by AdamDK » Dec 02, 2017 12:18 pm
Hey Ron, can I pick your brain for a few questions?
I'm restoring a Viper and my plan for my build is going to be a Frankenstein of how you did yours and how proprider did his.
I'm fairly confident that doing the interior structure won't be an issue, however, my hull is pretty beat up on the outside too. In your rebuild articles on the Hydrostream.org site, you added cloth and cloth strips to the outside hull and strakes. My questions for you are in regards to that:
#1 - Did you simply coarse sand the gelcoat to allow for bonding of the new cloth, or did you grind/sand as much off as you could? I can't really tell as the pictures aren't that large, and the hull still looks fairly blue. I'd like to do the same for my boat, as most of the clearcoat is gone and the metalflake is flaking off the metal bits in places.
#2 - What kind of cloth did you use? I thought that I could probably get away with using regular stitchmat, but I want to know what you used.
Thanks!
Hey Ron, can I pick your brain for a few questions?
I'm restoring a Viper and my plan for my build is going to be a Frankenstein of how you did yours and how proprider did his.
I'm fairly confident that doing the interior structure won't be an issue, however, my hull is pretty beat up on the outside too. In your rebuild articles on the Hydrostream.org site, you added cloth and cloth strips to the outside hull and strakes. My questions for you are in regards to that:
#1 - Did you simply coarse sand the gelcoat to allow for bonding of the new cloth, or did you grind/sand as much off as you could? I can't really tell as the pictures aren't that large, and the hull still looks fairly blue. I'd like to do the same for my boat, as most of the clearcoat is gone and the metalflake is flaking off the metal bits in places.
#2 - What kind of cloth did you use? I thought that I could probably get away with using regular stitchmat, but I want to know what you used.
Thanks!