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Mikes starcraft 14ft v-bottom complete conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="shotsfired" data-source="post: 220944" data-attributes="member: 6377"><p>Alright where to start? It’s been a while because i was in Mexico for a week with my wife, but I have accomplished a lot. I finished the trailer up completely, all new paint, new carpeted bunks, LED lights with all wiring silver soldered and heat shrinked, plus I ran the wires all internal unlike the previous owner! The boat…. I completely removed all the interior and the transom, stripped all the paint off with a drill and a 3M paint and rust remover pads, then two coats of the RustOleum self etching primer, which by the way I tried to remove from the trailer in a few spots for some afterthought welding and had to use an angle grinder! Then I wet sanded the whole boat and applied three coats of RustOleum smoke grey paint with a brush and closed cell foam rollers made for cabinets. I wet sanded between each coat and I must say the paint looks amazing, I really impressed myself! My wife kind of brought me to reality, “why are you working on it so hard, it’s the bottom and the fish don’t care what it looks like!” None the less it does look amazing. I did find one bad rivet that was fixed with epoxy #-o but I grinded it down and applied JB Weld marine and it looks good but we will see how well it holds up. Plus…….. We found out my wife is pregnant so I have new found motivation for the boat, my little fishing buddy!</p><p></p><p>Please chime in with ideas and concerns. Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shotsfired, post: 220944, member: 6377"] Alright where to start? It’s been a while because i was in Mexico for a week with my wife, but I have accomplished a lot. I finished the trailer up completely, all new paint, new carpeted bunks, LED lights with all wiring silver soldered and heat shrinked, plus I ran the wires all internal unlike the previous owner! The boat…. I completely removed all the interior and the transom, stripped all the paint off with a drill and a 3M paint and rust remover pads, then two coats of the RustOleum self etching primer, which by the way I tried to remove from the trailer in a few spots for some afterthought welding and had to use an angle grinder! Then I wet sanded the whole boat and applied three coats of RustOleum smoke grey paint with a brush and closed cell foam rollers made for cabinets. I wet sanded between each coat and I must say the paint looks amazing, I really impressed myself! My wife kind of brought me to reality, “why are you working on it so hard, it’s the bottom and the fish don’t care what it looks like!” None the less it does look amazing. I did find one bad rivet that was fixed with epoxy #-o but I grinded it down and applied JB Weld marine and it looks good but we will see how well it holds up. Plus…….. We found out my wife is pregnant so I have new found motivation for the boat, my little fishing buddy! Please chime in with ideas and concerns. Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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