scca vette
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2009
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- 293
Well no sooner did I get it home and I started tearing into it to see what I have and what I need.
First thing was to remove all the decals and window tint along with cleaning all the crap out of it. This took the entire first day.
Second was to do some cleaning and checking on how much work I had in for myself. I removed all the front cushions so they can be either cleaned or recovered. I then noticed the ski well had a lot of muck in it sooo got the old pressure washer out and went to town.
I was able to get the well pretty clean however I noticed the water was not draining very fast. I removed the center of the floor that covers the fuel tank (this piece is just screwed in) to get a look and see why the water would not drain. Well it seems the water runs UNDER the tank and I was not able to see much so the tank was removed. It looked like just muck and crap over the years was restricting flow so again a good cleaning with the pressure washer.
I did notice that the drain holes do not go all the way to the floor and are about 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the boat. I think I will get in there and trim these down to the floor so the water has a flat unrestricted area to flow out.
Next I started cleaning on the outside of the boat. It was looking pretty chalky from neglect. I wet sanded the side with 1500 grit and then went to twn with the buffer and 3M compound. I think it came out pretty good and should really look good after some wax is put on it.
Before
After
First thing was to remove all the decals and window tint along with cleaning all the crap out of it. This took the entire first day.
Second was to do some cleaning and checking on how much work I had in for myself. I removed all the front cushions so they can be either cleaned or recovered. I then noticed the ski well had a lot of muck in it sooo got the old pressure washer out and went to town.
I was able to get the well pretty clean however I noticed the water was not draining very fast. I removed the center of the floor that covers the fuel tank (this piece is just screwed in) to get a look and see why the water would not drain. Well it seems the water runs UNDER the tank and I was not able to see much so the tank was removed. It looked like just muck and crap over the years was restricting flow so again a good cleaning with the pressure washer.
I did notice that the drain holes do not go all the way to the floor and are about 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the boat. I think I will get in there and trim these down to the floor so the water has a flat unrestricted area to flow out.
Next I started cleaning on the outside of the boat. It was looking pretty chalky from neglect. I wet sanded the side with 1500 grit and then went to twn with the buffer and 3M compound. I think it came out pretty good and should really look good after some wax is put on it.
Before
After