this morning for spraying the primer. But lucky me it uses the same hardener as gel coat. Good thing I ordered extra of everything! I plan on making mistakes! Got to learn some how. I only mixed a pint at a time because the primer has a pot life of 10-15 min. I worked fast didn't want it to set off in the spray gun. I haven't got to go to harbor freight to stock up on the 10$ spray gun. I have a kinda cheep spray gun now and I didn't want to wait! So I sprayed fast and as soon as I was out I ran thinner through the gun to clean it before mixing up another pint of primer. Other then some bugs and a little run came out well.
Well it rained today so I wasn't able to work on the boat but here's a sneak peek of the mettle flake I went with. It's not an exact match witch I'm ok with it's really close to that was under the pin striping stickers on the boat.
And I thought I would add some silver for a little extra pop!!!!
And I thought I would add some silver for a little extra pop!!!!
Problem Child
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Wow thats gonna look really nice. Cant wait to see it .
Thanks I hope so! I'm also thinking that the white primer underneath will show through and look slick instead of black that's under the purple original.
Here's all the supplies I got to do the gel cote job. 2 gl of clear mattel flake gel cote. 1qt of styrene/thinner (thinking I may need more) hardener for the gel cote ( witch worked for the primer also) wax additive for the the last coat of gel coat. Makes it easer to buff. 1 lb of purpel .025 (bass boat size) mettle flake. 4 oz of silver .015 (stander size) I also got the Flake Buster II gun to shoot the flake .025 . And 1 gl of Durrateck Vinyl Ester Primer. The gel coat and every thing to go with it from http://www.uscomposites.com/index.html . All the mettle flake and the gun from http://www.tcpglobal.com/Customshop/ksflake.aspx . And the primer from http://www.merrittsupply.com/products/29055-duratec-vinyl-ester-primers.aspx
Well got the bottom of the boat gel coated today. A lot of time in taping. I used all my purple flake looks like I need more for the top. I used about 1-1/4 gl of gel probably will have to get more of that. I didn't get to do the last coat with wax yet it was getting late and temp was dropping. I think ill have to sand a bit to knock down some flake that's really standing up on edge. You can't really tell but there's silver flake over the white.
All taped up reddy for peepul flake
Perple flake done.
All taped up reddy for peepul flake
Perple flake done.
put about 3 coats of clear over everything.I like your graphics
Thanks thought I would keep it simple with a old school vibe. I forgot one
