23' Fish Nautique Restoration Project

simply amazing...always enjoy and am impressed by what you guys can do. Love watching these kinds of threads.


john

worththewake wrote: Just want to say thanks for posting your restoration info. I will be starting restoration on my Fish Nautique soon and the information I am learning here is priceless.

Worththewake, it looks like youre throwing in the towel? Why not advertise it here on CCF?

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connorssons wrote: Tell me more about your binks system? looks cool. great job!

The Binks B5 is a External mix two component spray system. It will spay gels, resins and will also chop glass and mix it with resin (chopper gun). The system is airless and has a pressure of about 2500 PSI for the resin and 90 PSI for the MEKP. You can adjust the the MEKP mix ratio from .75% up to 3%. The MEKP is injected to the resin or gel from the side of the gun allowing them to mix outside of the gun so there is no need to clean the system until you are completly done with the job or you are changing from resin to gel. Here is a picture of the system. If you have any questions about it just ask.

Well I finally finished the rear cap. It is primed and pretty much ready for gelcoat. It came out better then I ecpected it to.




I also recieved all the materials for my deck. Now I just have to put it all together. Should have it done by the end of the week.

real nice john! my wife lost the camera somewhere in the house so i havent been able to take and post pictures of the boat. so im drastically trying to find it..

Here is a little bit of my progress. I previously posted a pic on page 5 of what the boat used to look like before i painted. Still have the inside to do, tons of prep.

Wow you have more glass and resin in your floor than I used for the entire Skier rebuild. Kinda puts in perspective the size of your boat. Its gonna be amazing when its done.

No, I am sorry everyone. Life has been keeping me away from the boat for the last few weeks. I am also getting married this month so............. Need I say anymore to all you married ones. But I hope to get back to it soon. I have everything I need to finish just need the few weeks to do it..

John

No need to be sorry - I knew you had to be single to be making so much progress so fast...lol. Congrats on the pending nuptials!

Deck getting installed.....
Well I haven't had much time to work on the boat but for the last two days I have been working as much as I can. I have been able to get two sections of the deck glued down with NIDA-BOND. I still have to glass the two sections to the hull. I also have been building the hatches for the boat. In total I am going to need to make four little hatches and two of the big hatches. I have two littles done and one big done, so not much more to go. I am getting married on Sunday so I think this will be my last post till after March 5th when I get back. I will be in full speed when I get back. Mahi season starts around the end of March so she needs to be done by then!!!! O yeah, that's NOT my soon to be wife in the pictures, its my buddy Robs girl friend. He was my photo guy..Enjoy the Pictures.

Congratulations on both counts, wedding and boat...!

Today Shawn and I got a good bit done on hatches. The Routing took a little longer then we wanted because the bit was trashed. We where able to get the holes cut but only one frame routed in. I have to grab a new bit tomorrow. Shawn was working on the hatch covers when I left to get ready for work. We still have to make one more each of the hatches. Enjoy the Pics.

seeing its your honeymoon, make sure you christen the engine cover, btw coming along nicely

Bottom Paint Removel....
So where do I begin? A few days ago I made a comment about how I hired a "guy" to remove the bottom paint on the boat and I was a little skeptical about what he said he could do. Well I sure put my foot in my mouth today. This "guy" Tom, owner of Boat Savers did exactly what he said he would do and he did a great job at it. He was able to remove all the bottom paint form the boat and keep a factory smooth finish. Yes I will still have to prime the bottom before I paint it but it is just about ready for that. A few areas that need some filling, nothing that he did just areas that are aged. The boat was done in five hours and that inclued a lunch and clean up. Can't say enough about his work and his passion for what he does. There is a link to his email address in the LINKS section of the blog for anyone needing any bottom work done. Tom will travel where ever he needs to to do a job. Tom if you are reading this THANK YOU very much for a job well done on my boat.

I also got the three Hatches glued down with NIDA-BOND. I just have to belly them and glass them in.