I know this has been covered to some extent but I think this is a little diffrent
The deck on my boat was covered in cracks and I hoped that it was just the shitty paint job but unfortunatley it was all the way into the glass.
My only solution for this is to lay a couple layers of glass over the entire deck in hopes that the new layers will stop the cracks from coming back.
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You can see there is a spot where I hit it with a 3M foam wheel and as it turns out , the cracks are about 1/32 deep :thumbdown:
I'm not grinding down the entire deck :sly:
Am I ???
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Now would be a good time to pick out a deck design you really like ;)
Hope it doesn't come to that.
Good luck
Thanks Chief but not what I wanted to hear.
If worst comes to worst, I'll just throw a rattle can paint job on it ;D
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Thanks Chief but not what I wanted to hear.
If worst comes to worst, I'll just throw a rattle can paint job on it ;D
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Could always just use a roller :screwy:
Holy Cow Crack Batman!
I would offer this small tidbit, I would hit it with a DA with some 60 grit and spray it with some polyester filler primer...Not Feather fill, but something recommended for marine use. Check out Evercoats website...
Dura build (automotive) for when final sanding time comes :thumbup:
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=261
Formula 27 (Marine) similar to thin Bondo but closed cell and sands a little harder..
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=116
GT
I'm lookin for a diagnosis Doc.
You sayin I can rough this thing up and spray it with polyester filler primer and I should be a go :o
Thats WAAAAAY better than I expected to hear .
Your not just telling me what I want to hear right :sly:
I'm not your wife :sly:
Nor will I dress up like her :sly:
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Beerjet, I have a question--it is hard to get oriented to your pictures, but is there some kind of support under the main crack line in your deck? I have a similar situation in the old Sanger flat that I am working on but the two crack "lines" are directly above the 2 bulkhead/supports that run across the deck. My understanding is that to solve the problem, I need to cut down the bulkheads so they don't actually touch the bottom of the deck before fixing the cracked gel coat, or it will just crack again. So I was wondering if there is some kind of similar situation under your deck.
Great point Mark and something I was going to address today since I did notice there is a string of cracks down the center where there is a support.
These pictures are from me standing along the drivers side of the boat.
The other side is the exact same way but there is no support anywhere else other than the center .
There were a couple spots where the foam had expanded so much that it had pushed up on the deck but have almost gone away since I removed the foam.
I guess I'll keep sanding the deck until I get into these cracks enough to :screwy:
The underside is in pretty good shape.
There is aleady 1/4" ply under there and no signs of damage.
I'm thinking there was contamination when the boat was being layed up since it looks like the it's the cracks are just in the first layer of glass .
Thats kind of where I was going with the whole adding another layer of glass to the deck in hopes that the new layer will keep the cracks from coming back :sly:
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Thank you Glen , Your help is immeasurable !
As I was sanding :mad: some more to day :banghead: I realized that the 60 grit (when fresh) does a pretty good job of going through the glass.
So I'll either try and sand it out or I'll just end up going out of my fockin mind :screwy:
The only problem is that the 60 grit goes to shit real fast .
Off to get some more :banghead:
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Thanks a bunch guys !
After a bunch of sanding , I've made alot of progress and after alot of head scratching I figured out why the deck is a wreck.
I'll take some pics and update the thread .
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