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    Source for cheap vinyl flooring

    I can definitely second the defender and nautolex. Just finished wrapping my floors in the vinyl and it turned out nice. Used contact cement and contrary to everything I had read was able to lift and smooth wrinkles in the one board that was not perfectly flat at first. Guess I got lucky
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    1/4" solid rivets...

    For what it's worth my starcraft has 5/32 rivets on the side and 3/16 rivets on the bottom. Odd but verified with calipers on multiple rivets.
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    Pink hue after wiping plywood

    Thanks for the reply. It did not go away, although it did sand off after I let it all dry. It seemed to only be on the surface. I still have a few pieces that have the hue left on in places where I missed the sanding. I will send them an email and see if they have a thought on what would...
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    Pink hue after wiping plywood

    Should add I am using raka epoxy with the fast hardener. In a garage Temps from 55 - 75.
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    Pink hue after wiping plywood

    I have been applying epoxy to all of my plywood. It has been going ok at best, hopefully it is at least waterproof. But in prepping the back side of the ply wood I first sanded all the drips that hardened from the initial three coats of epoxy as well as a quick roughing of the edges to build...
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    Hard to remove plywood from transom

    Are you sure it is stuck to the aluminum? The reason I ask is that I just tore out a 1990 starcraft and had the same problem with the transom floor board. Turned out that was the only place with 2 part foam poured and the foam stuck to the wood and was also under some aluminum brackets causing...
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    Poor rivet removal

    Been awhile since I first posted.... sorry was given a lot of house stuff. Starting to remove the flooring on my boat as part is rotted. Unfortunately to do so means removing a lot of exterior rivets. I have been doing so but unfortunately on the last two did not end up dead center and went...
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    New to forum new boat owner

    Hi all, First time here. My wife's aunt and uncle just gifted us a 20 year old aluminum boat as they know i love to fish. Although this was an incredible gesture as you all know it also means a lot of time and money now getting things setup. First question: The boat is a 91 starcraft...
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