93 SN Glass work
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
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Printed Date: November-16-2024 at 4:33am
Topic: 93 SN Glass work
Posted By: flyweed
Subject: 93 SN Glass work
Date Posted: July-12-2017 at 8:37pm
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Well......I finally took the plunge. those who followed my posts last year after I bought my 93 SN, I did some serious wet sanding, polishing, etc and all new decals. Well...she looked great after that..there was STILL just ONE area that had been repaired by the previous owner I just wasn't happy with. I mean..you could hardly see it, BUT...I COULD see it, and I knew it was there, and was unhappy with it. So......today..my family headed home for a few days for a College visit, so I am here by myself and I decided to dig into this old repair and fix it up right. First I ground out all the old repair, and then started filling in with resin and a chopped/strand mix then with fabric and mat. Here are my pics so far, just got this all done in one day. Tomorrow I should be able to finish up with shaping it like original, and then start gel coating. So Far So Good.            ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
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Posted By: fanofccfan
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 1:13am
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Wow! Big project. Nice work. ------------- 2004 196 LE Ski 1969 Marauder 19 1978 Ski |
Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 3:27am
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Amazing speed on your project. What caused the original damage? I'm not a glass worker yet but it looks good. ------------- |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 11:21am
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Very nice Job......Good work Dan, keep it up! ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: Duane in Indy
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 11:29am
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Nice progress. Now the fun begins, the gel coat. Only one color of black BUT a million colors of white. Good luck on the rest of your project. Duane ------------- Keep it as original as YOU want it 1978 Mustang (modified) |
Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 6:03pm
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Mrmcd....the damage was due to something falling from the PO's rafters onto the boat. They had filled it with car bondo and then spray painted it. I hated it. So now I am repairing it correctly. Duane, color matching will be easy. Last fall after I wet sanded, I filled some small chips using spectrums color kit. I found it was a hair too light, so added some spectrum blue (just a very small amount) and matched it up perfectly. I should be able to get this close enough it will be very hard to tell anything had ever been damaged. ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 6:12pm
| Poly or vinyl glass (boat was made with a vinyl-epoxy blend)? Certainly looks like a much better repair than last time, ha. |
Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 8:51pm
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I used vinyl, it has better moisture repelling properties and is a bit better quality than Poly I think. Few more pics of today's work  ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
Posted By: fgroce
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 9:01pm
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Looking good, Glad you are able to get a good match on the color, My boat gave me fits trying to do the color. ------------- FGroce 88 Ski Nautique For 28 years Now 2002 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 9:41pm
couple more  ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 9:51pm
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Dan, Very nice work. It's a pleasure to see. It's always amazing how some go after a repair not knowing what they are doing. I'm defiantly putting the PO's repair in the back yard hack category!! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-13-2017 at 10:51pm
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Thanks for the kind words Pete. Yeah the PO's repair was in the category of bad automotive bondo job! And while it didn't look too bad, it just kept eating at me, simply because I KNEW it wasn't right. While my old 93 still ain't showroom quality, it'll look a hell of a lot better than it did a year ago, when I bought it. ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-14-2017 at 8:15pm
she's all finished in record time. Gelcoat applied, buffed, polished and waxed. Can't even tell there was damage here anymore!!     ready for wife and kids to hit the water again this weekend!  ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |
Posted By: Dreaming
Date Posted: July-14-2017 at 8:26pm
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looking good Flyweed! It always feels better to know something is right, instead of just done. |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: July-14-2017 at 8:34pm
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Amazing work! ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: fgroce
Date Posted: July-14-2017 at 11:06pm
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Looks good, I like a job done right. ------------- FGroce 88 Ski Nautique For 28 years Now 2002 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: Bri892001
Date Posted: July-15-2017 at 11:54am
Very nice 
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Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: July-17-2017 at 1:15am
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Very Nice Job, I am impressed. Quality work and very fast. Now it is your boat and showing your standards! Mark ------------- |