| Re: What to do when restoring a H16?
[Re: Robi]
#35498 07/14/04 10:52 AM 07/14/04 10:52 AM |
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Pooh-Bah
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Posts: 1,884 Detroit, MI | Unless you intend on racing the boat, I wouldn't glue it together. If it's excessively loose, use shims cut from beer cans or vinyl siding to take the slop out.
If your intent is to sell it after a year or so, I'd concentrate on the cosmetics - do a flawless paint job (all the work is in surface prep), replace lines (cheap) and clean up the tramp (new hiking straps?). New sidebar carpet, too. You can buy black carpet runner from Home Depot for about $15 that will do two boats' worth.
If it's got black anodized aluminum, you can use silicone spray to make it shine again. Just spray it on, wipe off the excess, wait a few minutes and wipe it down again. It works wonders. | | | Re: What to do when restoring a H16?
[Re: Robi]
#35500 07/14/04 04:57 PM 07/14/04 04:57 PM |
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[Re: Robi]
#35502 07/15/04 09:40 PM 07/15/04 09:40 PM |
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Posts: 18 | I just got through restoring a 14'. Check to make sure the hulls have intergrity at all points. Seal everything and then use a blower of some type in the drain plug hole to look for leaks with soap bubbles. I used a test from beachcats ( www.thebeachcats.com) to determine how much flex I had in the frame system. With the new tramp and the additional stiffening to the hulls, I decided not to epoxy. Pat | | |
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