redo a floor

« **on:** June 27, 2009, 09:56:45 pm »

How hard is it to redo a floor in a boat? Mine will be a bitch.... alot of floor to do

How long will it take? oh and I have to do all my seats too.....

f*cking boat builder. But that's a different story....

« **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:15:32 pm »

not so much hard, just very tedious, dirty and itchy. How are your fiberglass skills?

« **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:18:10 pm »

good, I've build a few duck boats, glassed some tank,seats,ect

« **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:23:36 pm »

Tip of the day.............Gold Bond Medicated powder all over you before you mess with fiberglass, it fills the pores and allows you to wash the stuff off of you when you're done, reduces the itch by leaps and bounds....Also, cold shower, not hot, keeps the pores reduced in size and does not allow the glass to penetrate the skin and give you the deep itch. long tee shirts and duct tape work OK too.

Also gotta have a full face respirator for long term glassing, I use mine everytime, uncomfortable as hell (and hot) but I don't cough for two weeks after sanding either.

Keeps the shit out of your eyes too.

GT

« **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:26:30 pm »

Wear Tyvek and tape the seams...

« **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2009, 12:07:04 am »

Not difficult, just time consuming

http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?topic=1805.0

« **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2009, 07:01:38 am »

how long? I'm trying to plan it out. Now or in the winter. But winter I spend alot of time in the sand

« **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2009, 08:22:51 am »

Quote from: bkplesh on June 28, 2009, 07:01:38 am

how long? I'm trying to plan it out. Now or in the winter. But winter I spend alot of time in the sand

Are you going to do all the work yourself, or are you having someone do some of it?

If I'm doing a job myself, I take the time I think I can do it in and add two weeks

If I'm having someone else do something for me, I take the time I think I can do it in and add two months

Good Luck

« **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2009, 08:32:34 am »

Quote from: bkplesh on June 28, 2009, 07:01:38 am

how long? I'm trying to plan it out. Now or in the winter. But winter I spend alot of time in the sand

If you are dilligent about it, you could get it done in a weekend or two.

« **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2009, 09:00:21 am »

I'm going to do it my self. It been a long time since I've gone one. It just going to be alot of work...

« **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2009, 09:33:09 am »

same pictures.....

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« **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2009, 09:39:12 am »

last one

« **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2009, 10:42:42 am »

nice fn boat love the colors

« **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2009, 10:50:24 am »

thanx

« **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2009, 06:15:02 pm »

ok guys.
i have read threw most of the floor replacement threads. one thing that i have a question on is this. when you take out the old floor there is all that foam in there. do you leave all that out or do you put more back in. none of the threads i have seen show this or mentions it. thanks. just wondering so i know what to do when i do mine.

« **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2009, 06:21:52 pm »

Just out of curiosity, does your boat have the standard plywood floor or is it a complete fiberglass molded floor?

Sorry if I missed that part if you said it already.

« **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2009, 08:02:14 pm »

all wood.......

The next size up (24') has a fiberglass floor

« **Reply #19 on:** June 30, 2009, 08:04:10 pm »

Quote from: blackbeard on June 30, 2009, 06:15:02 pm

ok guys.
i have read threw most of the floor replacement threads. one thing that i have a question on is this. when you take out the old floor there is all that foam in there. do you leave all that out or do you put more back in. none of the threads i have seen show this or mentions it. thanks. just wondering so i know what to do when i do mine.

Mine doesn't have foam in it. Most guys just take it out and don't put it back in... Be you can re-foam it... Foam is when you sink it....

« **Reply #20 on:** June 30, 2009, 09:03:12 pm »

Or burn it, THEN sink it.......................

(The stuff IS flammable!)

Ray

« **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2009, 08:01:37 pm »

rebel im glad you have such a good since of humor, if that was to happend to me i dont know what i would do.....

oh yeah i do collect the insurance and runnnnnnnnn...

« **Reply #22 on:** July 03, 2009, 08:57:22 pm »

I came across this post on another site and it has to be one of the most complete rebuilds I've seen done on a boat, worth the read.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=318939

« **Reply #23 on:** July 30, 2009, 04:37:04 pm »

Quote from: shallow running on July 01, 2009, 08:01:37 pm

rebel im glad you have such a good since of humor, if that was to happend to me i dont know what i would do..... oh yeah i do collect the insurance and runnnnnnnnn...

I have no funny bone

but IRrebel does

The boat looks great

Rebel

« **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2009, 11:30:35 am »

Lol, What else would I do? Life is too short to sweat little mistakes like a minor exploding, burning and sinking boat. Noone was hurt, I have what seems like a dozen more to work on, so live and learn!

Besides, made quite an impression on the rest of our kind from a safety standpoint and checking things out better. Sad it was MY boat that it had to happen to, but if it serves to save even 1 life, I'd burn and sink them all without thinking about it.

Ray

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