Sweet boat. Luckily it came with a windshield =P

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I hope so I could use a new party dress

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thanks for sharing it with us,we appreciate it very much ,you are so kindly,we will go on

look your post ,welcome more new information from you ,thanks again.

Another Viper...sweet! They are popping up everywhere lately and I'm diggin' it. There is lots of knowledge here so ask and read up!! Welcome to the craziness!

Jeff

I'm not sure why but the 3M resin is like molasses. It's really hard to work with and I like you didnt like the outcome.

S P E E D wrote:There is alot of difference between companys who manufacture Fiberglass. At first I had bought 3M Resin and woven cloth, The cloth is great but I dont know if the resin had been sitting on the shelf at the supplier for a while but it was extremely thick.

i ran out of resin one day and wanted to get this part donw on the boat so i ran to auto store adn got some 3M resin. it was thick as hell like you said. i wasnt happy with it at all. the other resin im using from express composites goes on much smoother and easier.

almightygimp1, i was like you when i began my project. didnt no sh!t about boat building or glass work. with the help of these guys on here and a lil patience to take my time and do it right i feel condident ill have a well built boat at the end. and ill know exactly what was put in every inch.

cool boat and awesome color.

oldskier wrote:Sweet...love the bruiser boats. Treat the dual ride guide steering nice, thats the good setup.

Whether you bag it or not, making sure the core material is bedded is just a case of being careful. Doesn't take an artist or a super 'glass man, just an eye for detail. Whatever you use, epoxy or polyester or vinylester, make sure the fiberglass cloth and mat are saturated. You can always grind off the excess.

Thats the kind of thing you can get skimped by a pro because he is trying to save time or materials.

Thanks oldskier. the more i read some of you guys posts, the more confident i feel about tackling this myself. Im gonna read all the info available on this site, try and educate myself about it before i begin this thing, and ill be asking you and some of the other guys questions from time to time im sure. I gotta get off the comp and get busy loading up and packing, on vacation and heading to weewahitchka to do some fishing and playing with the fam.

Sweet...love the bruiser boats. Treat the dual ride guide steering nice, thats the good setup.

Whether you bag it or not, making sure the core material is bedded is just a case of being careful. Doesn't take an artist or a super 'glass man, just an eye for detail. Whatever you use, epoxy or polyester or vinylester, make sure the fiberglass cloth and mat are saturated. You can always grind off the excess.

Thats the kind of thing you can get skimped by a pro because he is trying to save time or materials.

yeah, i read all of 77 vipers restore, plus i believe i saw a vid on youtube of his boat launching, thing looks and runs wicked. The grinding and tearing out part will be easy for me, ive been tearing up stuff since i came into this world lol. Really though, im a metal worker and i do lots of grinding ( even had a nickname as an apprentice, they called me coffee, cause i grind so fine.) I was a union pipefitter for 10 years, been with a local company since then, so a 4 1/2 grinder is a daily tool of mine. Im not worried in the least about the tearing down part, my worries are the core, getting it bedded, and i have no clue about the bagging part, im still trying to educate myself on this, im guessing its bagged and a vacum is pullled to help seat it in the resin, maybe even pull resin up through it. Also, like i said, ive never done any glass work, and id be hesitant to tackle the transom seeing as how the more i look at motors for this thing the bigger im leaning towards. but we will see, im gonna do the gutting myself and ill start a thread in the restore section, show you my progress, guess i can start on that and make decisions and continue to educate myself on materials and the processes. This isnt going to be a race boat, but i do want 85 out of it or i wont be happy, 90 would be even better. Im thinking a 2.4 now, was previously looking at a 150 xr2 or yama vmax. The more i learn about the go fast world, the more i think i need the 2.4 as it seems a good platform for anything. Ive got the bug for this boat worse than ive ever had it for anything, so im eating sleeping and dreaming stream right now. Probably wont post again for awhile, im gonna do my homework before i get started, next post from me will be in the resto thread. Thanks guys for all the input, i can see im in the right place to learn about this. Here is a picture of the pile, all i did was get her home, havnt touched her since.