Extreme makeover 72 seafari 25 aloha edition

[Xcomunic8d]

Thanks strick. I understand your schedule after getting your vmail. God bless man.

I’m not positive but my research indicates originally it was glass on front (mine still has original) and plexiglass on side triangles and portlights.

I just can’t figure out thickness like I mentioned. I’ve heard 3/16” and 1/4” was original. And my boat has no 3/16” on it (the 4 pieces of plexiglass are all different).

American marine sent me samples. Tp-139 looks to be right from my searches and the sample. That stuff at $5/ft is rough on the wallet. Any ideas on total length needed?

I read somewhere else here 17-20’ for portlights
My measurements look like 17-20’ for triangular windshields
I haven’t measured 4 piece front, yet but guessing will be 30-40’

[Xcomunic8d]

Made some more progress today.

How to take this beast off the trailer.

Step 1 get boat stands. IIRC it’s 2 mb-2’s and 2 sb-3’s from brownell boatstand.com

Step 2 get lots and I mean lots of cribbing it’s about 3-4 4x6x8’s

Step 3 build one huge gantry crane. It’s 2x4x8’s on bottom. 4x4x10’s for uprights. 2x8x10’s glued, nailed and through bolted for top cross member. 2x4’s cross braces on legs. 2-2x4’s nailed together to make cross braces on top. I used 1/2” x 8” galvanized bolts, washers, lock washers and nuts.

Need a huge come-along and a big ratchet strap (redundancy more than capacity)


Here it is!



Cribbing is installed but not pictured.

And let the bottom sanding begin! Maybe I’ll switch to paint stripper this stuff is dusty and nasty.

[Xcomunic8d]

I now understand what Strick meant by unique views of your boat.

The bottom paint has been stripped and sanded off. The whole bottom and topside has been sanded to 150 grit. Next we have some old repairs to redo and some small scrapes and dings to clean up.

Here it is before getting it all off:


Here’s after 2 coats of stripper. Still lots left.


Channeling my inner strick. I couldn’t help wondering if my life insurance would cover this.








Next week priming, weather permitting!

[strick]

Perfect boat for where you live...what stripper are you using? My MA has bottom paint to remove

strick

[Xcomunic8d]

Hull is primed! I can’t wait to splash this thing but it’s supposed to rain for 2 weeks. No idea if I’ll get painting done in meanwhile.

I ran into a guy at the dock who has a sceptre. We had a fun conversation.
I used jasco premium. It’s water based but still caustic. There’s got to be better options but I have very limited options On the island (or very expensive and long wait times.)

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Jasco-1-...R500/308267695

I put it on Really thick with the biggest brush I could find. 4 or 5inch. Left it in the sun to work about 30mins-1hour.
Then pressure washed it with highest nozzle I had (3300 psi?). No issues with blistering later or other weirdness. First application took off this weird brownish wax-like substance. Then the second application took it down to bottom 2 layers. I used 2-3 gallons. It was faster but still had to get the orbital out. We both know what that’s like.

[Xcomunic8d]

Took 2 gallons of primer to shoot whole hull. Still haven’t primed cap and cockpit but that’s coming.

One coat of glossy paint on the bottom. Going to let it dry and cure. Spot sand a couple of runs...and scuff rest with scotch brite and add second coat.

My plan is to do the bottom with 2-3 coats depending on my supplies and how it looks. Then mask that off with plastic and paint the top band (largo blue by interlux). Once that’s done I’ll mask the sides off and prime and paint the cap and cockpit.

All suggestions welcomed.

[AlabamaRick]

Coming along nicely! Enjoying watching your plan coming together

[strick]

Perfect Thanks! I'm now where near that point yet but it looks like it worked good for you. Thats gonna be a real nice ride when it's done. They kinda resemble a missile in there stripped down state lol

strick

[Xcomunic8d]

I can’t wait. Be careful and wear ppe. That stuff may be water based but it’ll still burn your skin and irritate your eyes. I figured I might as well get something that dilutes with water but still had irritation.

They do look awesome. My friends keep saying how beautiful it is... I think they just want to go fishing. 😃

The primer and the bottom paint are nearly the same color but different sheens. Will hopefully put some blue on tomorrow or Friday.

Paint just dried and sky opened up with rain. Phew.

[Xcomunic8d]

So here’s the first coat of blue on. I love the blue. The gray, ah. Maybe white would’ve been better. Not sure. My son and wife love it, so...

I am color blind so whatever.









Scuff with scotch brite pad tomorrow and 2nd coat.