1978 14 mckee questions ongoing project

[jhett78]

Hello all. I have done my fair share of searching and reading up in this forum and THT. I am very excited to become apart of this forum and appreciate any help and information i can recieve. I was able to obtain a fairly good deal on a 78 mcke great little boat. Some one however thought it was a great idea to astro turf the whole thing. I received it with majority of the carpet just crumbling to the touch after week or so of grinding(light wire wheel) scraping and sanding ive obtained a suitable suface for a textured floor. the boat is very solid in an out very minimal chips or cracks in the gelcoat. I would love to obtain the orginal finish but i know its impossible especially the amount of carpet glue used. so looking in to some kind of spray i or roll on coating have read alot on here of durabek kiwigrip etc i was going the budget way for now and was thinking valspar skid not my question being with boat being sanded and cleaned would i need to primer the boat before hand before i roll on the skid not or will the skid not adhere directly to the sanded surface of the interior. would really love to make this a c/c but have read too many troubles with them so im thinking skid not or paint the inside and repaint the outside hull. carpet split window console and keep the original color bench seat. Valspar has color that matches


any thoughts opinions would be greatly apprieciated looking to do this right the first time not looking to spend another week sanding it great little boat handles real well boat is real light so i know no water in the foam doesnt leak as far as i know has a few bumps and bruises but definatley a great little fishing rig has 78 70hp merc on it will post some pictures of the gutted sanded surface here shortly but here is a before picture

 

[jhett78]

Re: 1978 14 mckee questions ongoing project

Heres a halfway finished hull




And annother of the back end.

 

[jhett78]

Re: 1978 14 mckee questions ongoing project

Have finished sanding it wondering if anyone has ever used that valspar skid not if so have some questions for you

 

[jhett78]

Re: 1978 14 mckee questions ongoing project

Well despite no feedback i went ahead and used the valspar skid not took me 3to heavy coats and about 2you gallons to do whole interior of the boat. It has seemed to be holding up well havrnt been out but a few times in it but scrubs and withstands pressure washer so i dont see why it why it shouldnt last grip is great its a little tricky to lay even coats but once you get the hang of it its smooth sailinv i used the base mixed to make the color porch blue. I sanded all old carpet glue and roughed up gelcoat cleaned with acetone. And layed on the paint. I also found a nice used cmc pt130 that i installed also and i am very pleased with that aswell although havent been able to test it yet my old merc started giving me headaches but heres some pictures almost done have a few more accessories to wire in and install my bow rails and a few other things and she ought to be a mean little fishin machine.View attachment 164521

 

[emoney]

Re: 1978 14 mckee questions ongoing project

You didn't get ignored, lol. Somehow your post slipped through the cracks. Happens because there's tons this time of year. Anyway, welcome to iboats. Keep the pics and questions coming and it'll stay towards the top for folks to see.

Just a hint, though, or suggestion: try and break up your posts into paragraphs. I know you know what you're thinking but the rest of us don't and it can a smidge hard to follow. Good luck!