Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: extreme crazing

Posted by Binkie on 05/02/10 - 8:51 AM
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Here are some pics, I took this morning as I started skim coating the deck of my `59 14` Sea Fury, using Poly Flex. I had already done the outside of the hull, and bottom, and sanded, primed, painted,and set the boat back on its trailer. Poly Flex will fill all of the imperfections in the glass, after the boat was repaired, new transom, ground down with the angle grinder,and disk sander. and then sanded with an orbital sander. After skim coating, it gets sanded again smooth with the orbital, then primed, then any imperfections fixed with more Poly Flex, then primed again, wet sanded, and finally painted. I would never attempt to restore a Whaler in this shape, as there are better ones around, but where am I going to find another boat like this? THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST ONE, THOUGH!! LOL

The first pic looking aft shows the bad condition of the gunwales, the middle pic. shows the Poly Flex, a small puddle with the hardener ready for stirring, and the plexiglass I use to mix it on and the spreader. This stuff is like thin Bondo, sets in about 3 minutes, but when set is still extremely flexible and won`t crack like bondo or MarineTex. Is is made primarily for filling gouges in plastic car bumpers, so it makes it ideal for fiberglass.

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c19...y%20resto/