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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
1989 FLATSTRACKER 17tx to center console flats boat
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<blockquote data-quote="scsdiver" data-source="post: 281799" data-attributes="member: 9105"><p>well the shells are on and looks awesome!! we have made a ton of progress. we ended up taking the decks (all of them) and taping off the areas we did not want to cover with the shells. then we put a moderate coat of spar on and applied the shells. just fyi anyone else who tries this heed this bit of info. we put on just enough shells to cover the area without showing any plywood but not so much that it was really thick. there is a VERY fine line between to much and not enough!! once the shells were spread out evenly as possible i used a tide bottle i use for scooping my sand blasting sand and dropped the shells on the deck. then we took a piece of sheeting we had left and pressed the shells to get the evenly tamped down. then took the decks and stood them up vertical and knocked off all the excess. we divided all of the decks in half so we only did one half at a time. once we were done with each half we removed the tape before the spar dried to give a nice clean edge. we let the one half dry then did the other so as not to have any problems with it falling off the one side or the excess getting into the first side. was a lenghthy but well worth it. once the shells were on totally and the spar was dry we then applied a heavy top coat of spar to the whole deck and let dry. the end result we think could not have turned out better!! we got our console all assembled with all the electronics, gauges, switches, contrtols, radio and cup holders. getting the controls to be flushed in was a huge pain in the you know what but a pain that sure looks good! we have taken it all back apart now and put the first coat of primer on it and we took apart the controls to spruce them up as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scsdiver, post: 281799, member: 9105"] well the shells are on and looks awesome!! we have made a ton of progress. we ended up taking the decks (all of them) and taping off the areas we did not want to cover with the shells. then we put a moderate coat of spar on and applied the shells. just fyi anyone else who tries this heed this bit of info. we put on just enough shells to cover the area without showing any plywood but not so much that it was really thick. there is a VERY fine line between to much and not enough!! once the shells were spread out evenly as possible i used a tide bottle i use for scooping my sand blasting sand and dropped the shells on the deck. then we took a piece of sheeting we had left and pressed the shells to get the evenly tamped down. then took the decks and stood them up vertical and knocked off all the excess. we divided all of the decks in half so we only did one half at a time. once we were done with each half we removed the tape before the spar dried to give a nice clean edge. we let the one half dry then did the other so as not to have any problems with it falling off the one side or the excess getting into the first side. was a lenghthy but well worth it. once the shells were on totally and the spar was dry we then applied a heavy top coat of spar to the whole deck and let dry. the end result we think could not have turned out better!! we got our console all assembled with all the electronics, gauges, switches, contrtols, radio and cup holders. getting the controls to be flushed in was a huge pain in the you know what but a pain that sure looks good! we have taken it all back apart now and put the first coat of primer on it and we took apart the controls to spruce them up as well. [/QUOTE]
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