1980 Ski Nautique restore

Foam board is styrene - pretty flammable & not a good material for boats. You could use coosa but it is expensive. Pine works great, esp. if you soak it with CPES (which you can make cheap).

Thanks for the advice, Ill keep you posted. Ive already started using it, so at this point Ill continue.Also Ill keep updates on how the polyester works. So far so good, the primaries are in. Im just trying to figure out where to go from here.

Yes he told me both were great products and has found that some people like one better then the other. Also that polyesters were easier to work with and cheaper in cost. What are your feelings on this? I did start the primaries last night at 2:00 in the morning, hope to have them finished tomorrow.

Its been a few months but im back, primarys are going in tomorrow, more pics to come. Thought for a minute I was going to have to sell my project due to relocating but was able to pull through!

what is you material list

Ya I mixed up a half quart at a time, smaller batches are easier to work with

mix it up and put it in a ziplock. Cut the corner out and use like a piping bag for pastrys. Works great and is easy to spread.

Brian82683 wrote: The local boat/fiberglass shop said to use boat floor putty (not sure if thats what it is, but he said it is a common mistake.

I'm pretty sure this would be a polyester resin base product. With the epoxy and the CPES I would not use it. Go with the filler mixed in to your epoxy resin as mentioned.

Ok so I made an exact carbon copy to the pressure treated stringer the PO had installed....the other one as I have posted is completely destroyed. Anyways I put them in the boat and dry fitted the engine mount, which seems to fit perfect. But for the past hour I have been staring at the 3/4" gap in the center of the stringer.....I would assume that not being a professional boat builder Im not the only one who has had this problem, but I'm not 100% sure what to do. The local boat/fiberglass shop said to use boat floor putty (not sure if thats what it is, but he said it is a common mistake.

AMEN BROTHER,AMEN!

came home to a message on my phone today,"2-2x8 doug fir boards are here".thats all it said?caller id revealed it was the lumber yard.the story continues

It seems to take most folks some searching for the lumber but you will probably find it if you are persistent. Took me 2 days on the phone but I finally got it just a few miles from my house.

not sure guys,as you can see i posted a picture a couple pages ago and the size is good.like i said before not much to see anyhow and my build will be slow.i plan on documenting a flip and re-gel of the bottom since their seems to be a lack of that info here.thanks for the interest.this wood thing is becoming a PITA .iam thinking of going back to plan a with a coosa build.

I would not buy from the big box stores I would try to find a good lumber co in your area they may have to order some vertical grain is the best

justin,not holding out.possible computer issue,iam computer illerate.i never had a problem posting pictures till recently.i have to figure out a photobucket account sometime.i literally sneek on this site about 10 times a day for about 2 minutes.my pictures are the same as brian really.drivers side all ground out and ready for wood.wood has been a issue,i ordered from the second place 2 weeks ago and never got a call.when i called them they informed me it wason back order till jan.20.