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Tech Talk => Hulls => Topic started by: coors909 on May 28, 2014, 10:07:59 PM
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I'm not sure if this is the correct terms but I have a Tahiti and the deck is separating from the hull and I wanted to know how to fix it
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Pics would make it easier to try to help
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Photos for sure would help.
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I have a feeling he's talking about the rub rail coming off and it looks like the boat is splitting in half hehe.
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This is they only picture I have the boat is at my dads house in lake havasu. It's where the molding used to be in the picture its where the white crack is.
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Looks to me like your gonna have to laminate to fix it
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This is they only picture I have the boat is at my dads house in lake havasu. It's where the molding used to be in the picture its where the white crack is.
If you are worried about that crack around the whole boat, don't be. The deck wont fall off. that is where somebody attempted to cap your rub rail gap.
The only way to fix this though is to ground out the whole crack and re glass( NOT BODYFILLER) prime and re paint. If i were you i would just slap a rub rail back on.
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If you are worried about that crack around the whole boat, don't be. The deck wont fall off. that is where somebody attempted to cap your rub rail gap.
The only way to fix this though is to ground out the whole crack and re glass( NOT BODYFILLER) prime and re paint. If i were you i would just slap a rub rail back on.
Thank you! What if I just repaint the boat and slap a rail back on would that be ok? I don't have money for good paint job just was going to spray it with a gun
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if you dont fix the crack, it will just come back through new paint and gelcoat.
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I know the crack will come through again, but im not going to gel coat it, just a cheap paint job to get rid of the black paint
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I know the crack will come through again, but im not going to gel coat it, just a cheap paint job to get rid of the black paint
on my 18 footer i had a rubrail that looked like hell. so i removed it and i found this trim striping tape at west marine to cover it and it held up pretty good and looked decent. if it were me id toss a paintjob on it and cover the crack once it appears with the tape and call it a day. rubrail aint cheap.
(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/488374_10151093058129833_1650429498_n.jpg)
http://www.westmarine.com/west-marine--premium-striping-tape-1--P004_132_002_004 (http://www.westmarine.com/west-marine--premium-striping-tape-1--P004_132_002_004)
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Paint it white since your not fixing the crack it won't be that visible ha ha
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would be cheeper in the long run to put a rub rail on it. JMO :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Ok thank you guys. I'm going to paint it after this summer the black is just to hot. I just bought a place diverter going to put that on with a new 850 holley
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Thank you! What if I just repaint the boat and slap a rail back on would that be ok? I don't have money for good paint job just was going to spray it with a gun
Perfect!