Back from the Dead; '81 Scarab 38 Resto
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Heath,
While I have my AT torn down and getting all redone, I am rebuilding my transom assemblies. What would you do to remove all of the corrosion? Would you just sandblast them down to bare aluminum? Just remove the corrosion and leave as much stock paint? Or chemically strip them?
While I have my AT torn down and getting all redone, I am rebuilding my transom assemblies. What would you do to remove all of the corrosion? Would you just sandblast them down to bare aluminum? Just remove the corrosion and leave as much stock paint? Or chemically strip them?
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[QUOTE= I'm sure awl grip and the like is probably "more durable" in a marine environment, but I'm not gonna beat up my boat. I'm gonna take care of my boat.
Here's a drone shot of my 30' in bimini a few years ago..[/QUOTE]
I’ve never been able to shoot awl grip without getting a sag/run just when I thought I had it nailed.
Here's a drone shot of my 30' in bimini a few years ago..[/QUOTE]
I’ve never been able to shoot awl grip without getting a sag/run just when I thought I had it nailed.
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Wow on all acounts, the colors are awesome, this is one of the best restoration threads. Pretty quick she'll be painted, on the trailer and outside, you'll be trying to angle it just right in the sun for glory shots. Once painted you have slap some caution tape on the floor and rope it off with a new shop rules sign posted every ten feet around the perimeter, rule #1 stay away from the boat #2 unless you have been dedusted, degreased, issued a tyvek suit, washed your feet off in the tub at the bottom of the ladder and given written permission, stay away from the boat.
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Heath,
While I have my AT torn down and getting all redone, I am rebuilding my transom assemblies. What would you do to remove all of the corrosion? Would you just sandblast them down to bare aluminum? Just remove the corrosion and leave as much stock paint? Or chemically strip them?
While I have my AT torn down and getting all redone, I am rebuilding my transom assemblies. What would you do to remove all of the corrosion? Would you just sandblast them down to bare aluminum? Just remove the corrosion and leave as much stock paint? Or chemically strip them?
On my 30, it was a freshwater boat but it sat in the water without anodes and actually had some light corrosion on the gimbals too but wasn't as bad as the trim cylinders. If I knew then what I know now I'd have replaced the trim cylinders, functionally they were fine, but me being as obsessive as I am, We painted them probably 4 times in 5 years, but corrosion kept creeping out of places I couldn't get to. It can be a losing battle.
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Thanks!
Sorry for the hijack.
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If you haven't seen my latest project, the make over of my 37 Active Thunder. It's one of the first few threads in the Active Thunder section. Let me know what you think.
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We’ve been dodging tornadoes down here in Alabama the past few weeks.very busy at the shop lately. I’ve got some more done to the trailer, also got the boxes, and rings painted, also today, got the hatch painted. The fade looks better in person than in these photos. Our fade doesn’t have as much of the raddish in it than the star 1 boat. I like this better, we’ll see what it looks like in the sun, we’ll redo it if we have to...
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