Work on Bottom Hull Completed

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Work on Bottom Hull Completed

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Due to the extreme warm weather, the work on the bottom hull is completed at least a month before I thought it would be and under budget. I had it soda blasted last fall and, as mentioned earlier, had osmotic blistering and tons of pinholes in the gel coat. My mechanic repaired the fiberglass, sanded the entire bottom, put on 40mils of barrier coat, and finished with two coats of bottom paint. His original estimate was 8k and it ended up being 6.8k. Since it is done early, it's going in the water in about 10 days. Can't wait.

Here are some pics of the bottom.

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Beautiful, now just run down to Texas and finish mine. :)
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It does look great!!
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Very nice. Didi mine this week too. Hope to be in by next weekend.
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Looks good !
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prowlersfish wrote:Looks good !
"Old guys rule & are cool" you forgot one.......Old guys drool.
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k9th wrote:
prowlersfish wrote:Looks good !
"Old guys rule & are cool" you forgot one.......Old guys drool.
Hey I resemble that remark
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I can appreciate a job done right. Great work 8)
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looks nice. how many coats is 40 mils?
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I did my bottom in late Feb, but the boat is inside heated. Nothing better than a new BARGE LINE on the boat!

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nice looking job. what paint was used for the final two coats?

just got mine all prepped and taped ready to paint.
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TADTOOMUCH wrote:nice looking job. what paint was used for the final two coats?

just got mine all prepped and taped ready to paint.
I used Pettit Hydrocoat. Spent last weekend in South Haven Tom. Gonna be at the boat cleaning this weekend. Splash date is April 6th.
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k9th wrote:
TADTOOMUCH wrote:nice looking job. what paint was used for the final two coats?

just got mine all prepped and taped ready to paint.
I used Pettit Hydrocoat. Spent last weekend in South Haven Tom. Gonna be at the boat cleaning this weekend. Splash date is April 6th.
looks great tim. always nice to see a tri cabin freshly painted. in a rush, gotta fly a high time one day this morning, but, would you mind taking a few pics of your exterior underwater exhaust 'jet' and the side discharge ports? also, could you take/post a few pics of your underwater exhaust system from inside the engine area? would like to compare a few things.
thanks.... gotta run and fly the not so friendly skies.
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aaronbocknek wrote:
k9th wrote:
TADTOOMUCH wrote:nice looking job. what paint was used for the final two coats?

just got mine all prepped and taped ready to paint.
I used Pettit Hydrocoat. Spent last weekend in South Haven Tom. Gonna be at the boat cleaning this weekend. Splash date is April 6th.
looks great tim. always nice to see a tri cabin freshly painted. in a rush, gotta fly a high time one day this morning, but, would you mind taking a few pics of your exterior underwater exhaust 'jet' and the side discharge ports? also, could you take/post a few pics of your underwater exhaust system from inside the engine area? would like to compare a few things.
thanks.... gotta run and fly the not so friendly skies.
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I'll try to get some pics this weekend when I'm there.

Fly safe Aaron.
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Looking good. Will you be adding anodes? Now's the time. I think I see one on the starb shaft but not sure.
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