Search results

  1. GSPLures

    Repairing rotten wood on bass tracker deck!

    They are correct, a deck over will only get you by while possibly making your issues worse. Decks are usually the last thing to show rot. If you are lucky you caught it fast enough as long as you know what the cause is and correct it. Not finding the source and correcting the issue will...
  2. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Its been a little bit since I did an update. I have the stringers capped. I am planning on grinding down some of the edges this week, then do a good cleaning of the hull. Once that is done i will post some pictures of my stringers finally done!
  3. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I took today off and I have tomorrow off for Veterans day. Thank you to all my fellow vets!!! I grinded down the inside of the ski locker and cleaned and washed with acetone so now it is like my mistake never happened;). I just got done glassing under the bow (talk about building up of...
  4. GSPLures

    Post a pic of yours.... classic/vintage or new Sea Ray

    Not sure if I should still post due to no activity for over 5 years. My 73' 180. As you can see it is still in a rebuild phase and is a complete gut job. Hoping to have her splashed in the spring.
  5. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well I ended up stepping on the tabbing which got stuck to my shoe and pulled a big piece up so I cut my losses and pulled the cloth:cry:. I am going to end up having to wait for the resin to cure then grind a few of the spots that did cure. I was hoping that I was going to be able to save it...
  6. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well I though I was going to be done with the stringers this weekend. The glass I ordered came early and I only have a few areas to finish. We had a power outage last night so the last part that I glassed has not fully cured as of yet because the temps dropped to about 48 over night so the...
  7. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Where I am at I paid (until the price increase) less because of the cost of shipping from US Composites. Depending on how urgent I need something will base from which place I buy from now on.
  8. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I just got in contact with the supplier I get my fiberglass supplies from. WOW did they raise the prices!!!! It is currently $16.50 a yd. for 1708!!! I just ordered some I believe it is from US Composites due to the location it is shipping from even though I purchased on Ebay. I ordered...
  9. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well I am still plugging away at glassing the stringers. It is about half done right now. I am set up for the week where I can go out and glass a little bit more each night. Unfortunately I am going to be about 3 yds. of 1708 short to finish the stringers but that is the way it goes. I am...
  10. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Yet another decision factor lol. I haven't really priced out my options yet so the internal back and forth continues🥊.
  11. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Didn't think about the repair aspect of it, thank you. I have only sprayed bed liner in truck beds so never was concerned about repairs. I will probably go the CSM route then since that was my original plan. Gel coat would look great, but it is in areas that will rarely be seen so I am not...
  12. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I have been thinking about how I really want to finish my bilge, ski locker, and transom. The options I have considered are 1. Put a layer of CSM sand as smooth as it will allow then paint. (Not looking for show car quality just better than 1708 weave.) 2. Bed liner in the bilge, ski locker...
  13. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I have up to the ski locker glassed in. I was hoping to be a little further along by now but weather has not been letting me get anything done. Don't mind the pajama pants lol. There is one spot on the other side of the bulkhead that I am going to have to fix but other than that it went...
  14. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Thank you, wish I had time for it too lol. Unfortunately work gets in the way.
  15. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well looking at the dwindling pile of supplies it has told me 2 things. Progress(y) and I am going to be over budget🤣. I cut a majority of the 1708 that I need for the stringers then I have a piece big enough to add the bulk I need for the keyhole. I had a feeling that I bought way to much...
  16. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    I am just trying to get rid of most of the weave. Not going for a show finish since it is just the bilge and a locker. The place I get my supplies is only open while I am at work so I am just trying to use what I have on hand, when I get to that point.
  17. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Well my motivation came back after getting in the boat and seeing the strength of the hull with the stringers just bedded in. Although progress is still slow I have the bilge area tabbed in ( I can only get about an hour of work a night during the week.) Once I have the stringers glassed and...
  18. GSPLures

    Dull bassboat

    Have you tried wet sanding, rubbing compound, and polish. Depending on the condition of the paint/gel coat
  19. GSPLures

    Pro or amatuer hull repair?

    What is the black in the picture? Painted/moldy fiberglass, wet wood plug with a couple of brush strokes of gel coat? Depending on what that is under the couple brush strokes of white will determine if it will end up being a cut it out then inside outside repair, or just an outside repair...
  20. GSPLures

    73 Sea Ray restoration

    Thank you.
Top