Recent content by Chance

Not much progress yet, but I'm still pecking away at it. I got all of the decals and old, random transom mounted stuff off. I've started in with the wire brush and sander. Next, I want to get the motor off, sand everything, and fix a few rivets. I hope to have my tax return in the next...

Picked one up today. It is pretty cool, but my drill batteries kept dying on me. I tried the hair drier again and it worked great. I was able to get most of one side off in three pieces within an hour. Doing it with the hair dryer is just as easy for me and leaves no adhesive behind. You...

I live in a beach town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Nearly every house here has at least one boat in the yard. It also helps I'm a patrolman. I get to drive around and talk to people all day. Makes it easy to find good deals.

Thanks for the advice. I actually did do that a couple days before. Mostly just put it in the water for the fun of it. I think the 5200 will do. It is a very slow leak.

Picked one up today. It is pretty cool, but my drill batteries kept dying on me. I tried the hair drier again and it worked great. I was able to get most of one side off in three pieces within an hour. Doing it with the hair dryer is just as easy for me and leaves no adhesive behind.

I need to try that. I tried a Permatex brand decal remover that did absolutely nothing. Acetone didn't get it off either. Surprisingly the blow dryer and some patience had been most effective. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Put it in the water for the first time to check for leaks and see what the motor would do. Dad took it for a quick test lap. Just a couple slow rivet leaks up front. The motor fired right up and seemed up to run great. I'm going to have to raise the console up though. I'm at least six...

There is nothing fun about trying to remove a nearly 30 year old decal.

Thanks! I've been having fun working on it already. I wanted to strip it down and start fresh. The way these boats are foamed is just terrible. I wanted to make sure I got all of the funky, water logged foam out. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Making progress! Almost down to the blank canvas.

Hey Guys, Picked up my first boat this week, a Tracker Pro 16 project with a 40 Mariner. After lurking for a couple days and stealing some ideas, I decided to jump in and share this project and get some insight from you good people. Struggling to figure out picture attachment here...