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    Fibergall & resin

    Oh and you cant gelcoat over epoxy
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    Fibergall & resin

    1st coat wood with resin to allow to soak in. If not the wood will absorb the resin as it cures and you will get a dry spot. With poly you need csm mat then the biaxial cloth. With epoxy just need cloth without mat. And once you got the hang of doing bits .... yes do bigger sections. Big...
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    aquasport 175 osprey

    Be safe
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    Multiple layers of fiberglass and laminating PE resin

    When i started my project i was getting my resin from a boat shop across from where i worked. Super cheap because they were a vendor and made good money on us... they would pump me out 5 gal buckets from their drums so i am sure it was fresh and they did alot of stuff there. That resin would not...
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    Remove quadrant gear and Stern leg is stuck in down position

    Here is my guess. After you removed quad and let it drop it must have hit hard on the 2 alignment pins and got wedged because it did move at some point. Loosen or remove side caps, loosen pivot bearing caps and lube with something. Attach (choke) a ratchet to the bottom of the outdrive leg and...
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    Remove quadrant gear and Stern leg is stuck in down position

    Edit...."without quad gear ON"
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    Remove quadrant gear and Stern leg is stuck in down position

    The quad gear is off. He cant get back on. Without the quad gear off it wont move regardless of fuses or motoer condition. Try loosening the pivot cap bolts a bit and gently pull on the bottom of the drive with a ratchet strap connected to something. It should move easy. Make sure ball gears and...
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    Immediate delamination

    Pee
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    Immediate delamination

    Must be cat ****...... That stuff ruins everything
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    Immediate delamination

    Is it possible there was a previous repair done in that spot with epoxy already? I had to do my bilge in epoxy due to a repair i couldnt grind out because i wouldnt have had a hull left in that spot. After doing the bilge i did transition pieces to isolate the epoxy and went back to poly
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    Tippy aluminum houseboat

    Could put them just above the rub rail.
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    Tippy aluminum houseboat

    What about "pontoon looking" fuel tanks wouldnt have to be very big either.
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    I think I'm another story of a bad boat purchase

    Agree about rot. Disagree about stopping project. He can make the cradle, start demo and grind away. Cut and prefit some of the wood. That way when it starts to warm he is ready to go glassing
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    1977 OMC Stringer running hot or ??

    Add to your to do list... Remove and test/swap thermostat
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    Resin Cracks

    Yea...Grind it out and reglass. Dont let the excess pool like the factory did. If it didnt crack all the way thru it could at some point. Its not allowed to flex right like that. Side note.... what i did to help my power tools was to wrap all the intake vents with resperator mask paper. I would...
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    Best Way to Lay Resin on CSM?

    You can get full sized epoxy paint rollers from lows or depot. I think they are purple but they are for resins. Those and the cheap 12" black plastic spreaders. I did try making a pvc roller out of 11/2 schedule 40 if i remember the size right.... it had a id the same size as a paint roller...
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    Electrical question

    Circuit breakers
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    OMC Stringer Trim pump - Question.

    With my unit i had recieved all the pieces dry ( zero fluid) i could never get it to bleed and pump. What i did was made a hose adapter for the fill port (the screw on the side of the body) and attached the other end to a bottle and let it gravity feed while i kept cycling up and down and also...
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    Gelcoat

    You have to get the wax off so the next layer will stick or at some point it will debond. Scrubbing with Windex will get most of it off then wipe with acetone or a dewaxing agent. Even if recently cured, acetone will soften gel coat and start to come off. Windex wont do that. Dont sand until all...
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    Waste tank cover removal

    If thats 3m 5200 ..... Dynamite
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